Shark River Hills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) within Neptune Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP's population was 3,583.
Demographics
Shark River Hills first appeared as a census designated place in the 1990 U.S. census.
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|3,739
|3,495
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,195
|96.42%
|94.54%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |89.17%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|22
|33
|style='background: #ffffe6; |37
|0.57%
|0.89%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.03%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|1
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.03%
|0.16%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|30
|40
|style='background: #ffffe6; |52
|0.77%
|1.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.45%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|1
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.03%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|4
|8
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13
|0.10%
|0.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.36%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|33
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |128
|0.85%
|0.30%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.57%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|48
|103
|style='background: #ffffe6; |158
|1.24%
|2.79%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.41%
|-
|Total
|3,878
|3,697
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,583
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Shark River Hills had a population of 3,583. The median age was 50.2 years. 15.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 23.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 96.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.5 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,491 households in Shark River Hills, of which 20.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 59.0% were married-couple households, 13.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 22.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Of the 1,511 households, 23.6% had children under the age of 18; 58.9% were married couples living together; 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present and 29.5% were non-families. Of all households, 22.3% were made up of individuals and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.89.
There were 1,509 households, out of which 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.03.