Ocean Gate vs Waretown

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

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

Waretown has the higher population (1,894 vs 1,768 in Ocean Gate). Waretown has the higher median household income ($118,450 vs $75,278 in Ocean Gate). Waretown has the higher median home value ($498,600 vs $342,100 in Ocean Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Gate	Waretown
Population	1,768	1,894
Median age	46.8 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,278	$118,450
Median home value	$342,100	$498,600
Median gross rent	$1,724	—
Housing units	1,231	852
Homeownership rate	80.8%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Gate	Waretown
Population	1,601 → 1,768 (+10.4%)	1,964 → 1,894 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$57,426 → $75,278 (+31.1%)	$71,204 → $118,450 (+66.4%)
Median home value	$240,800 → $342,100 (+42.1%)	$275,800 → $498,600 (+80.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,651 → $1,724 (+4.4%)	$1,585 → $1,875 (+18.3%)

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

Waretown

Population

1,9641,894

Median household income

$71,204$118,450

Median home value

$275,800$498,600

Median gross rent

$1,585$1,875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocean Gate	Waretown
Under 5	0.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	27.6%
18 to 24	11.8%	2.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	18.0%
45 to 54	6.7%	6.7%
55 to 64	19.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	17.5%	13.9%
75 and over	7.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Gate	Waretown
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	92.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Gate	Waretown
No high school diploma	5.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	41.8%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Gate	Waretown
Drove alone	90.3%	84.2%
Carpooled	1.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	1.6%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Gate	Waretown
1-unit, detached	95.7%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ocean Gate	Waretown
Poverty rate	3.8%	4.1%
Average household size	2.34	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	46
Median year structure built	1956	1967