Seaside Heights vs Vista Center

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

Seaside Heights 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.

Vista Center has the higher population (2,235 vs 1,992 in Seaside Heights). Vista Center has the higher median household income ($131,194 vs $58,988 in Seaside Heights). Vista Center has the higher median home value ($576,600 vs $376,700 in Seaside Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Seaside Heights	Vista Center
Population	1,992	2,235
Median age	50.2 yrs	65.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,988	$131,194
Median home value	$376,700	$576,600
Median gross rent	$1,429	—
Housing units	2,807	1,058
Homeownership rate	40.2%	97.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	57.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seaside Heights	Vista Center
Population	2,892 → 1,992 (-31.1%)	2,241 → 2,235 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$57,083 → $58,988 (+3.3%)	$103,542 → $131,194 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$296,600 → $376,700 (+27.0%)	$444,800 → $576,600 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,152 → $1,429 (+24.0%)	—

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

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)

	Seaside Heights	Vista Center
Under 5	5.8%	8.6%
5 to 17	8.0%	2.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	2.1%
25 to 34	3.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	8.6%
45 to 54	15.9%	3.8%
55 to 64	23.2%	17.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	37.1%
75 and over	5.6%	19.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seaside Heights	Vista Center
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seaside Heights	Vista Center
No high school diploma	17.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	32.4%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seaside Heights	Vista Center
Drove alone	70.7%	84.2%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.0%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	11.8%
Other means	5.7%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seaside Heights	Vista Center
1-unit, detached	40.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	34.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Seaside Heights	Vista Center
Poverty rate	34.4%	2.8%
Average household size	1.85	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1956	2005