Holiday City-BerkeleyNJ
Home to 12,995 people, this town lies in New Jersey.
Is Holiday City-Berkeley a good place to live?
69% of residents are 65 or older in Holiday City-Berkeley, above both the New Jersey town median (18%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Of the 469 New Jersey towns we compare, none has a lower share of children under 18 than Holiday City-Berkeley. 31% of the land in Holiday City-Berkeley is conserved, above both New Jersey’s towns (11%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). We don’t grade Holiday City-Berkeley yet; the figures below are still real.
99% of working residents leave Holiday City-Berkeley for work
Where Holiday City-Berkeley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Six Flags Great Adventure and 65 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Holiday City-Berkeley. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great Adventure2.2M visitors a year
Big draw29 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
39 mi Stadium & arenaSHI Stadium22 mi BeachLong Beach Island39 mi Theme parkClementon Amusement Park
35 mi Theme parkSesame Place PhiladelphiaPhoto credits
Six Flags Great Adventure: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Pine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · SHI Stadium: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sesame Place Philadelphia: Transity (talk • contribs), CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Holiday City-Berkeley: who provides what
Holiday City-Berkeley is unincorporated, so Ocean 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 Holiday City-Berkeley.
Conservation land takes up nearly a third of Holiday City-Berkeley
7.9 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Holiday City-Berkeley’s density of trails comes in at 1.3 miles per square mile. It has one park or preserve, 6 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. John Meagher Medal of Honor Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In Holiday City-Berkeley, the median household income runs lower than in the typical New Jersey or U.S. town
The top destinations are Toms River Township (15%), Lakewood Township (5%) and New York (4%). Holiday City-Berkeley’s average trip to work stands at 33 minutes. Also worth knowing: jobs based in Holiday City-Berkeley grew to 687 in 2023, 101 more than in 2013. Among working residents here, 1.3% work locally.
| Holiday City-Berkeley | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $50,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Work from home | 13% | 16% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Holiday City-Berkeley
July afternoons reach 86° and January nights drop to 24°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Holiday City-Berkeley has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
In Holiday City-Berkeley, the FEMA risk score is 67 of 100. 21 flood insurance claims have been paid in the town since 1978. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 62% come from inland flooding and 16% from strong winds.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of New Jersey and the rest of the country, more of Holiday City-Berkeley’s adults report frequent physical distress
For adults in Holiday City-Berkeley, the share who have been diagnosed with depression is 14%. No town among the 469 in New Jersey we compare has a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Holiday City-Berkeley. This New Jersey town does better than the New Jersey average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 13.
| Holiday City-Berkeley | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 9.7% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 12% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 7% | 16% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 54% | 32% | 35% |
| What stands out | Holiday City-Berkeley | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 7% | 15.5% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.6% | 12.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 13% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Holiday City-Berkeley sell for about $328K
The midpoint rent for Holiday City-Berkeley comes to $1,640 a month. In Holiday City-Berkeley, just over nine in ten households own their home. On the market locally: a median 48 days to sell.
| Holiday City-Berkeley | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,640 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Holiday City-Berkeley
Colleges nearby
20 within 15 miles of the center of Holiday City-Berkeley
About 1 of every 100 Holiday City-Berkeley residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
About Holiday City-Berkeley
Populated place in Ocean County, New Jersey, US
Holiday City-Berkeley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Berkeley Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Holiday City-Berkeley had a population of 12,943. Holiday City-Berkeley is a retirement community where residents must be over the age of 55 to own property and participate in community recreational activities.
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- Area
- 6.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 43 ft
Holiday City-Berkeley’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Holiday City-Berkeley.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday City-Berkeley | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Holiday City South | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Berkeley Township | #354 | C | C | B+ | C | B+ |
| Toms River Township | #317 | C+ | D | B | C+ | A− |
| Silver Ridge | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pine Ridge at Crestwood | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Manchester Township | #305 | B− | B− | A | C | B− |
Holiday City-Berkeley, Holiday City South, Silver Ridge and Pine Ridge at Crestwood aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Holiday City-Berkeley with a neighbor →
Questions about Holiday City-Berkeley
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ a good place to live?
We don’t grade Holiday City-Berkeley yet; the figures below are still real.