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Leisure Village West is a small town of 3,969 people in Ocean County, New Jersey. It's about 29 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 24 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $223k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,969people
$223kTypical home
$1,379/moRent
86° / 42°Summer / winter
24"Snow
235Sunny days
97Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,969
- Part of a metro area
- About 3,280 people per sq mi
- 45 mi to Philadelphia, PA
- 29 mi to Trenton, NJ
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $223k (≈$1,404/mo)
- Median rent $1,379/mo
- Median household income $53k
- Property tax about 1.4% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 42°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 235 sunny days a year (79 totally clear)
- 130 cloudy days a year
- 38 of 90 winter days are gray
- 97 days a year with rain or snow
- 24" of snow a year
- 7 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 72
- 4% of households have kids
- 65% are 65 or older
- 22% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 35 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 34 mi to TTN airport
- 47 mi to EWR (major hub)
- 28 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 59 ft
- 8 mi to the ocean
- 206 mi to a big lake
- 18 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 56 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 65 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,025 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 41 bars within 25 mi
- 378 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 6 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 51 museums within 25 mi
- 15 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 34% of New Jersey districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 6 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