Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Avalon’s best subject grades are an A+ for walkability and health and an A for schools; its weakest is a D− for cost of living. 52% of residents are 65 or older in Avalon, against 18% in New Jersey’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Only 34 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on hazard risk. 57% of the land in Avalon is conserved, above both New Jersey’s towns (11%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). On the outdoors, just 4 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do better. Avalon Life Saving Station is on the National Register of Historic Places. Avalon has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Avalon beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1920.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Avalon is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Avalon. Close and well known come first.
24 mi Stadium & arenaBoardwalk Hall
20 mi LandmarkLucy the Elephant
8 mi Theme parkMorey's Piers
25 mi Theme parkSteel Pier4 mi Zoo & aquariumCape May County Park & Zoo
16 mi Theme parkGillians Wonderland Pier and Island WaterparkBoardwalk Hall: Jack Boucher, Public domain · Lucy the Elephant: User:dtcdthingy 3:30 pm 30th July 2004 (Minolta Dimage X20), Public domain · Morey's Piers: Smallbones, CC0 · Steel Pier: Make Lemons, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gillians Wonderland Pier and Island Waterpark: Kevin Jarrett from Northfield, NJ, USA, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Avalon, 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 Avalon.
The typical Avalon home is worth about $2,826,000, up 8.1% in a year, 5 times the New Jersey typical home. 93% of households own their home in Avalon.
| Avalon | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 93% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,708 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Avalon School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Elementary SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 97 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
4.2 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Avalon’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cape May Coastal Wetlands Wildlife Management Area | — | 1,114 |
| 2. Armacost Park | 0.1 mi | 11 |
| 3. Surfside Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
10% of Avalon adults report frequent mental distress. Among 469 New Jersey towns, just 1 have a lower share of adults who feel lonely than Avalon. 12% of Avalon adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Avalon | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 36% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 32% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 85% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Avalon | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 3.7% | 12.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 4.4% | 14.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 15.7% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median household income in Avalon is $139,000. Since 2013, Avalon has added 147 jobs, to 900 in 2023. The average trip to work in Avalon is 25 minutes.
| Avalon | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $139,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 86% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 1,759 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Avalon.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Avalon has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 28° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Of the 395 New Jersey towns we compare, none has a higher property crime rate than Avalon. Avalon's reported crime rate is well above New Jersey's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
| Avalon | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 76 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
None within 15 miles of Avalon; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Avalon residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Coastal flooding makes up 32% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Borough in New Jersey, United States
Avalon is a borough in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is located on Seven Mile Island. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,243, a decrease of 91 (−6.8%) from the 2010 census count of 1,334, which in turn declined by 809 (−37.8%) from the 2,143 counted in the 2000 census. The borough's population swells to as many as 45,000 during the summer. Geographically part of the South Jersey region, the community is one of the most affluent communities along the Jersey Shore and is home to some of the most expensive real estate on the East Coast. In 2007, Forbes listed Avalon as the 65th most expensive ZIP Code in the United States. Washingtonian "named …
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Yes. That is 34.4 years of the area's median household income ($82,105 across the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
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