Ocean Gate vs Seaside Park

A side-by-side comparison of Ocean Gate and Seaside Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Seaside Park has the higher population (1,804 vs 1,768 in Ocean Gate). Seaside Park has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $75,278 in Ocean Gate). Seaside Park has the higher median home value ($873,700 vs $342,100 in Ocean Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Gate	Seaside Park
Population	1,768	1,804
Median age	46.8 yrs	62.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,278	$83,333
Median home value	$342,100	$873,700
Median gross rent	$1,724	$1,402
Housing units	1,231	2,730
Homeownership rate	80.8%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Gate	Seaside Park
Population	1,601 → 1,768 (+10.4%)	1,628 → 1,804 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$57,426 → $75,278 (+31.1%)	$77,629 → $83,333 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$240,800 → $342,100 (+42.1%)	$709,700 → $873,700 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,651 → $1,724 (+4.4%)	$1,322 → $1,402 (+6.1%)

Ocean Gate

Population

1,6011,768

Median household income

$57,426$75,278

Median home value

$240,800$342,100

Median gross rent

$1,651$1,724

Seaside Park

Population

1,6281,804

Median household income

$77,629$83,333

Median home value

$709,700$873,700

Median gross rent

$1,322$1,402

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocean Gate	Seaside Park
Under 5	0.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	5.8%
18 to 24	11.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	6.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	8.7%
45 to 54	6.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	19.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	17.5%	30.8%
75 and over	7.0%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Gate	Seaside Park
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	91.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Gate	Seaside Park
No high school diploma	5.8%	1.0%
High school graduate	41.8%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	27.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Gate	Seaside Park
Drove alone	90.3%	80.9%
Carpooled	1.0%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Gate	Seaside Park
1-unit, detached	95.7%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	23.7%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Ocean Gate	Seaside Park
Poverty rate	3.8%	13.0%
Average household size	2.34	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1956	1959