Leisure Village West vs Point Pleasant Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Leisure Village West and Point Pleasant Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Point Pleasant Beach has the higher population (4,826 vs 4,070 in Leisure Village West). Point Pleasant Beach has the higher median household income ($131,641 vs $60,309 in Leisure Village West). Point Pleasant Beach has the higher median home value ($813,500 vs $203,700 in Leisure Village West).

Population, income & housing

	Leisure Village West	Point Pleasant Beach
Population	4,070	4,826
Median age	71.5 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,309	$131,641
Median home value	$203,700	$813,500
Median gross rent	$1,381	$1,717
Housing units	3,069	2,856
Homeownership rate	87.9%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	59.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leisure Village West	Point Pleasant Beach
Population	3,412 → 4,070 (+19.3%)	4,537 → 4,826 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$43,636 → $60,309 (+38.2%)	$103,940 → $131,641 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$138,500 → $203,700 (+47.1%)	$608,000 → $813,500 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,130 → $1,381 (+22.2%)	$1,417 → $1,717 (+21.2%)

Leisure Village West

Population

3,4124,070

Median household income

$43,636$60,309

Median home value

$138,500$203,700

Median gross rent

$1,130$1,381

Point Pleasant Beach

Population

4,5374,826

Median household income

$103,940$131,641

Median home value

$608,000$813,500

Median gross rent

$1,417$1,717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leisure Village West	Point Pleasant Beach
Under 5	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	0.4%	12.0%
18 to 24	0.8%	14.4%
25 to 34	2.9%	9.4%
35 to 44	7.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	2.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	17.5%	18.5%
65 to 74	31.1%	11.0%
75 and over	37.9%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leisure Village West	Point Pleasant Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	83.5%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	4.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leisure Village West	Point Pleasant Beach
No high school diploma	4.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	40.5%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	43.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leisure Village West	Point Pleasant Beach
Drove alone	71.7%	53.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.9%
Public transit	4.1%	6.1%
Walked	0.0%	15.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	10.1%	11.0%
Other means	14.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leisure Village West	Point Pleasant Beach
1-unit, detached	6.4%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	69.0%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	7.1%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leisure Village West	Point Pleasant Beach
Poverty rate	3.0%	11.2%
Average household size	1.49	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	38	33
Median year structure built	1978	1960