Pine Beach vs Vista Center

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

Pine Beach 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.

Pine Beach has the higher population (2,378 vs 2,235 in Vista Center). Vista Center has the higher median household income ($131,194 vs $121,333 in Pine Beach). Vista Center has the higher median home value ($576,600 vs $438,300 in Pine Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Beach	Vista Center
Population	2,378	2,235
Median age	53.6 yrs	65.7 yrs
Median household income	$121,333	$131,194
Median home value	$438,300	$576,600
Median gross rent	$1,219	—
Housing units	1,065	1,058
Homeownership rate	96.4%	97.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	57.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Beach	Vista Center
Population	2,278 → 2,378 (+4.4%)	2,241 → 2,235 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$92,772 → $121,333 (+30.8%)	$103,542 → $131,194 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$331,700 → $438,300 (+32.1%)	$444,800 → $576,600 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,435 → $1,219 (-15.1%)	—

Pine Beach

Population

2,2782,378

Median household income

$92,772$121,333

Median home value

$331,700$438,300

Median gross rent

$1,435$1,219

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)

	Pine Beach	Vista Center
Under 5	4.6%	8.6%
5 to 17	12.0%	2.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	2.1%
25 to 34	3.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	8.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	3.8%
55 to 64	21.4%	17.2%
65 to 74	21.4%	37.1%
75 and over	4.5%	19.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Beach	Vista Center
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	87.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Beach	Vista Center
No high school diploma	3.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	16.5%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Beach	Vista Center
Drove alone	82.5%	84.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Beach	Vista Center
1-unit, detached	99.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pine Beach	Vista Center
Poverty rate	3.1%	2.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1958	2005