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Surf City borough, Ocean County, NJ

1,325 Population
0.7 square miles 1,780.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.8 ±2 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Ocean County: 41.8 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$92,668 ±$12,426 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in Ocean County: $42,497 ±$837
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$110,750 ±$17,314 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ocean County: $82,379 ±$1,455
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

3.9% ±1.8% (52  ±25) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ocean County: 10.5% 66,258 (±0.8% / ±5,005)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

33.1 minutes ±12.3 (11,375  ±2,772) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ocean County: 30.8 7,474,940 (±0.4 / ±137,998)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

675 ±72 Number of households
  • Ocean County: 239,466 ±1,450
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2 ±0.1 (1,325  ±148) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ocean County: 2.6 631,890 (±0 / ±130)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

8.4% ±8.9% (9  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Ocean County: 8% 9,702 (±0.7% / ±815)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

2,541 ±145 Number of housing units
  • Ocean County: 293,899 ±110
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$884,000 ±$31,881 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Ocean County: $343,500 ±$3,096
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

7.3% ±3.5% (96  ±46.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ocean County: 9.2% 57,874 (±0.5% / ±3,120.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

98.9% ±14.7% (1,177  ±,110.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ocean County: 93.2% 404,729 (±1.1% / ±4,790.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
62.2% ±2.2% (740  ±89.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Ocean County: 32.9% 143,133 (±0.7% / ±2,874.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.3% ±1.3% (30  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ocean County: 7.8% 49,602
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

9.7% ±2.5% (120  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ocean County: 6.7% 32,332 (±0.2% / ±1,098)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
120 Total veterans ±34 117 Male ±34 3 Female ±4

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