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Avalon is a small town of 1,488 people in Cape May County, New Jersey. It's about 25 miles from Atlantic City, NJ and 67 miles from Philadelphia, PA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 17 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $2.0M and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,488people
$2.0MTypical home
$1,708/moRent
87° / 45°Summer / winter
17"Snow
243Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,488
- Part of a metro area
- About 348 people per sq mi
- 67 mi to Philadelphia, PA
- 25 mi to Atlantic City, NJ
- 15 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $2.0M (≈$12k/mo)
- Median rent $1,708/mo
- Median household income $139k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 45°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 68°F)
- 243 sunny days a year (77 totally clear)
- 122 cloudy days a year
- 39 of 90 winter days are gray
- 17" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 5 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Very low violent crime (39 per 100k)
- Above-average property crime (3,361 per 100k)
People
- Median age 66
- 12% of households have kids
- 46% are 65 or older
- 63% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 27 mi to ACY airport
- 61 mi to PHL (major hub)
- 62 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1988
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 7 ft
- Right on the coast
- 240 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 90 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 17 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 462 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 24 bars within 25 mi
- 160 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 6 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 23 museums within 25 mi
- 7 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 43% of New Jersey districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 25 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 7 mi to the nearest vet
- 8 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 24 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cape May County: R+19 in 2024
- New Jersey: D+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk