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Holiday Heights is a small town of 2,121 people in Ocean County, New Jersey. It's about 33 miles from Trenton, NJ and 47 miles from Philadelphia, PA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 19 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $339k and rent runs about $2k a month.
2,121people
$339kTypical home
$1,755/moRent
86° / 42°Summer / winter
19"Snow
243Sunny days
97Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,121
- Part of a metro area
- About 422 people per sq mi
- 47 mi to Philadelphia, PA
- 33 mi to Trenton, NJ
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $339k (≈$2,137/mo)
- Median rent $1,755/mo
- Median household income $58k
- Property tax about 1.3% of value
- 8.0% 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
- 19" of snow a year
- 5 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 73
- 6% of households have kids
- 68% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 32 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 37 mi to ACY airport
- 52 mi to EWR (major hub)
- 32 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 95% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1989
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 79 ft
- 7 mi to the ocean
- 211 mi to a big lake
- 13 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 61 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 53 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 850 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 28 bars within 25 mi
- 313 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 6 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 41 museums within 25 mi
- 13 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 41% of New Jersey districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 13 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.