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Point Pleasant Beach

A borough of 4,855 people in New Jersey
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Conserved land8.1%90 of 1,108 acres
Trails1.4 mi0.8 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves119 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Point Pleasant Beach

Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, US
1886Established
4,766Population
1.7 sq miArea
13 ftElevation

Point Pleasant Beach is a coastal borough situated on the Jersey Shore, and the northernmost community directly facing the Atlantic Ocean within Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It lies at the northern end of the Barnegat Peninsula, which serves as a barrier island separating Barnegat Bay from the open Atlantic Ocean. The borough's name is derived from its location. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,766, an increase of 101 (+2.2%) from the 2010 census count of 4,665, which in turn reflected a decline of 649 (−12.2%) from the 5,314 counted in the 2000 census. Point Pleasant Beach was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legisla…

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ZIP code08742
Area code732
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Housing in Point Pleasant Beach

$1.13M▲ 14.1% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Point Pleasant Beach home is worth about $1,129,000, up 14.1% in a year, 95% above the New Jersey typical home.

A strong seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market23
Sale-to-list98.3%
Sold in May9
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Safety in Point Pleasant Beach

C

Safety Grade C

Point Pleasant Beach reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 75% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000
Point Pleasant Beach 3.8
New Jersey 2
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Point Pleasant Beach 18.8
New Jersey 12.7
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade B+

The public schools Point Pleasant Beach’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 69% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

#169Best public schoolsof 457 in NJ
DistrictPoint Pleasant Beach School DistrictSchools3

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