County · New Jersey

Ocean County, New Jersey

Ocean County, New Jersey has a quality-of-life score of 77 out of 100 (high), ranking #737 of 3,143 US counties. Within New Jersey it ranks #13 of 21 counties. It ranks best on firearm deaths (low), depression (low) and suicide rate (low). It ranks worst on rent as share of income (high), rent-burdened households (high) and high ozone days (high).

77High

Quality-of-life score: #737 of 3,143 counties
New Jersey: #13 of 21 in NJ
Population: 673,746 (2025)
Land area: 628 mi²
Density: 1,072.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 34029

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

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety94#171/3,096
Economy68#1,004/3,143
Housing1#3,094/3,140
Health94#178/3,144
Healthcare84#514/3,143
Environment41#1,841/3,108
Education86#448/3,144
Infrastructure67#1,042/3,144
Community75#772/3,144
Leisure & amenities62#1,201/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Ocean County, New Jersey ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Firearm deaths · low4.2 /100k
99/100New Jersey 4.0 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Depression · low17.3%
99/100New Jersey 15.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Suicide rate · low8.5 /100k
99/100New Jersey 8.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100New Jersey 1.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Traffic deaths · low6.5 /100k
94/100New Jersey 6.9 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data
Adult obesity · low30.3%
93/100New Jersey 29.7%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Rent as share of income · high35.2%
2/100New Jersey 30.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · high58.3%
3/100New Jersey 51.6%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
High ozone days · high4 days
5/100New Jersey 1 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Child care cost burden · high40.5%
6/100New Jersey 34.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Severe housing problems · high18.0%
8/100New Jersey 19.8%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Effective property tax rate · high1.42%
8/100New Jersey 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Trends

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

PopulationRising
638,143 (2020) → 673,746 (2025)
+5.6%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 41% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+41 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
26.6% (2020 & 2021) → 40.5% (2023 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Homicide rateWorsening
1.5 /100k (2021) → 2.4 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+60%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
34.6 /100k (2021) → 15.6 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−55%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
84.3% (2010 & 2021) → 93.3% (2022 & 2024)
+9 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%

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, Ocean County, New Jersey improved on 12 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 16 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Property tax−0.4 points1.85% → 1.42%
Unemployment−4.3 points9.6% → 5.3%
Commute−1.2 min31.2 min → 30.0 min
Overdose deaths−55%34.9 /100k → 15.6 /100k
Bachelor's++4.5 points30.0% → 34.4%

Declined4

Transit use−0.8 points1.7% → 0.9%
Violent crime+27%92 /100k → 117 /100k
Airport+8 mi38 mi → 47 mi
Price / income+0.5×3.9× → 4.4×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Ocean County, New Jersey between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.3 /10k2020	4.4 /10k2025	+1.2%	Within the margin of error	40%
Average commute time	31.2 min2015-2019	30.0 min2020-2024	−1.2 min	Improved	81%
Average weekly wage	$9632020	$1,1322025	+18%	Improved	13%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%2015-2019	34.4%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Improved	79%
Broadband subscriptions	82.3%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	+6.4 points	Improved	18%
Child poverty rate	14.0%2019	12.2%2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Distance to an airport	38 mi2020	47 mi2025	+8 mi	Declined	2%
Drug overdose deaths	34.9 /100k2020	15.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−55%	Improved	81%
Effective property tax rate	1.85%2015-2019	1.42%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Improved	96%
Firearm deaths	3.1 /100k2020	4.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+35%	Within the margin of error	12%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+4%	Within the margin of error	69%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.3 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−3%	Within the margin of error	37%
High school diploma or higher	92.0%2015-2019	93.5%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Improved	43%
Home price to income ratio	3.9×2015-2019	4.4×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	38%
Homicide rate	1.7 /100k2020	2.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+41%	Within the margin of error	6%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,8752019	$56,9432024	+24%	Improved	10%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4492015-2019	0.4502020-2024	+0.001	Within the margin of error	53%
Median household income	$75,6272019	$94,9542024	+26%	Improved	53%
New business applications	11.4 /1k2020	15.7 /1k2025	+37%	Improved	41%
Pharmacies	1.9 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−14%	Within the margin of error	33%
Poverty rate	9.0%2019	9.1%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Property crime rate	813 /100k2020	669 /100k2025	−18%	Improved	23%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−9.1%	Within the margin of error	12%
Public transit commuters	1.7%2015-2019	0.9%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Declined	22%
Rent as share of income	35.7%2015-2019	35.2%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Rent-burdened households	60.2%2015-2019	58.3%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Restaurants and bars	7.1 /10k2020	6.7 /10k2025	−5.5%	Within the margin of error	34%
Students per teacher	12.0×2019	11.8×2024	−0.2×	Little change	30%
Suicide rate	8.8 /100k2020	8.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−3.4%	Within the margin of error	65%
Traffic deaths	7.0 /100k2015-2019	6.5 /100k2020-2024	−7.6%	Within the margin of error	65%
Unemployment rate	9.6%2020	5.3%2025	−4.3 points	Improved	87%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.2%2019	6.7%2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Violent crime rate	92 /100k2020	117 /100k2025	+27%	Declined	16%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Ocean County, New Jersey five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ocean County, 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, Ocean County, New Jersey itself moved −1.1 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

654,362 residents

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

243,843 households (±1,514)

Ocean County, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $25k11%27,812
$25k–50k16%38,219
$50k–75k15%37,243

Homes

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

Owners and renters

243,843 households (±1,514)

Ocean County, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Own81%196,874
Rent19%46,969

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

276,027 workers (±2,730)

Ocean County, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Drive alone75%208,095
Carpool8.3%22,944
Public transit0.9%2,515

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.

Ocean County has 15,020 employer establishments, 227 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248; 0.90× New Jersey's), with 172,650 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,824. The Census Bureau also counts 56,836 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 15,020; 56,836 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 227; US 248 · New Jersey 253
Paid employees: 172,650
Average annual pay: $50,824; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	1,454	22	1.05×About typical	18,947	$62,480	2,608
Specialty trade contractors	1,278	19.3	1.25×About typical	7,023	$65,135	3,549
Restaurants and other eating places	1,150	17.4	0.95×About typical	16,033	$27,763	278
Lessors of real estate	922	13.9	1.13×About typical	4,393	$59,153	9,210
Construction of buildings	624	9.4	1.25×About typical	2,890	$69,458	1,516
Building equipment contractors	604	9.1	1.52×More than typical	3,475	$65,890	808
Services to buildings and dwellings	569	8.6	1.28×More than typical	3,058	$47,097	2,372
Offices of physicians	498	7.5	1.16×About typical	4,950	$93,870	294
Limited-service restaurants	485	7.3	0.91×About typical	6,416	$23,901	118
Offices of other health practitioners	480	7.3	1.19×About typical	5,756	$46,723	1,662
Full-service restaurants	472	7.1	0.93×About typical	8,010	$31,197	116
Personal care services	460	7	1.46×More than typical	2,671	$24,246	1,119

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 661,368 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $100.5M on contracts performed in Ocean County, New Jersey: $149 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $100.5M; −29% vs FY2025
Per resident: $149; US $1,994
Sole-source: 20%; US 30%
Single offer: 17%; 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

Department of the Navy$43.1M43%
Department of the Army$39M39%
Defense Logistics Agency$7.3M7.3%
Federal Acquisition Service$4.2M4.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs$2.2M2.1%
Department of the Air Force$2M2.0%
U.S. Coast Guard$1.7M1.7%
Offices, Boards and Divisions$584.1K0.6%

Top recipients

YULISTA SUPPORT SERVICES LLC$29.8M30%
M.T.G. SERVICES, INC.$13.5M13%
TOGIAK MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC$10.7M11%
ASPEN CONSULTING GROUP INC$8M8.0%
NDI ENGINEERING COMPANY$5.3M5.3%

Spending by fiscal year

281.1MFY2017
159.7MFY2018
115.8MFY2019
121.7MFY2020
158.4MFY2021
168.7MFY2022
181.8MFY2023
172.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for air transportation · 4881$29.8M30%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$29.7M30%
Employment services · 5613$11.9M12%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$7.7M7.7%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$3.7M3.7%

Largest awards

FMS BASE FUNDING.$118.7M
CACI TECHNOLOGIES, LLC· Ocean County, NJ· Professional services· Sep 22, 2021 – Apr 30, 2026· W56KGU21F0013
BEACHFILL$56.1M
GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CO, LLC· Ocean County, NJ· Construction & real property· Aug 9, 2024 – Dec 16, 2025· W912BU24C0017
ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES NEEDED IN SUPPORT OF THE NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND (NAVAIR) SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (SE) DEPARTMENT.$53.3M
SPECIALTY SYSTEMS, INC.· Ocean County, NJ· Professional services· Feb 14, 2019 – Mar 25, 2026· N6833519F3000
FUNDING FOR MATERIALS AND LABOR

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.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $4.6B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Ocean County, New Jersey: $6,888 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $4.6B; −4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,888; US $12,955
Loan face value: $174.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$3.5B75%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$331.5M7.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$247.8M5.3%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$247.2M5.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$50.7M1.1%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$49.2M1.1%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$46M1.0%
14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$44.7M1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

TRANSPORTATION, NEW JERSEY DEPT OF$36.8M0.8%
TRENTON, NJ
BETH MEDRASH GOVOHA OF AMERICA$28.2M0.6%
LAKEWOOD, NJ
LAKEWOOD TENANTS ORGANIZATION INC$20.6M0.4%
LAKEWOOD, NJ
LAKEWOOD HOUSING AUTHORITY$20.6M0.4%
LAKEWOOD, NJ
OCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE$9.6M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$4.1B88%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$297M6.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$53.9M1.2%
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner$47.4M1.0%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

4BFY2021
3.9BFY2022
4.2BFY2023
4.5BFY2024
4.8BFY2025
4.6BFY2026

County aggregates

96%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Ocean County, New Jersey compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Ocean County, New Jersey
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ocean County, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ocean County, New Jersey	United States
FY2017	$472	$1,436
FY2018	$266	$1,552
FY2019	$191	$1,654
FY2020	$191	$1,880
FY2021	$244	$1,810
FY2022	$257	$1,917
FY2023	$275	$2,079
FY2024	$258	$2,047
FY2025	$210	$2,165
FY2026	$149 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ocean County, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ocean County, New Jersey	United States
FY2017	$242	$93.28
FY2018	$56.66	$105
FY2019	$24.49	$128
FY2020	$12.58	$145
FY2021	$22.00	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ocean County, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ocean County, New Jersey	United States
FY2021	$465	$5,748
FY2022	$416	$5,221
FY2023	$361	$5,364
FY2024	$353	$5,501
FY2025	$284	$5,732
FY2026	$245

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ocean County, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ocean County, New Jersey	United States
FY2021	$8.98	$298
FY2022	$133	$357
FY2023	$19.54	$301
FY2024	$32.50	$319
FY2025	$22.18	$360
FY2026	$57.50

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ocean County, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ocean County, New Jersey	United States
FY2021	$145	$239
FY2022	$123	$185
FY2023	$166	$229
FY2024	$160	$229
FY2025	$156	$249
FY2026	$151

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ocean County, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ocean County, New Jersey	United States
FY2021	$69.57	$2,304
FY2022	$17.08	$2,197
FY2023	$20.98	$2,274
FY2024	$22.09	$2,267
FY2025	$21.63	$2,397
FY2026	$12.20

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Ocean County, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Ocean County, New Jersey	United States
FY2021	$1,095	$1,186
FY2022	$1,012	$465
FY2023	$72.42	$76.52
FY2024	$101	$120
FY2025	$130	$148
FY2026	$98.70

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Ocean County, New Jersey
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Ocean County, New Jersey and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Ocean County, New Jersey	United States
2014	2.6%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/34029

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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.

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

House

Senate

Metro area

The metro or micro area Ocean County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ69Central county

Cities and towns in Ocean County

Places whose residents live mostly in Ocean County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Ocean County, New Jersey	United States
2014	−4.7%	−4.2%
2015	−1.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.3%	+3.3%
2018	+3.8%	+6.8%
2019	+6.8%	+10.5%
2020	+17.0%	+19.4%
2021	+21.4%	+26.1%
2022	+26.2%	+30.6%
2023	+30.5%	+35.0%
2024	+34.3%	+41.0%
2025	+37.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Ocean County, New Jersey	United States
2014	−6.6%	−5.5%
2015	−3.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.9%	+4.1%
2018	+5.5%	+8.9%
2019	+11.9%	+13.5%
2020	+19.8%	+20.8%
2021	+26.4%	+32.1%
2022	+24.3%	+35.4%
2023	+30.6%	+42.9%
2024	+36.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Ocean County, New Jersey	United States
2014	5.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	5.8/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	5.7/1k	4.4/1k
2021	5.8/1k	5.2/1k
2022	5.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	6.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	5.5/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Ocean County, New Jersey	United States
2014	+1.1%	−6.9%
2015	+1.9%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+13.2%	+4.7%
2018	+10.0%	+7.5%
2019	+21.4%	+14.0%
2020	+25.5%	+16.9%
2021	+21.6%	+21.0%
2022	+30.3%	+29.7%
2023	+36.9%	+34.9%
2024	+52.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Ocean County, New Jersey	United States
2014	−5.5% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+6.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+10.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+21.9% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+47.0% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+64.9% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+76.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+88.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+95.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Ocean County, New Jersey	United States
2014	7.3%	6.2%
2015	6.1%	5.3%
2016	5.4%	4.9%
2017	4.9%	4.4%
2018	4.3%	3.9%
2019	3.8%	3.7%
2020	9.6%	8.1%
2021	6.7%	5.4%
2022	4.1%	3.7%
2023	4.4%	3.6%
2024	4.7%	4.0%
2025	5.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	Ocean County, New Jersey	United States
2014	11.9%	15.5%
2015	10.9%	14.7%
2016	11.0%	14.0%
2017	10.2%	13.4%
2018	9.7%	13.1%
2019	9.0%	12.3%
2020	10.5%	11.9%
2021	11.4%	12.8%
2022	11.2%	12.6%
2023	10.0%	12.5%
2024	9.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	Ocean County, New Jersey	United States
2015	−2.5% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.4% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.4% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.7% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+21.4% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+39.2% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+54.3% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+63.8% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+74.1% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+78.6% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Ocean County, New Jersey	United States
2014	12.1%	13.5%
2015	8.8%	10.9%
2016	7.5%	10.0%
2017	7.6%	10.2%
2018	7.7%	10.4%
2019	7.2%	10.8%
2020	6.2%	10.4%
2021	6.4%	10.2%
2022	5.8%	9.5%
2023	6.3%	9.5%
2024	6.7%	9.8%

Calendar years	Ocean County, New Jersey	United States
2014	8.9/1k	8.5/1k
2015	9.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	9.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	10.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	10.8/1k	10.7/1k
2019	10.9/1k	10.6/1k
2020	11.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	15.4/1k	16.2/1k
2022	16.2/1k	15.1/1k
2023	15.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	14.6/1k	15.4/1k
2025	15.7/1k	16.6/1k

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