West Long Branch, NJ

Census Place

2024 Population

8,586

US Senator

Cory Booker

Democratic Party

US Senator

Andy Kim

Democratic Party

2024 Median Age

29.9

1.64% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

3.41%

24% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$114,271

7.59% 1-year decline

2024 Median Property Value

$684,300

Population & Diversity

West Long Branch, NJ is home to a population of 8.59k people, from which 95.8% are citizens.

As of 2024, 9.13% of West Long Branch, NJ residents were born outside of the country (784 people).

In 2024, there were 14.7 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (6.61k people) in West Long Branch, NJ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 448 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 407 Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

95.8%

2024 Citizenship

96.6%

2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 95.8% of West Long Branch, NJ residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in West Long Branch, NJ was 96.6%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in West Long Branch, NJ compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in West Long Branch, NJ

White (Non-Hispanic)
6.61k ± 459
Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
448 ± 193
Other (Hispanic)
407 ± 248

9.07%

Hispanic Population

779 people

9.07% of the people in West Long Branch, NJ are hispanic (779 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in West Long Branch, NJ as a share of the total population.

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for New Jersey.

Most Common Origin

India
279,408 ± 12,782 people
Dominican Republic
210,288 ± 11,131 people
Mexico
108,737 ± 8,049 people

In 2024, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New Jersey was India, the natal country of 279,408 New Jersey residents, followed by Dominican Republic with 210,288 and Mexico with 108,737.

Foreign-Born Population

9.13%

2024 Foreign-Born Population

784 people

7.91%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

678 people

As of 2024, 9.13% of West Long Branch, NJ residents (784 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 West Long Branch, NJ was 7.91%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in West Long Branch, NJ compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
25 ± 37
Korea
21 ± 31
Gulf War (2001-)
20 ± 36

West Long Branch, NJ has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.19 times greater than any other conflict.

The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in West Long Branch, NJ.

Economy

The economy of West Long Branch, NJ employs 4.12k people. In 2024, the largest industries in West Long Branch, NJ were Educational Services (556 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (553 people), and Retail Trade (518 people), and the highest paying industries were Finance & Insurance ($203,636), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($156,719), and Manufacturing ($96,175).

Employment

Occupations

4.12k

2024 Value

± 465

−0.891%

1 Year decline

± 16%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in West Long Branch, NJ declined at a rate of −0.891%, from 4.15k employees to 4.12k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in West Long Branch, NJ, are Sales & Related Occupations (536 people), Management Occupations (431 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (418 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of West Long Branch, NJ.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in New Jersey (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

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

Industries

Employment by Industries

4.12k

2024 Value

± 465

−0.891%

1 Year decline

± 16%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in West Long Branch, NJ declined at a rate of −0.891%, from 4.15k employees to 4.12k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in West Long Branch, NJ, are Educational Services (556 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (553 people), and Retail Trade (518 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of West Long Branch, NJ, though some of these residents may live in West Long Branch, NJ and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$66,994

Median earning men ± $17,378

$59,589

Median earning women ± $13,627

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($214,688), Wholesale Trade ($185,096), and Manufacturing ($119,625).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($130,000), Manufacturing ($95,991), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($69,250).

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in New Jersey went to Kamala Harris with 52% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (46.1%), followed by Jill Stein (0.914%).

Cory Booker and Andy Kim are the senators currently representing the state of New Jersey. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

New Jersey is currently represented by 11 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for West Long Branch, NJ. Showing the available data for New Jersey.

2024 Election Results

Kamala Harris (52%)
Democratic Party
Donald J. Trump (46.1%)
Republican Party
Jill Stein (0.914%)
Green Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in New Jersey went to Kamala Harris with 52% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (46.1%), followed by Jill Stein (0.914%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in New Jersey for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from New Jersey

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for New Jersey.

Cory Booker

Senator from New Jersey

Assumed office on October 31, 2013
Elected to the seat to succeed Jeffrey Chiesa, who had been appointed to the seat following the death of Frank Lautenberg.{{Cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/cory-booker-new-jersey-senate-election-098436 |title=Booker Wins New Jersey Senate Seat |work=Politico |access-date=May 21, 2020 }}

Andy Kim

Senator from New Jersey

Assumed office on December 8, 2024
Elected to the seat to succeed George Helmy, who had been appointed to the seat following the resignation of Bob Menendez.

Cory Booker and Andy Kim are the senators currently representing New Jersey.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in New Jersey over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

Education

The student population of West Long Branch, NJ in 2024 is skewed towards women, with 1,599 male students and 3,168 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in West Long Branch, NJ are White (1,048 and 71.4%), Hispanic or Latino (245 and 16.7%), Black or African American (70 and 4.77%), and Asian (35 and 2.39%).

The largest universities in West Long Branch, NJ by number of degrees awarded are Monmouth University (1,493 and 100%).

The most popular majors in West Long Branch, NJ are General Business Administration & Management (329 and 22%), General Health Services (91 and 6.1%), and General Education (85 and 5.69%).

The median tuition cost for private four year colleges is $45,752.

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

University

Measure

In 2024 in West Long Branch, NJ, the percentage of applicants admitted was 89%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 9.98%. The number of students enrolled in 2024 was 4,767 (33.5% men and 66.5% women).

The line chart shows the evolution of the percentage of applicants admitted, admitted who enrolled or the number of students enrolled according to the option selected in the upper button.

Enrollments by Gender and Races

Universities

In 2024 there were 4,767 students enrolled in West Long Branch, NJ, 33.5% men and 66.5% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 3,188 records, of which 66.4% were women and 33.6% men.

Completions

Concentrations

Most Common

General Business Administration & Management
264 degrees awarded
General Health Services
91 degrees awarded
Speech Communication & Rhetoric
68 degrees awarded

In 2024, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in West Long Branch, NJ was General Business Administration & Management with 264 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in West Long Branch, NJ according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Race

Monmouth University

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

1,493 degrees awarded

In 2024, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Monmouth University with 1,493 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

University

In 2024, 477 men were awarded degrees from institutions in West Long Branch, NJ, which is 0.469 times less than the 1,016 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2024, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 1,048 degrees mean that there were 4.28 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 245 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Universities

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($45,752) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2024.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($800) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2024.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,000) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

Housing & Living

The median property value in West Long Branch, NJ was $684,300 in 2024, which is 2.06 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $631,300 to $684,300, a 8.4% increase. The homeownership rate in West Long Branch, NJ is 70%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in West Long Branch, NJ have an average commute time of 23.2 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in West Long Branch, NJ is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$684,300

Median Property Value 2024

±$29,501

$1,968

Median Property Taxes

±$252

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 West Long Branch, NJ the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

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

Rent vs Own

70%

Homeownership

2024

64.6%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 70% of the housing units in West Long Branch, NJ were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 71.5%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in West Long Branch, NJ compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$114,271

Median Household Income

± $22,176

2.81k

Number of Households

± 393

In 2024, the median household income of the 2.81k households in West Long Branch, NJ declined from $114,271 from the previous year's value of $123,661.

The following chart displays the households in West Long Branch, 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.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for West Long Branch, NJ is from New Jersey.

0.482

2024 Wage GINI in New Jersey

0.486

2023 Wage GINI in New Jersey

In 2024, the income inequality in New Jersey was 0.482 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.733% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New Jersey was higher than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New Jersey in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in New Jersey across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (63.5%)
Worked At Home (23.7%)
Walked (5.89%)

In 2024, 63.5% of workers in West Long Branch, NJ drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (23.7%) and those who walked to work (5.89%).

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.

Commute Time

23.2 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in West Long Branch, NJ have a shorter commute time (23.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 4.74% of the workforce in West Long Branch, NJ have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in West Long Branch, NJ compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

3.41% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in West Long Branch, NJ (247 out of 7.24k 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 Males 65 - 74, followed by Males 35 - 44 and then Females 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in West Long Branch, NJ is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

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.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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