Silver Ridge vs Surf City

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

Silver Ridge 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 1,176 in Silver Ridge). Surf City has the higher median household income ($118,333 vs $35,056 in Silver Ridge). Surf City has the higher median home value ($967,900 vs $213,100 in Silver Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Silver Ridge	Surf City
Population	1,176	1,225
Median age	74.1 yrs	63.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,056	$118,333
Median home value	$213,100	$967,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,750
Housing units	848	2,555
Homeownership rate	95.1%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	64.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silver Ridge	Surf City
Population	948 → 1,176 (+24.1%)	1,271 → 1,225 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$42,756 → $35,056 (-18.0%)	$90,313 → $118,333 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$146,400 → $213,100 (+45.6%)	$727,800 → $967,900 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,358 → $1,750 (+28.9%)

Silver Ridge

Population

9481,176

Median household income

$42,756$35,056

Median home value

$146,400$213,100

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)

	Silver Ridge	Surf City
Under 5	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	5.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	3.0%	2.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	3.1%
45 to 54	3.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	21.5%	27.4%
65 to 74	33.6%	27.4%
75 and over	38.3%	19.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silver Ridge	Surf City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silver Ridge	Surf City
No high school diploma	6.6%	1.1%
High school graduate	53.7%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silver Ridge	Surf City
Drove alone	94.9%	59.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	5.1%	34.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silver Ridge	Surf City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Silver Ridge	Surf City
Poverty rate	13.0%	5.0%
Average household size	1.41	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	35	38
Median year structure built	1974	1969