Borough · Monmouth County, New Jersey

Oceanport, New Jersey

Oceanport is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area. It has 6,195 residents. Oceanport, New Jersey has a quality-of-life score of 87 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,047 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New Jersey it ranks #202 of 552 cities and towns. It ranks best on gyms and fitness centers (high), depression (low) and public transit commuters (high). It ranks worst on rent as share of income (high), average commute time (high) and home price to income ratio (high).

87Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,047 of 15,651 cities and towns
New Jersey: #202 of 552 in NJ
Population: 6,195 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 1,953.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 3454570

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety90#1,601/15,637
Economy81#3,003/15,631
Housing9#13,572/14,977
Health95#836/15,609
Healthcare97#536/15,650
Environment36#9,875/15,453
Education93#1,055/15,649
Infrastructure37#9,816/15,650
Community98#358/15,651
Leisure & amenities97#489/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Oceanport, New Jersey ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Monmouth County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Gyms and fitness centers · high2.9 /10k
99/100New Jersey 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMonmouth County value
Depression · low15.6%
97/100New Jersey 15.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Public transit commuters · high8.9%
97/100New Jersey 8.1%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Students per teacher · low10.7×
96/100New Jersey 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsMonmouth County value
Loneliness · low28.3%
95/100New Jersey 33.5%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Poor or fair health · low11.2%
95/100New Jersey 15.8%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100New Jersey 30.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Average commute time · high33.5 min
7/100New Jersey 30.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Home price to income ratio · high6.0×
12/100New Jersey 4.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Job growth · low-2.0%
13/100New Jersey 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMonmouth County value
High ozone days · high5 days
15/100New Jersey 1 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyMonmouth County value
Comfortable days · low23.6%
16/100New Jersey 24.9%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMonmouth County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
5,725 (2015-2019) → 6,195 (2020-2024)
+8.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
31.4% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
57.8% (2015-2019) → 74.8% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedImproving
5.2 /1k (2021) → 8.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+54%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$91,250 (2015-2019) → $126,094 (2020-2024)
+38%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Public transit commutersImproving
3.6% (2015-2019) → 8.9% (2020-2024)
+5.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Oceanport, New Jersey improved on 1 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Inequality−0.0760.493 → 0.417

Declined1

Rent / income+20 points31.4% → 51.0%

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Oceanport, New Jersey between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	31.3 min2015-2019	33.5 min2020-2024	+2.3 min	Within the margin of error	25%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.2%2015-2019	54.3%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Broadband subscriptions	86.9%2015-2019	86.3%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Effective property tax rate	1.66%2015-2019	1.56%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	37%
High school diploma or higher	94.5%2015-2019	94.8%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Home price to income ratio	5.7×2015-2019	6.0×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	61%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4932015-2019	0.4172020-2024	−0.076	Improved	92%
Median household income	$91,2502015-2019	$126,0942020-2024	+38%	Within the margin of error	71%
Rent as share of income	31.4%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+20 points	Declined	2%
Rent-burdened households	57.8%2015-2019	74.8%2020-2024	+17 points	Within the margin of error	12%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Oceanport, New Jersey five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Oceanport, New Jersey in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Oceanport, New Jersey itself moved −6.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

6,195 residents (±17)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,687 households (±294)

Oceanport, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $25k15%†394
$25k–50k6.2%†167
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,687 households (±294)

Oceanport, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Own83%2,234
Rent17%†453

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,723 workers (±346)

Oceanport, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Drive alone65%1,764
Carpool10%†281
Public transit8.9%†242

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Monmouth County, the county holding most of Oceanport's residents.

Monmouth County has 19,883 employer establishments, 308 for every 10,000 residents (1.24× the US rate of 248; 1.22× New Jersey's), with 257,734 paid employees at an average annual pay of $64,535. The Census Bureau also counts 69,392 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 19,883; 69,392 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 308; US 248 · New Jersey 253
Paid employees: 257,734
Average annual pay: $64,535; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Monmouth County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	2,257	34.9	1.68×More than typical	24,720	$79,203	3,980
Restaurants and other eating places	1,664	25.8	1.40×More than typical	26,469	$26,472	321
Specialty trade contractors	1,290	20	1.29×More than typical	10,949	$78,504	3,464
Offices of physicians	891	13.8	2.13×More than typical	9,356	$115,945	847
Personal care services	713	11	2.31×More than typical	4,689	$26,937	1,139
Full-service restaurants	712	11	1.44×More than typical	15,233	$30,247	138
Services to buildings and dwellings	704	10.9	1.62×More than typical	4,522	$48,793	2,549
Lessors of real estate	681	10.5	0.86×About typical	4,066	$65,672	11,202
Construction of buildings	655	10.1	1.34×More than typical	4,958	$112,358	1,493
Management, scientific and technical consulting	649	10	1.50×More than typical	4,030	$83,310	3,737
Limited-service restaurants	644	10	1.24×About typical	7,955	$22,142	134
Offices of other health practitioners	615	9.5	1.57×More than typical	3,853	$44,429	2,272

Rank places for an industry Open Monmouth County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 645,796 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Oceanport, New Jersey: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

5.9MFY2017
5.3MFY2018
-979.8KFY2019
883KFY2020
-345.6KFY2021
-12KFY2022
5.3MFY2023
4MFY2024
13.4KFY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Oceanport, New Jersey, so they do not add up across cities.

Oceanport, New Jersey's figures are part of those of Monmouth County, NJ ($815.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Oceanport is mostly in Monmouth County.

See federal money in Monmouth County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Oceanport, New Jersey is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Andy Kim

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Monmouth County92100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ68

Other cities and towns in Monmouth County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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