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Where Ocean Grove beats most towns.
Where Ocean Grove’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census counts: 620 in 1880, a peak of 4,818 in 1990, 3,057 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1870 and 5 maps from 1943 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ocean Grove. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw40 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw25 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw38 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw39 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw35 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
Ocean Grove is unincorporated, so Monmouth 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Ocean Grove.
Since 2013, Ocean Grove has added 161 jobs, to 502 in 2023. Most working residents leave Ocean Grove for work: only 3% work in town. The average trip to work for Ocean Grove comes to 37 minutes. The town’s middle household income stands at $89,000, below New Jersey’s towns ($113,000) but above U.S. towns ($80,000).
| Ocean Grove | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 37 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons reach 85° and January nights drop to 26°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For adults 18 to 64 in Ocean Grove, the share who have no health insurance is 6.6%. This New Jersey town beats the New Jersey average on 16 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. In Ocean Grove, 15% of adults have been diagnosed with depression, and 30% sleep under 7 hours.
| Ocean Grove | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 36% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Ocean Grove | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.1% | 12.3% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.6% | 9.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.4% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Since 2005, 33 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Ocean Grove. Compared with 52% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is lower. FEMA puts 40% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to strong winds, and 39% to inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Ocean Grove’s concentration of trails stands at 1.0 miles per square mile. Count the trails in 2 parks and preserves and they come to 0.4 miles. Parks and preserves in the town: 2, covering 3 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Founder's Park | 0.4 mi | 2 |
| 2. Boswell Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
64% of households live in a home they own in Ocean Grove. In Ocean Grove, the rent at the middle of the market is $1,488 a month. On the market in the town: a median 17 days to sell.
| Ocean Grove | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 64% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,488 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
17 within 15 miles of the center of Ocean Grove
About 2 of every 100 Ocean Grove residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
3 notable people were born in Ocean Grove.
Place in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
Ocean Grove is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) that is part of Neptune Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It had a population of 3,057 at the 2020 census, down from 3,342 in 2010. It is located on the Atlantic Ocean's Jersey Shore, between Asbury Park to the north and Bradley Beach to the south. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Ocean Grove is noted for its abundant examples of Victorian architecture and for the Great Auditorium, acclaimed as "the state's most wondrous wooden structure, soaring and sweeping, alive with the sound of music." Another building, a former high school, is now the Jersey Shore Arts Center. Ocean …
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3 towns share a border with Ocean Grove.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Grove | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Neptune Township | #428 | D | D− | D | D− | B+ |
| Bradley Beach | #285 | B− | D− | B | C− | A |
| Asbury Park | #431 | D | D− | — | D− | B |
Asbury Park reports no FBI crime data of its own. Ocean Grove isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Ocean Grove with a neighbor →
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3 notable people were born here, including Shep Pettibone and William Henry Harrison Morris Jr..
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