Diamond BeachNJ
A town of 350.
Is Diamond Beach a good place to live?
Diamond Beach’s median age is 61.7 years, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 42 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. No town among the 469 in New Jersey we compare has a higher share of households owning their home than Diamond Beach. Diamond Beach has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Diamond Beach stand out
Where Diamond Beach beats most towns.
Diamond Beach lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 40% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Morey's Piers and 19 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Diamond Beach. Close and well known come first.
3 mi Theme parkMorey's Piers
35 mi Stadium & arenaBoardwalk Hall
31 mi LandmarkLucy the Elephant
36 mi Theme parkSteel Pier3 mi Theme parkHunt's Pier10 mi Zoo & aquariumCape May County Park & ZooPhoto credits
Morey's Piers: Smallbones, CC0 · Boardwalk Hall: Jack Boucher, Public domain · Lucy the Elephant: User:dtcdthingy 3:30 pm 30th July 2004 (Minolta Dimage X20), Public domain · Steel Pier: Make Lemons, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Moving to Diamond Beach: who provides what
Diamond Beach is unincorporated, so Cape May County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Diamond Beach.
With 2.0 jobs for every working resident, Diamond Beach draws in 177 commuters
Most working residents leave Diamond Beach for work: only 0% work in town. At $125,000, Diamond Beach’s median household income is above both New Jersey’s towns ($113,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Since 2013, Diamond Beach has added 62 jobs, to 177 in 2023.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Coastal flooding leads a high hazard risk in Diamond Beach
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 75% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Diamond Beach has four seasons and pleasant summers
Diamond Beach has mild winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 28° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A smaller share of adults in Diamond Beach binge drink than in the typical New Jersey or U.S. town
10% of Diamond Beach adults binge drink. No town among the 469 in New Jersey we compare has a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Diamond Beach. 30% of Diamond Beach adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Diamond Beach | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 16% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 50% | 32% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 32% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 87% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Diamond Beach | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.5% | 12.3% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.5% | 7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 16.8% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Diamond Beach | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.6% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Diamond Beach Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Diamond Beach
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Diamond Beach; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Diamond Beach residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
350 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
About Diamond Beach
Populated place in Cape May County, New Jersey, US
Diamond Beach is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Lower Township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The CDP, and all of Cape May County, is part of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, and is part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. As of the United States 2020 Census, the CDP's population was 203, an increase of 67 from the 2010 census count of 136.
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- Area
- 0.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 7 ft
Questions about Diamond Beach
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Diamond Beach, NJ a good place to live?
Diamond Beach has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.