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Pine Lake Park is a big small town of 9,795 people in Ocean County, New Jersey. It's about 31 miles from Trenton, NJ and 46 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 $415k and rent runs about $2k a month.
9,795people
$415kTypical home
$1,838/moRent
86° / 42°Summer / winter
20"Snow
235Sunny days
97Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 9,795
- Part of a metro area
- About 3,948 people per sq mi
- 46 mi to Philadelphia, PA
- 31 mi to Trenton, NJ
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $415k (≈$2,615/mo)
- Median rent $1,838/mo
- Median household income $92k
- Property tax about 1.5% of value
- 6.0% 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
- 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 36
- 38% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 26% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 9% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 39 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 35 mi to TTN airport
- 48 mi to EWR (major hub)
- 29 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 92% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1980
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 79 ft
- 7 mi to the ocean
- 208 mi to a big lake
- 17 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 57 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 63 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 990 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 38 bars within 25 mi
- 367 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 6 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 45 museums within 25 mi
- 14 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 35% of New Jersey districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 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