Long Branch vs Meadowlands

A side-by-side comparison of Long Branch and Meadowlands: population, income, housing, and more.

Long Branch and Meadowlands are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Long Branch has the higher population (457 vs 416 in Meadowlands). Meadowlands has the higher median household income ($80,313 vs $64,167 in Long Branch). Meadowlands has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $135,500 in Long Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Long Branch	Meadowlands
Population	457	416
Median age	51.3 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,167	$80,313
Median home value	$135,500	$184,100
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	215	215
Homeownership rate	83.2%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	14.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Branch	Meadowlands
Population	461 → 457 (-0.9%)	1,249 → 416 (-66.7%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $64,167 (+11.6%)	$78,767 → $80,313 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$113,500 → $135,500 (+19.4%)	$158,400 → $184,100 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $725 (-2.6%)	—

Long Branch

Population

461457

Median household income

$57,500$64,167

Median home value

$113,500$135,500

Median gross rent

$744$725

Meadowlands

Population

1,249416

Median household income

$78,767$80,313

Median home value

$158,400$184,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Branch	Meadowlands
Under 5	3.7%	1.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	23.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	7.4%	6.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	1.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	2.2%
55 to 64	21.9%	29.6%
65 to 74	14.7%	16.1%
75 and over	9.8%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Branch	Meadowlands
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	99.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Branch	Meadowlands
No high school diploma	2.5%	21.9%
High school graduate	43.3%	6.6%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Branch	Meadowlands
Drove alone	91.7%	84.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	15.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Branch	Meadowlands
1-unit, detached	85.1%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Long Branch	Meadowlands
Poverty rate	15.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	31	17
Median year structure built	1961	1938