Seaside Park vs Waretown

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

Seaside Park and Waretown are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waretown has the higher population (1,894 vs 1,804 in Seaside Park). Waretown has the higher median household income ($118,450 vs $83,333 in Seaside Park). Seaside Park has the higher median home value ($873,700 vs $498,600 in Waretown).

Population, income & housing

	Seaside Park	Waretown
Population	1,804	1,894
Median age	62.2 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,333	$118,450
Median home value	$873,700	$498,600
Median gross rent	$1,402	—
Housing units	2,730	852
Homeownership rate	73.5%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seaside Park	Waretown
Population	1,628 → 1,804 (+10.8%)	1,964 → 1,894 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$77,629 → $83,333 (+7.3%)	$71,204 → $118,450 (+66.4%)
Median home value	$709,700 → $873,700 (+23.1%)	$275,800 → $498,600 (+80.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,322 → $1,402 (+6.1%)	$1,585 → $1,875 (+18.3%)

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

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 Park	Waretown
Under 5	3.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	5.8%	27.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	2.4%
25 to 34	6.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	8.7%	18.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	6.7%
55 to 64	15.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	30.8%	13.9%
75 and over	12.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seaside Park	Waretown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	92.8%
Black or African American	2.4%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seaside Park	Waretown
No high school diploma	1.0%	3.6%
High school graduate	21.5%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seaside Park	Waretown
Drove alone	80.9%	84.2%
Carpooled	1.1%	5.0%
Public transit	3.0%	2.0%
Walked	1.8%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	4.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seaside Park	Waretown
1-unit, detached	60.4%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	23.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Seaside Park	Waretown
Poverty rate	13.0%	4.1%
Average household size	1.92	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	30	46
Median year structure built	1959	1967