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Holiday City-Berkeley is a big small town of 12,995 people in Ocean County, New Jersey. It's about 31 miles from Trenton, NJ and 45 miles from Philadelphia, PA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 20 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $266k and rent runs about $2k a month.
12,995people
$266kTypical home
$1,640/moRent
86° / 42°Summer / winter
20"Snow
243Sunny days
97Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 12,995
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,178 people per sq mi
- 45 mi to Philadelphia, PA
- 31 mi to Trenton, NJ
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $266k (≈$1,679/mo)
- Median rent $1,640/mo
- Median household income $50k
- Property tax about 1.2% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°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
- 6 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 7 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 71
- 2% of households have kids
- 67% are 65 or older
- 17% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 37 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 36 mi to TTN airport
- 51 mi to EWR (major hub)
- 30 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 99% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 81% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 49 ft
- 8 mi to the ocean
- 209 mi to a big lake
- 15 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 60 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 58 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 918 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 31 bars within 25 mi
- 349 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 6 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 41 museums within 25 mi
- 15 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 36% of New Jersey districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 12 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 7 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