New Egypt vs Seaside Heights

A side-by-side comparison of New Egypt and Seaside Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Seaside Heights has the higher population (1,992 vs 1,949 in New Egypt). New Egypt has the higher median household income ($67,633 vs $58,988 in Seaside Heights). Seaside Heights has the higher median home value ($376,700 vs $356,200 in New Egypt).

Population, income & housing

	New Egypt	Seaside Heights
Population	1,949	1,992
Median age	42.6 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,633	$58,988
Median home value	$356,200	$376,700
Median gross rent	$1,479	$1,429
Housing units	952	2,807
Homeownership rate	53.3%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Egypt	Seaside Heights
Population	2,460 → 1,949 (-20.8%)	2,892 → 1,992 (-31.1%)
Median household income	$73,522 → $67,633 (-8.0%)	$57,083 → $58,988 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$280,200 → $356,200 (+27.1%)	$296,600 → $376,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,074 → $1,479 (+37.7%)	$1,152 → $1,429 (+24.0%)

New Egypt

Population

2,4601,949

Median household income

$73,522$67,633

Median home value

$280,200$356,200

Median gross rent

$1,074$1,479

Seaside Heights

Population

2,8921,992

Median household income

$57,083$58,988

Median home value

$296,600$376,700

Median gross rent

$1,152$1,429

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Egypt	Seaside Heights
Under 5	3.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	8.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	10.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	3.6%
35 to 44	16.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	6.1%	15.9%
55 to 64	17.0%	23.2%
65 to 74	21.2%	12.8%
75 and over	2.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Egypt	Seaside Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Egypt	Seaside Heights
No high school diploma	12.8%	17.1%
High school graduate	39.2%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Egypt	Seaside Heights
Drove alone	97.3%	70.7%
Carpooled	2.7%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	4.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Egypt	Seaside Heights
1-unit, detached	64.3%	40.1%
1-unit, attached	18.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	34.3%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	17.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Egypt	Seaside Heights
Poverty rate	10.0%	34.4%
Average household size	2.16	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1973	1956