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Asbury Park earns a D, 431st of 466 graded towns in New Jersey, mostly because of schools. Its public schools trail 98% of New Jersey towns on state tests and graduation. What it does well: few places in the country are easier to get around without a car. Asbury Park’s violent crime rate is 6.9 per 1,000 residents, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 0.7 and U.S. towns at 1.6. Only 47 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on cost of living. Asbury Park has 9 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Asbury Park Convention Hall and Palace Amusements.
Where Asbury Park beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Asbury Park Convention Hall| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary School | PK–2 | 443 |
| Bradley Elementary School | 3–6 | 345 |
| Hope Academy Charter School | K–8 | 309 |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Asbury Park is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for schools (better than 2%), so the D overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 4,148 in 1900, 15,188 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1875 and 5 maps from 1943 on.
9 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Asbury Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw39 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw24 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw37 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw39 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw34 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumMadison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Asbury Park, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Asbury Park.
Asbury Park has added a third more jobs in ten years and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey; it also has poverty well above the New Jersey rate.
Its public schools are run by the Asbury Park School District. Two of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 443 | D− |
| Asbury Park High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 379 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
28% of households own their home in Asbury Park. Typical home values rose 7.5% in the year to September 2026. Asbury Park’s median rent is $1,722 a month.
| Asbury Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 28% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,722 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
21.9% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.7% across New Jersey, which weighs on its C+ for jobs and income. Only 27.7% of households own their home, against 63.8% across New Jersey.
Adults 18 to 34 are 30% of residents (21% statewide); children under 18 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). 13% of Asbury Park residents are 65 or older. Asbury Park has grown 2.9% since 2020, to 15,632 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Asbury Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 16% | 21% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 38.2 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 45% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.5 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Asbury Park | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.9% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.7% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.2% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 22.6% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.3% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.7% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.1% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.6% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.9% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.6% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.2% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.9% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.4% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.9% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.1% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Asbury Park has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85° and January nights drop to 26°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jobs based here grew from 3,522 in 2013 to 5,063.
Most working residents leave Asbury Park for work: only 11% work in town. Since 2013, Asbury Park has added 1,541 jobs, to 5,063 in 2023. The median household income in Asbury Park is $76,000.
| Asbury Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 22% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $76,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 82% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
Asbury Park beats the New Jersey average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11.
| Asbury Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 28% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 11% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Asbury Park | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.8% | 7.5% |
| Fewer adults with high cholesterol | 35.7% | 39.3% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 11.5% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Only 10 of the 394 New Jersey towns we compare have a higher property crime rate than Asbury Park. Asbury Park's reported crime rate is well above New Jersey's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities. Since 1983, 51 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Asbury Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.7 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Sunset Park, at 23 acres.
| Asbury Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.2% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sunset Park | 0.1 mi | 23 |
| 2. Liberty Square Park | — | 4 |
| 3. Bradley Park | 0.2 mi | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
17 within 15 miles of the center of Asbury Park
About 7 of every 100 Asbury Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
9 places in Asbury Park on the National Register of Historic Places.
26 notable people were born in Asbury Park.
City in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US
Asbury Park () is a beachfront city located on the Jersey Shore in Monmouth County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 15,188, a decrease of 928 (−5.8%) from the 2010 census count of 16,116, which in turn reflected a decline of 814 (−4.8%) from the 16,930 counted in the 2000 census. In 2022, Asbury Park's beach was named one of the best in the world by Money and one of the best in the country by Travel + Leisure. Asbury Park was originally incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 26, 1874, from portions of Ocean Township. The borough was reincorporated …
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6 towns share a border with Asbury Park.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asbury Park | #431 | D | D− | — | D− | B |
| Neptune Township | #428 | D | D− | D | D− | B+ |
| Wanamassa | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ocean Township | #315 | C+ | D | C− | B | A |
| Ocean Grove | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Loch Arbour | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Interlaken | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Asbury Park reports no FBI crime data of its own. Wanamassa, Ocean Grove, Loch Arbour and Interlaken aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Asbury Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Asbury Park grades D overall, better than 8% of U.S. towns and #431 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B for health and D− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
26 notable people were born here, including Bud Abbott and Wendy Williams.
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