Long Branch is home to 32,530 people in New Jersey. Owners hold 42% of the housing stock. Density works out to 6,349 people per square mile. 27% of people here were born outside the United States. Home values have more than tripled since 2000, reaching $574,000. That trails the New Jersey median by roughly 23%.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $79,653, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.8
US median: 38.9
Average education
36% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 127%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Long Branch
What changed most since 1990
Black share19.1% → 10.7%(−8.4 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Median age33.9 → 36.8(+2.9 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Long Branch's population equals 5.0% of Monmouth County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 12% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 10% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)17.8%(212)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16%(191)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era27.1%(323)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War9.7%(115)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II7%(83)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,191 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Long Branch, decade by decade
Long Branch population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
28,658
$73,665
$350,170
20.1%
63.8
2000
31,340
$70,409
$252,846
20.2%
75.2
2010
30,719
$75,945
$551,692
23.6%
79.3
2020
31,667
$75,179
$444,818
28.3%
88.8
2024
32,530
$79,653
$574,000
36.1%
81.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
