Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Seaside Park’s best subject grades are an A for walkability and safety and an A− for health; its weakest is a D for cost of living. 41% of residents are 65 or older in Seaside Park, above both New Jersey’s towns (18%) and U.S. towns (18%). Only 21 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on hazard risk. Seaside Park has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Seaside Park beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Coastal flooding makes up 25% 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 Seaside Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1900.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Seaside Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great Adventure2.2M visitors a year
Big draw38 mi Park & preservePine Barrens19 mi BeachLong Beach Island
in town Theme parkCasino Pier
2 mi State parkIsland Beach State Park
11 mi LighthouseBarnegat LighthouseSix Flags Great Adventure: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Pine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Casino Pier: User:Jimmypitt1234, Public domain · Island Beach State Park: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barnegat Lighthouse: L'Aquatique, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Seaside Park, 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 Seaside Park.
The typical Seaside Park home is worth about $886,000, up 8.3% in a year, 54% above the New Jersey typical home. Seaside Park’s median rent is $1,660 a month.
| Seaside Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,660 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 76% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The property crime rate in Seaside Park is 0 per 1,000 residents.
| Seaside Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 88% of U.S. communities. Since 1984, 858 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Seaside Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
26% of adults feel lonely in Seaside Park. Seaside Park beats the New Jersey average on 15 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 12% of adults report frequent mental distress in Seaside Park.
| Seaside Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 32% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| What stands out | Seaside Park | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.2% | 12.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13.1% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Seaside Park for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Seaside Park grew to 215 in 2023, 72 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Toms River Township (15%), Berkeley Township (7%) and Brick Township (4%).
| Seaside Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $84,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Seaside Park has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 85° and January nights drop to 26°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Berkeley Harbor Marina | — | 2 |
| 2. Moe Levine Field & Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
19 within 15 miles of the center of Seaside Park
About 4 of every 100 Seaside Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Where Seaside Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, US
Seaside Park is a borough in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the New Brunswick–Lakewood, NJ Metropolitan Division, which is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,436, a decrease of 143 (−9.1%) from the 2010 census count of 1,579, which in turn had reflected decline of 684 (−30.2%) from the 2,263 counted in the 2000 census. Seaside Park is situated on the Barnegat Peninsula, a long, narrow barrier peninsula that separates Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.
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One town shares a border with Seaside Park.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seaside Park | — | — | D | A | C | A− |
| Berkeley Township | #354 | C | C | B+ | C | B+ |
Seaside Park has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Compare Seaside Park with a neighbor →
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Yes. That is 8.9 years of the area's median household income ($99,155 across the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-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.
