Ocean Acres vs Point Pleasant

A side-by-side comparison of Ocean Acres and Point Pleasant: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Point Pleasant has the higher population (19,158 vs 18,689 in Ocean Acres). Ocean Acres has the higher median household income ($117,739 vs $108,713 in Point Pleasant). Point Pleasant has the higher median home value ($523,400 vs $359,200 in Ocean Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Acres	Point Pleasant
Population	18,689	19,158
Median age	42.7 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$117,739	$108,713
Median home value	$359,200	$523,400
Median gross rent	$2,240	$1,969
Housing units	7,225	8,522
Homeownership rate	94.9%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Acres	Point Pleasant
Population	17,333 → 18,689 (+7.8%)	18,598 → 19,158 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$88,750 → $117,739 (+32.7%)	$98,401 → $108,713 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$264,600 → $359,200 (+35.8%)	$386,200 → $523,400 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,853 → $2,240 (+20.9%)	$1,634 → $1,969 (+20.5%)

Ocean Acres

Population

17,33318,689

Median household income

$88,750$117,739

Median home value

$264,600$359,200

Median gross rent

$1,853$2,240

Point Pleasant

Population

18,59819,158

Median household income

$98,401$108,713

Median home value

$386,200$523,400

Median gross rent

$1,634$1,969

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocean Acres	Point Pleasant
Under 5	3.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	16.7%	15.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	17.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.2%
75 and over	8.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Acres	Point Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	86.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Acres	Point Pleasant
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	34.5%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Acres	Point Pleasant
Drove alone	80.4%	75.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	1.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	12.1%
Other means	0.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Acres	Point Pleasant
1-unit, detached	94.0%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ocean Acres	Point Pleasant
Poverty rate	1.8%	3.8%
Average household size	2.73	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1993	1968