Seaside Heights vs Waretown

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

Seaside Heights and Waretown 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 1,894 in Waretown). Waretown has the higher median household income ($118,450 vs $58,988 in Seaside Heights). Waretown has the higher median home value ($498,600 vs $376,700 in Seaside Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Seaside Heights	Waretown
Population	1,992	1,894
Median age	50.2 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,988	$118,450
Median home value	$376,700	$498,600
Median gross rent	$1,429	—
Housing units	2,807	852
Homeownership rate	40.2%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seaside Heights	Waretown
Population	2,892 → 1,992 (-31.1%)	1,964 → 1,894 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$57,083 → $58,988 (+3.3%)	$71,204 → $118,450 (+66.4%)
Median home value	$296,600 → $376,700 (+27.0%)	$275,800 → $498,600 (+80.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,152 → $1,429 (+24.0%)	$1,585 → $1,875 (+18.3%)

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

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)

	Seaside Heights	Waretown
Under 5	5.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	8.0%	27.6%
18 to 24	10.4%	2.4%
25 to 34	3.6%	10.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	18.0%
45 to 54	15.9%	6.7%
55 to 64	23.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	13.9%
75 and over	5.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seaside Heights	Waretown
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seaside Heights	Waretown
No high school diploma	17.1%	3.6%
High school graduate	32.4%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seaside Heights	Waretown
Drove alone	70.7%	84.2%
Carpooled	2.8%	5.0%
Public transit	4.0%	2.0%
Walked	9.2%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	4.9%
Other means	5.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seaside Heights	Waretown
1-unit, detached	40.1%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	34.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Seaside Heights	Waretown
Poverty rate	34.4%	4.1%
Average household size	1.85	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	31	46
Median year structure built	1956	1967