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Seaside Heights

A borough of 2,478 people in New Jersey
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Map of Seaside Heights: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land25%119 of 474 acres
Trails1.7 mi2.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves348 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Seaside Heights

Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, US
1913Established
2,440Population
0.7 sq miArea
3 ftElevation

Seaside Heights is a borough situated on the Jersey Shore, within Ocean County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, the borough's population was 2,440, a decrease of 447 (−15.5%) from the 2010 census count of 2,887, which in turn had reflected a decline of 268 (−8.5%) from the 3,155 counted in the 2000 census. Seaside Heights is located on the Barnegat Peninsula, a long, narrow barrier peninsula that separates the Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. During the summer, the borough attracts a crowd largely under the age of 21, mainly highschoolers and young adults, drawn to a community with boardwalk entertainment and one of the few shore communities with sizable numbers …

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ZIP code08751
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Housing in Seaside Heights

$729K▲ 9.8% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Seaside Heights home is worth about $729,000, up 9.8% in a year, 26% above the New Jersey typical home.

A buyer's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market115
Sale-to-list96.4%
Sold in May11
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Safety in Seaside Heights

D−

Safety Grade D-

Seaside Heights reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 96% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000
Seaside Heights 9.8
New Jersey 2
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Seaside Heights 30.6
New Jersey 12.7
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade C

The public schools Seaside Heights’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 67% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

DistrictSeaside Heights School DistrictSchools1

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