Ship Bottom vs Surf City

A side-by-side comparison of Ship Bottom and Surf City: population, income, housing, and more.

Ship Bottom and Surf City are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Surf City has the higher population (1,225 vs 1,009 in Ship Bottom). Surf City has the higher median household income ($118,333 vs $111,250 in Ship Bottom). Surf City has the higher median home value ($967,900 vs $910,000 in Ship Bottom).

Population, income & housing

	Ship Bottom	Surf City
Population	1,009	1,225
Median age	63.2 yrs	63.8 yrs
Median household income	$111,250	$118,333
Median home value	$910,000	$967,900
Median gross rent	$1,422	$1,750
Housing units	2,114	2,555
Homeownership rate	90.9%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.4%	64.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ship Bottom	Surf City
Population	1,049 → 1,009 (-3.8%)	1,271 → 1,225 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$84,205 → $111,250 (+32.1%)	$90,313 → $118,333 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$659,300 → $910,000 (+38.0%)	$727,800 → $967,900 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,131 → $1,422 (+25.7%)	$1,358 → $1,750 (+28.9%)

Ship Bottom

Population

1,0491,009

Median household income

$84,205$111,250

Median home value

$659,300$910,000

Median gross rent

$1,131$1,422

Surf City

Population

1,2711,225

Median household income

$90,313$118,333

Median home value

$727,800$967,900

Median gross rent

$1,358$1,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ship Bottom	Surf City
Under 5	1.4%	0.7%
5 to 17	5.9%	5.5%
18 to 24	3.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	4.9%	2.4%
35 to 44	6.3%	3.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	24.4%	27.4%
65 to 74	23.0%	27.4%
75 and over	21.9%	19.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ship Bottom	Surf City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ship Bottom	Surf City
No high school diploma	1.4%	1.1%
High school graduate	17.6%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.3%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ship Bottom	Surf City
Drove alone	69.0%	59.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	1.1%
Public transit	5.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	16.2%	34.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ship Bottom	Surf City
1-unit, detached	83.3%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ship Bottom	Surf City
Poverty rate	3.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.00	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	31	38
Median year structure built	1969	1969