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Barnegat, NJ

3,367 Population
2.7 square miles 1,248.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±12.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$39,506 ±$6,291 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $54,510 ±$245
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$105,091 ±$26,053 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $97,334 ±$454
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

2.8% ±3.7% (93  ±126) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.4% 2,416,274 (±0.1% / ±24,918)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

25.2 minutes ±2.4 (39,620  ±14,405) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36 290,532,500 (±0.1 / ±1,085,869)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

1,200 ±280 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,362,500 ±10,268
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.8 ±0.2 (3,367  ±828) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,350,254
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

3.4% ±5.3% (22  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,816 (±0.1% / ±4,495)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

1,344 ±297 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,991,914 ±1,323
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$398,900 ±$65,394 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $587,400 ±$1,207
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

8% ±5.2% (265  ±184.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.4% 1,837,795 (±0.1% / ±17,907.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

90.1% ±28.6% (2,129  ±424.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,182,060 (±0.2% / ±31,146.7)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
45% ±4.3% (1,064  ±281.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 43.5% 6,051,126 (±0.2% / ±21,441.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.8% ±3% (127  ±105) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 29.8% 5,892,182
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

7.8% ±4.2% (205  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.8% 432,659 (±0% / ±6,334)
  • about double the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
205 Total veterans ±121 205 Male ±121 N/A Female ±14

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