Pine Lake Park vs Point Pleasant

A side-by-side comparison of Pine Lake Park and Point Pleasant: population, income, housing, and more.

Pine Lake Park 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 9,251 in Pine Lake Park). Point Pleasant has the higher median household income ($108,713 vs $87,998 in Pine Lake Park). Point Pleasant has the higher median home value ($523,400 vs $377,200 in Pine Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Lake Park	Point Pleasant
Population	9,251	19,158
Median age	36.8 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,998	$108,713
Median home value	$377,200	$523,400
Median gross rent	$1,785	$1,969
Housing units	3,149	8,522
Homeownership rate	84.9%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Lake Park	Point Pleasant
Population	8,427 → 9,251 (+9.8%)	18,598 → 19,158 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$80,795 → $87,998 (+8.9%)	$98,401 → $108,713 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$250,200 → $377,200 (+50.8%)	$386,200 → $523,400 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,609 → $1,785 (+10.9%)	$1,634 → $1,969 (+20.5%)

Pine Lake Park

Population

8,4279,251

Median household income

$80,795$87,998

Median home value

$250,200$377,200

Median gross rent

$1,609$1,785

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)

	Pine Lake Park	Point Pleasant
Under 5	10.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	16.2%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	15.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	17.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	12.2%
75 and over	4.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Lake Park	Point Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	86.7%
Black or African American	6.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Lake Park	Point Pleasant
No high school diploma	6.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	37.5%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Lake Park	Point Pleasant
Drove alone	79.3%	75.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	4.9%
Public transit	2.3%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	12.1%
Other means	0.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Lake Park	Point Pleasant
1-unit, detached	88.3%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	8.7%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Pine Lake Park	Point Pleasant
Poverty rate	6.7%	3.8%
Average household size	3.06	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	1981	1968