Manahawkin vs Vista Center

A side-by-side comparison of Manahawkin and Vista Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Manahawkin has the higher population (2,359 vs 2,235 in Vista Center). Vista Center has the higher median household income ($131,194 vs $79,417 in Manahawkin). Vista Center has the higher median home value ($576,600 vs $399,500 in Manahawkin).

Population, income & housing

	Manahawkin	Vista Center
Population	2,359	2,235
Median age	43.6 yrs	65.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,417	$131,194
Median home value	$399,500	$576,600
Median gross rent	$1,650	—
Housing units	1,198	1,058
Homeownership rate	79.1%	97.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	57.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manahawkin	Vista Center
Population	2,094 → 2,359 (+12.7%)	2,241 → 2,235 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$71,429 → $79,417 (+11.2%)	$103,542 → $131,194 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$300,700 → $399,500 (+32.9%)	$444,800 → $576,600 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,650 (+74.8%)	—

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

Vista Center

Population

2,2412,235

Median household income

$103,542$131,194

Median home value

$444,800$576,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manahawkin	Vista Center
Under 5	7.8%	8.6%
5 to 17	11.4%	2.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	2.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.8%	8.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	3.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	17.2%
65 to 74	11.8%	37.1%
75 and over	11.7%	19.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manahawkin	Vista Center
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manahawkin	Vista Center
No high school diploma	13.8%	4.8%
High school graduate	21.1%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manahawkin	Vista Center
Drove alone	72.7%	84.2%
Carpooled	12.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	11.8%
Other means	2.9%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manahawkin	Vista Center
1-unit, detached	80.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
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	Vista Center
Poverty rate	6.8%	2.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1982	2005