Leisure Knoll vs Manahawkin

A side-by-side comparison of Leisure Knoll and Manahawkin: population, income, housing, and more.

Leisure Knoll and Manahawkin are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leisure Knoll has the higher population (2,725 vs 2,359 in Manahawkin). Manahawkin has the higher median household income ($79,417 vs $61,875 in Leisure Knoll). Manahawkin has the higher median home value ($399,500 vs $265,600 in Leisure Knoll).

Population, income & housing

	Leisure Knoll	Manahawkin
Population	2,725	2,359
Median age	70.0 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$79,417
Median home value	$265,600	$399,500
Median gross rent	$1,765	$1,650
Housing units	1,631	1,198
Homeownership rate	96.6%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leisure Knoll	Manahawkin
Population	2,537 → 2,725 (+7.4%)	2,094 → 2,359 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$42,340 → $61,875 (+46.1%)	$71,429 → $79,417 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$177,300 → $265,600 (+49.8%)	$300,700 → $399,500 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,591 → $1,765 (+10.9%)	$944 → $1,650 (+74.8%)

Leisure Knoll

Population

2,5372,725

Median household income

$42,340$61,875

Median home value

$177,300$265,600

Median gross rent

$1,591$1,765

Manahawkin

Population

2,0942,359

Median household income

$71,429$79,417

Median home value

$300,700$399,500

Median gross rent

$944$1,650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leisure Knoll	Manahawkin
Under 5	1.8%	7.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.4%
18 to 24	0.6%	4.4%
25 to 34	0.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	2.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	3.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	24.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	33.2%	11.8%
75 and over	33.8%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leisure Knoll	Manahawkin
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	81.6%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leisure Knoll	Manahawkin
No high school diploma	8.7%	13.8%
High school graduate	39.7%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leisure Knoll	Manahawkin
Drove alone	81.9%	72.7%
Carpooled	1.6%	12.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	4.9%
Other means	0.9%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leisure Knoll	Manahawkin
1-unit, detached	98.4%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Leisure Knoll	Manahawkin
Poverty rate	7.1%	6.8%
Average household size	1.72	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1982	1982