Bay Head, NJ

Census Place

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2024 Population
1,205
US Senator
Cory Booker
Democratic Party
US Senator
Andy Kim
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
58.6
1.21% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
5.48%
19.6% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$181,667
24.9% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$1.86M
11% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
596
2.58% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Bay Head, NJ reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.7% of the residents in Bay Head, NJ are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Bay Head, NJ was $1.86M, and the homeownership rate was 86.3%.

Most people in Bay Head, NJ drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 27.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Bay Head, NJ was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Bay Head, NJ is home to a population of 1.21k people, from which 99.7% are citizens. As of 2024, 3.32% of Bay Head, NJ residents were born outside of the country (40 people).

In 2024, there were 29.4 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.09k people) in Bay Head, NJ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 37 Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic) and 27 Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.7%
2024 Citizenship
99.6%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.7% of Bay Head, NJ residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Bay Head, NJ was 99.6%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Bay Head, NJ
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    1.09k ± 184
  2. Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic)
    37 ± 40
  3. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    27 ± 28
1.33%
Hispanic Population
16 people

In 2024, there were 29.4 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.09k people) in Bay Head, NJ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 37 Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic) and 27 Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

1.33% of the people in Bay Head, NJ are hispanic (16 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Bay Head, NJ as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for New Jersey.
Most Common Origin
  1. India
    273,706 ± 12,653 people
  2. Dominican Republic
    205,965 ± 11,018 people
  3. Mexico
    107,667 ± 8,009 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New Jersey was India, the natal country of 273,706 New Jersey residents, followed by Dominican Republic with 205,965 and Mexico with 107,667.

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Foreign-Born Population

3.32%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
40 people
4.25%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
51 people

As of 2024, 3.32% of Bay Head, NJ residents (40 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Bay Head, NJ was 4.25%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    36 ± 27
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    16 ± 18
  3. Gulf War (2001-)
    10 ± 17

Bay Head, NJ has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.25 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Bay Head, NJ employs 596 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Bay Head, NJ were Finance & Insurance (115 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (93 people), and Educational Services (71 people), and the highest paying industries were Finance & Insurance ($208,348), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($208,304), and Construction ($208,287).

Employment

Occupations

596
2024 Value
± 111
2.58%
1 Year growth
± 24.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Bay Head, NJ grew at a rate of 2.58%, from 581 employees to 596 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Bay Head, NJ, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (101 people), Management Occupations (86 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (79 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Bay Head, NJ.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New Jersey.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

596
2024 Value
± 111
2.58%
1 Year growth
± 24.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Bay Head, NJ grew at a rate of 2.58%, from 581 employees to 596 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Bay Head, NJ, are Finance & Insurance (115 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (93 people), and Educational Services (71 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Bay Head, NJ, though some of these residents may live in Bay Head, NJ and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$97,500
Median earning men ± $63,029
$80,000
Median earning women ± $27,606

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($250,001), Construction ($208,333), and Retail Trade ($143,125).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($250,001), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($207,768), and Retail Trade ($65,774).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New Jersey.
Y-Axis
2.27%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.24M people employed in New Jersey. This represents a 2.27% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 16.5%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Bay Head, NJ was $1.86M in 2024, which is 5.6 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $1.68M to $1.86M, a 11% increase. The homeownership rate in Bay Head, NJ is 86.3%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Bay Head, NJ have an average commute time of 27.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Bay Head, NJ is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$1.86M
Median Property Value 2024
±$317,361
$511
Median Property Taxes
±$85

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Bay Head, NJ the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Bay Head, NJ compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

86.3%
Homeownership
2024
61.9%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 86.3% of the housing units in Bay Head, NJ were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 87.9%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$181,667
Median Household Income
± $70,892
592
Number of Households
± 91

In 2024, the median household income of the 592 households in Bay Head, NJ grew to $181,667 from the previous year's value of $145,417.

The following chart displays the households in Bay Head, NJ distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Bay Head, NJ is from New Jersey.
0.486
2023 Wage GINI in New Jersey
0.489
2022 Wage GINI in New Jersey

In 2023, the income inequality in New Jersey was 0.486 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.709% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New Jersey was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New Jersey in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (59%)
  2. Worked At Home (17.7%)
  3. Carpooled (8.61%)

In 2024, 59% of workers in Bay Head, NJ drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (17.7%) and those who carpooled to work (8.61%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

27.3 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Bay Head, NJ have a longer commute time (27.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 5.13% of the workforce in Bay Head, NJ have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Bay Head, NJ distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Bay Head, NJ have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

5.48% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Bay Head, NJ (66 out of 1.21k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Bay Head, NJ is White, followed by Two Or More and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

96.6% of the population of Bay Head, NJ has health coverage, with 45.7% on employee plans, 1.74% on Medicaid, 29.5% on Medicare, 18.1% on non-group plans, and 1.58% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New Jersey see 1,279 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,279 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1157 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 320 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 44.5% were men and 55.5% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 10.4% under 18 years, 12.3% between 18 and 34 years, 44.5% between 35 and 64 years, and 32.9% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 44.5% were men and 55.5% were women.

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Uninsured People

3.4%
Uninsured
45.7%
Employer Coverage
1.74%
Medicaid
29.5%
Medicare
18.1%
Non-Group
1.58%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Bay Head, NJ grew by 94.6% from 1.75% to 3.4%.

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