Barnegat is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Barnegat Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States census, the CDP's population was 2,817.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of , including of land and of water (0.47%).
Demographics
Barnegat first appeared as a census designated place in the 1980 U.S. census.
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|1,590
|6,831
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,993
|94.08%
|40.16%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |76.86%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|9
|3,129
|style='background: #ffffe6; |179
|0.53%
|18.39%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.60%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|2
|65
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.12%
|0.38%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.08%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|22
|3,869
|style='background: #ffffe6; |67
|1.30%
|22.74%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.72%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.00%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|50
|style='background: #ffffe6; |26
|0.00%
|0.29%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.67%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|21
|366
|style='background: #ffffe6; |159
|1.24%
|2.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.08%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|46
|2,694
|style='background: #ffffe6; |465
|2.72%
|15.84%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11.94%
|-
|Total
|1,690
|17,011
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,894
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 2,817 people, 1,019 households, and 733 families in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,132 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 92.26% (2,599) White, 2.63% (74) Black or African American, 0.00% (0) Native American, 2.24% (63) Asian, 0.04% (1) Pacific Islander, 0.85% (24) from other races, and 1.99% (56) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.79% (163) of the population.
There were 595 households, out of which 39.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.5% were non-families. 18.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.31.