Vista CenterNJ
A town of 2,133 in New Jersey.
Is Vista Center a good place to live?
Vista Center’s age of the median resident is 65.8 years, above both the New Jersey town median (42 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Of the 469 New Jersey towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Vista Center. Vista Center’s density of trails is 1.5 miles per square mile, against 0.7 in New Jersey’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. We don’t grade Vista Center yet; the figures below are still real.
Vista Center has grown 13% from 2010 to 2020
2,095 counted in 2010 and 2,370 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Six Flags Great Adventure and 136 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Vista Center. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great Adventure2.2M visitors a year
Big draw34 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw36 mi Park & preservePine Barrens
31 mi LandmarkVanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum
39 mi City parkProspect Park
26 mi Stadium & arenaSHI StadiumPhoto credits
Six Flags Great Adventure: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain · Pine Barrens: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum: Vanderbilt_Mausoleum.jpg: Staten Island post cards / Bridges derivative work: Jb, Public domain · Prospect Park: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · SHI Stadium: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Vista Center: who provides what
Vista Center 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 Vista Center.
With only 0.2 jobs per working resident, most people in Vista Center work out of town
The share of residents in Vista Center who live below the poverty line: 3%. This New Jersey town had 223 jobs in 2023, up 133 from 2013. Its middle household income stands at $136,000. For half of commuters, work is under 16 miles away.
| Vista Center | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $136,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Vista Center, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 87°; in January, nights fall to 24°, and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer of Vista Center’s adults report frequent mental distress than in the typical New Jersey or U.S. town
In Vista Center, just over a quarter of adults feel lonely. No town among the 469 in New Jersey we compare has a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Vista Center. Also worth knowing: of 32 CDC measures, Vista Center beats the New Jersey average on 17 and trails it on 8. Only 3 of the 469 New Jersey towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Vista Center.
| Vista Center | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 16% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 32% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 32% | 35% |
| What stands out | Vista Center | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.7% | 12.3% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.5% | 7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 15.5% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Vista Center faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected losses in Vista Center break down as 40% from inland flooding and 34% from strong winds. On expected storm and flood damage, Vista Center sits below 51% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Vista Center stands out in New Jersey and nationally, with more of its households who own their home
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Vista Center
Colleges nearby
21 within 15 miles of the center of Vista Center
About 5 of every 100 Vista Center residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
100% of working residents leave Vista Center for work
Where Vista Center’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Vista Center
Populated place in Ocean County, New Jersey, US
Vista Center is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Jackson Township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Vista Center had a population of 2,370.
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- Area
- 3.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 118 ft
Questions about Vista Center
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Vista Center, NJ a good place to live?
We don’t grade Vista Center yet; the figures below are still real.