Leisure Village vs Mystic Island

A side-by-side comparison of Leisure Village and Mystic Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mystic Island has the higher population (7,616 vs 6,307 in Leisure Village). Mystic Island has the higher median household income ($71,917 vs $42,705 in Leisure Village). Mystic Island has the higher median home value ($290,000 vs $127,000 in Leisure Village).

Population, income & housing

	Leisure Village	Mystic Island
Population	6,307	7,616
Median age	54.9 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,705	$71,917
Median home value	$127,000	$290,000
Median gross rent	$1,725	$1,786
Housing units	3,265	4,995
Homeownership rate	61.3%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leisure Village	Mystic Island
Population	4,547 → 6,307 (+38.7%)	8,484 → 7,616 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$42,772 → $42,705 (-0.2%)	$57,197 → $71,917 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $127,000 (+21.5%)	$212,500 → $290,000 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,725 (+39.0%)	$1,452 → $1,786 (+23.0%)

Leisure Village

Population

4,5476,307

Median household income

$42,772$42,705

Median home value

$104,500$127,000

Median gross rent

$1,241$1,725

Mystic Island

Population

8,4847,616

Median household income

$57,197$71,917

Median home value

$212,500$290,000

Median gross rent

$1,452$1,786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leisure Village	Mystic Island
Under 5	2.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	14.6%	11.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	10.5%	7.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	3.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	15.1%	23.2%
65 to 74	17.7%	15.6%
75 and over	17.0%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leisure Village	Mystic Island
White (non-Hispanic)	61.9%	85.6%
Black or African American	3.3%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	34.1%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leisure Village	Mystic Island
No high school diploma	10.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	42.7%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leisure Village	Mystic Island
Drove alone	53.9%	81.8%
Carpooled	28.3%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leisure Village	Mystic Island
1-unit, detached	17.3%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	51.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	20.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Leisure Village	Mystic Island
Poverty rate	39.2%	16.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	35	39
Median year structure built	1968	1981