Seaside Heights vs Seaside Park

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

Seaside Heights 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 Heights has the higher population (1,992 vs 1,804 in Seaside Park). Seaside Park has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $58,988 in Seaside Heights). Seaside Park has the higher median home value ($873,700 vs $376,700 in Seaside Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Seaside Heights	Seaside Park
Population	1,992	1,804
Median age	50.2 yrs	62.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,988	$83,333
Median home value	$376,700	$873,700
Median gross rent	$1,429	$1,402
Housing units	2,807	2,730
Homeownership rate	40.2%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seaside Heights	Seaside Park
Population	2,892 → 1,992 (-31.1%)	1,628 → 1,804 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$57,083 → $58,988 (+3.3%)	$77,629 → $83,333 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$296,600 → $376,700 (+27.0%)	$709,700 → $873,700 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,152 → $1,429 (+24.0%)	$1,322 → $1,402 (+6.1%)

Seaside Heights

Population

2,8921,992

Median household income

$57,083$58,988

Median home value

$296,600$376,700

Median gross rent

$1,152$1,429

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)

	Seaside Heights	Seaside Park
Under 5	5.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	8.0%	5.8%
18 to 24	10.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	3.6%	6.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	8.7%
45 to 54	15.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	23.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	30.8%
75 and over	5.6%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seaside Heights	Seaside Park
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seaside Heights	Seaside Park
No high school diploma	17.1%	1.0%
High school graduate	32.4%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	27.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seaside Heights	Seaside Park
Drove alone	70.7%	80.9%
Carpooled	2.8%	1.1%
Public transit	4.0%	3.0%
Walked	9.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	12.5%
Other means	5.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seaside Heights	Seaside Park
1-unit, detached	40.1%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	34.3%	23.7%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	9.5%
20 or more units	7.2%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Seaside Heights	Seaside Park
Poverty rate	34.4%	13.0%
Average household size	1.85	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1956	1959