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Belmar, NJ

5,869 Population
1 square miles 5,615.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$78,127 ±$9,724 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,691 ±$257
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$93,573 ±$12,493 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,155 ±$487
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

7.7% ±3.4% (449  ±197) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.7% 2,467,089 (±0.1% / ±26,454)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

31.6 minutes ±1.8 (85,100  ±11,501) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 35.6 281,580,540 (±0.1 / ±916,581)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

2,959 ±236 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,409,947 ±10,406
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2 ±0.2 (5,855  ±29) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,385,342
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

3,899 ±311 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,038,666 ±1,324
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$861,800 ±$45,684 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $614,200 ±$1,348
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

9.2% ±3.2% (539  ±187.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.2% 1,801,060 (±0.1% / ±19,484.3)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

92.1% ±9.3% (4,484  ±493) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,241,344 (±0.2% / ±31,374.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
53.6% ±6.3% (2,607  ±326.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 44.2% 6,168,034 (±0.2% / ±20,817.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

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

10% ±4.7% (588  ±278) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.1% 5,952,555
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

5.1% ±1.7% (262  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6% 411,464 (±0% / ±5,611)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
262 Total veterans ±89 241 Male ±82 21 Female ±23

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