Manahawkin vs Pine Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Manahawkin and Pine Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pine Beach has the higher population (2,378 vs 2,359 in Manahawkin). Pine Beach has the higher median household income ($121,333 vs $79,417 in Manahawkin). Pine Beach has the higher median home value ($438,300 vs $399,500 in Manahawkin).

Population, income & housing

	Manahawkin	Pine Beach
Population	2,359	2,378
Median age	43.6 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,417	$121,333
Median home value	$399,500	$438,300
Median gross rent	$1,650	$1,219
Housing units	1,198	1,065
Homeownership rate	79.1%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manahawkin	Pine Beach
Population	2,094 → 2,359 (+12.7%)	2,278 → 2,378 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$71,429 → $79,417 (+11.2%)	$92,772 → $121,333 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$300,700 → $399,500 (+32.9%)	$331,700 → $438,300 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,650 (+74.8%)	$1,435 → $1,219 (-15.1%)

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

Pine Beach

Population

2,2782,378

Median household income

$92,772$121,333

Median home value

$331,700$438,300

Median gross rent

$1,435$1,219

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manahawkin	Pine Beach
Under 5	7.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	11.4%	12.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	3.6%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	21.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	21.4%
75 and over	11.7%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manahawkin	Pine Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manahawkin	Pine Beach
No high school diploma	13.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	21.1%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manahawkin	Pine Beach
Drove alone	72.7%	82.5%
Carpooled	12.3%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	7.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	10.9%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manahawkin	Pine Beach
1-unit, detached	80.2%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Manahawkin	Pine Beach
Poverty rate	6.8%	3.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1982	1958