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08210

16,298 Population
68.8 square miles 237 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 49.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,149 ±$3,253 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: $40,389 ±$1,142
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $42,745 ±$199
$71,655 ±$6,018 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: $67,074 ±$2,716
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $82,545 ±$400

8.3% ±3.1% (1,272  ±484) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 9.8% † 8,878 (±1.4% / ±1,273)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10% 869,081 (±0.2% / ±15,206)

20.4 minutes ±1.3 (150,025  ±16,355) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 22.8 914,155 (±0.8 / ±36,225)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New Jersey: 32.2 133,166,730 (±0.1 / ±581,610)

Families

6,381 ±334 Number of households
  • the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 40,171 ±786
  • New Jersey: 3,231,874 ±7,167
2.4 ±0.1 (15,583  ±944) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 2.3 90,550 (±0.1 / ±446)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,694,933 (±0)

5.4% ±3.1% (179  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 4.5% † 753 (±1.2% / ±204)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 99,738 (±0.1% / ±2,285)

Housing

8,051 ±354 Number of housing units
  • the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 99,312 ±219
  • New Jersey: 3,616,614 ±596

$260,200 ±$12,020 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: $300,500 ±$7,192
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $335,600 ±$797

6.9% ±1.8% (1,118  ±289.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 11.4% 10,529 (±1.1% / ±1,026.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 898,984 (±0.1% / ±11,270.3)

Social

90.3% ±3.5% (10,814  ±660.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 92.5% 64,591 (±2% / ±1,400.2)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 89.8% 5,520,448 (±0.3% / ±16,297.9)
28.2% ±3.1% (3,374  ±408.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 32.8% 22,910 (±1.2% / ±812.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 39.7% 2,440,951 (±0.2% / ±9,872.7)

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

3.4% ±1.1% (553  ±187) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 4.7% † 4,398 (±0.5% / ±497)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 22.4% 1,992,027 (±0.1% / ±11,424)

8.1% ±1.4% (1,075  ±194) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ocean City, NJ Metro Area: 8.9% 6,720 (±0.6% / ±442)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 4.7% 321,991 (±0.1% / ±3,253)
1,075 Total veterans ±194 991 Male ±171 84 Female ±67

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