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Ocean Acres, New Jersey.

A community in Ocean County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Ocean County’s.

Living in Ocean Acres, Ocean County, New Jersey

Ocean Acres, in Ocean County, had 18,185 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $121,924 a year and half less, against $89,863 across Ocean County; 2% of its people live below the poverty line. 96% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 4% are rented. Unemployment in Ocean County was 4.6% in August 2026, and the county had 1.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 18,185 in the 2020 census; median age 43.6
Household income $121,924 the median, give or take $12,066 · Ocean County: $89,863
Unemployment 4.6% Ocean County, August 2026; 5.6% a year before
Homes 96% lived in by their owners; 4% rented
  • 7,021households
  • 36%of adults have a degree
  • 2%below the poverty line
  • 33 mintypical commute
  • 11%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care29%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Building trades9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment7%
  • Government6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Ocean County had 192,715 jobs in 2025, 1.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 41° and 27°; warmest in July, 84° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 41° 27° F M A M J J 84° 69° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 41° and 27°; warmest in July, 84° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 41° 27° F M A M J J 84° 69° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 41° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 69°. About 10 inches of snow and 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Brant Beach-beach Haven weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Ocean Acres

  1. Southern Ocean Medical CenterGeneral hospital888FTE
  2. Wawa SiteConvenience store57
  3. Wawa SiteConvenience store42

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,211 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Strong windVery high
  2. Winter weatherRelatively high
  3. Wildfirerelatively high in parts of Ocean AcresRelatively moderate
  4. LightningRelatively moderate
  5. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  6. Heat wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Ocean Acres’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Ocean County.