A typical Ocean View home is worth about $480,000
Up 6.3% in a year, 17% below the New Jersey typical home.
Only 3 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Ocean View?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Up 36.3% in five years
About the same pace as New Jersey (35.4%).
Show as a table
| January | Ocean View | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $248,000 | $317,000 |
| 2018 | $257,000 | $330,000 |
| 2019 | $262,000 | $343,000 |
| 2020 | $282,000 | $358,000 |
| 2021 | $316,000 | $394,000 |
| 2022 | $365,000 | $441,000 |
| 2023 | $385,000 | $471,000 |
| 2024 | $417,000 | $511,000 |
| 2025 | $446,000 | $551,000 |
| 2026 | $463,000 | $568,000 |
| August 2026 | $480,000 | $580,000 |
A typical Ocean View home worth $241K in September 2016 is worth about $480K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 4.5 years of income
Less than across New Jersey (5.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $84K short of a typical Ocean View home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,320 a month here, $710 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Ocean View’s typical property tax (1.27% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,320
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Cape May County, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
87% of Ocean View households own their home
Half of Ocean View’s homes were built before 1977.
New Jersey: 64% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Ocean View vs. its neighbors
Ocean View is the priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean View | $480K | +6.3% | $2,320 | — | $107,344 |
| Dennis | $360K* | +1.5%† | $1,760 | 18 | $105,506 |
| Upper | $412K* | +0.4%† | $1,870 | 10 | $111,991 |
| Seaville | $461K* | −4.8%† | $2,320 | — | $139,444 |
| South Seaville | $303K* | +3.1%† | $1,990 | — | $129,722 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Ocean View buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.