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Seaside Heights is a small town of 2,478 people in Ocean County, New Jersey. It's about 41 miles from Trenton, NJ and 50 miles from New York, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 18 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $408k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,478people
$408kTypical home
$1,480/moRent
85° / 42°Summer / winter
18"Snow
243Sunny days
97Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,478
- Part of a metro area
- About 4,016 people per sq mi
- 50 mi to New York, NY
- 41 mi to Trenton, NJ
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $408k (≈$2,574/mo)
- Median rent $1,480/mo
- Median household income $69k
- Property tax about 1.8% of value
- 8.0% 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
- 18" 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
- Above-average violent crime (608 per 100k)
- About average property crime (2,015 per 100k)
People
- Median age 50
- 19% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 32% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 9% walk or take transit to work
- 43 mi to ACY airport
- 51 mi to JFK (major hub)
- 39 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 49% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1955
- 80% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 16 ft
- Right on the coast
- 216 mi to a big lake
- 15 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 60 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 45 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 830 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 35 bars within 25 mi
- 326 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 6 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 37 museums within 25 mi
- 11 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 42% of New Jersey districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 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.