Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,540, settled in 1850.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Oceanport grades A overall, 91st of 466 graded towns in New Jersey. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 96% of the country. It reports less crime per resident than 85% of U.S. towns and its public schools beat 83% of New Jersey towns on state tests and graduation. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $954K, 9.6 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Oceanport is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 93% of U.S. towns. Oceanport’s typical home value is $954,000, above both the New Jersey town median ($602,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($332,000). Fort Monmouth Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Oceanport beats most towns.
Coastal flooding makes up 9% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Oceanport is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,872 in 1930, 6,150 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 6 maps from 1888 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oceanport. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw32 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw18 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw31 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw32 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a yearMadison 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 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oceanport, 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 Oceanport.
Oceanport trades workers with New York City and other neighbors and has less food insecurity than most of New Jersey, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New Jersey.
At 9.6 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $954K) costs more against local pay than in 87% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. 74.8% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 51.6% across New Jersey.
Typical home values rose 9.7% in the year to September 2026. The median rent in Oceanport is $1,608 a month. The typical Oceanport home is worth about $954,000, up 9.7% in a year, 66% above the New Jersey typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A− for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $954K.
Its public schools are run by the Oceanport School District. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Hill SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 354 | A |
| Maple Place Middle SchoolTop results in townGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 256 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New Jersey is food insecurity: 6.8% of its 4,927 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.3% statewide.
27% of Oceanport adults feel lonely. Oceanport beats the New Jersey average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 15% of Oceanport adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Oceanport | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 22% | 25% |
| What stands out | Oceanport | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.8% | 14.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.7% | 12.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2025, 0.5 per 1,000 residents.
Oceanport’s property crime rate is 4 per 1,000 residents.
| Oceanport | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.5 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
3.4 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Wolf Hill Recreation Area, 99 acres with 1.8 miles of trail.
| Oceanport | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.9 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7.1% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wolf Hill Recreation Area | 1.8 mi | 99 |
| 2. Greely Parade Ground | — | 25 |
| 3. Blackberry Bay Park | 0.2 mi | 16 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
871 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 37 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 72% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 871 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Oceanport.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Oceanport has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 26° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Oceanport has about as many jobs (2,684) as working residents, but only 129 people both live and work here. Jobs based here fell from 3,682 in 2013 to 2,684.
Most working residents leave Oceanport for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2013, Oceanport has lost 998 jobs, to 2,684 in 2023. 4.1% of residents live below the poverty line in Oceanport.
| Oceanport | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $126,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 13% | 17% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
4 within 15 miles of the center of Oceanport
About 7 of every 100 Oceanport residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
4 notable people were born in Oceanport.
Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US
Oceanport is a borough situated in the Jersey Shore region, within Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, specifically Central Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,150, an increase of 318 (+5.5%) from the 2010 census count of 5,832, which in turn reflected an increase of 25 (+0.4%) from the 5,807 counted in the 2000 census. Oceanport was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 6, 1920, from portions of Eatontown Township (now Eatontown), based on the results of a referendum held on May 11, 1920. New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Oceanport as its 4th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To …
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6 towns share a border with Oceanport.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oceanport | #91 | A | D | A | A− | A+ |
| West Long Branch | #193 | B+ | D− | B | A− | A |
| Long Branch | #424 | D | D− | C+ | C− | C+ |
| Shrewsbury | #185 | B+ | D | C+ | A− | A |
| Little Silver | #20 | A+ | D | A | A | A+ |
| Eatontown | #329 | C+ | D | C+ | B− | A− |
| Monmouth Beach | #34 | A+ | D | A+ | A− | A+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Oceanport grades A overall, better than 90% of U.S. towns and #91 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A+ for health, A for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living 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.
4 notable people were born here, including Phil Bredesen and Brad Faxon.
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