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Living in Dover Beaches North, NJ

Dover Beaches North is a small town of 1,586 people in Ocean County, New Jersey. It's about 40 miles from Trenton, NJ and 47 miles from New York, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 20 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $726k and rent runs about $1k a month.

1,586people
$726kTypical home
$1,478/moRent
85° / 42°Summer / winter
20"Snow
243Sunny days
97Rain/snow days

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Size & setting

  • Small town of 1,586
  • Part of a metro area
  • About 1,724 people per sq mi
  • 47 mi to New York, NY
  • 40 mi to Trenton, NJ
  • 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+

Money

  • Typical home $726k (≈$4,578/mo)
  • Median rent $1,478/mo
  • Median household income $51k
  • Property tax about 1.4% of value
  • 5.0% unemployment

Weather

  • Summer highs around 85°F
  • Winter highs around 42°F
  • Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
  • 243 sunny days a year (77 totally clear)
  • 122 cloudy days a year
  • 39 of 90 winter days are gray
  • 97 days a year with rain or snow
  • 20" of snow a year
  • 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
  • Rarely hits 100°F
  • 6 nights a year below 10°F
  • Breezy

Safety

  • Very low violent crime (132 per 100k), county-wide
  • Very low property crime (682 per 100k), county-wide

People

  • Median age 66
  • 8% of households have kids
  • 44% are 65 or older
  • 43% have a college degree
  • Mixed community
  • 5% of residents are college students

Getting around & homes

  • Average commute 33 min
  • 8% walk or take transit to work
  • 44 mi to TTN airport
  • 47 mi to JFK (major hub)
  • 37 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
  • 93% single-family homes
  • Typical home built around 1973
  • 83% of homes have broadband

Outdoors

  • Flat, open land
  • Elevation 3 ft
  • Right on the coast
  • 214 mi to a big lake
  • 18 mi to the nearest trailhead
  • 56 mi to the nearest ski area
  • 10 mi to the nearest campground
  • 52 golf courses within 25 mi

Things to do

  • 878 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
  • 35 bars within 25 mi
  • 331 coffee shops within 25 mi
  • 6 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
  • 42 museums within 25 mi
  • 12 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
  • Farmers market in town

Everyday

  • Schools in the bottom 37% of New Jersey districts (reading)
  • 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
  • 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
  • 7 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
  • 4 mi to the nearest vet
  • 4 mi to the nearest dog park
  • 5 congregations per 10k people
  • 5 mi to the nearest college

Politics

  • Ocean County: R+36 in 2024
  • New Jersey: D+6 in 2024

Natural hazards

  • High hurricane risk
  • Moderate tornado risk
  • Moderate wildfire risk
  • Low earthquake risk
  • High flood risk
  • Very low drought risk
  • Moderate winter storm risk
  • Moderate heat wave risk
  • Very low volcano risk

Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.

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