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Conserved land3.8%128 of 3,332 acres
Trails5.3 mi1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves212 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Somers Point

City in Atlantic County, New Jersey, US
1693Established
10,469Population
5.2 sq miArea
13 ftElevation

Somers Point is a city situated on the Jersey Shore that is the oldest settlement in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was settled by Europeans in 1693 and was incorporated as a borough in 1886. Somers Point was incorporated as a city in 1902. The city is located in eastern Atlantic County, southwest of Atlantic City, in the South Jersey region of the state. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 10,469, a decrease of 326 (−3.0%) from the 2010 census count of 10,795, which in turn reflected a decline of 819 (−7.1%) from the 11,614 counted in the 2000 census. Somers Point and all of Atlantic County lie within the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan…

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ZIP code08244
Area code609
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Housing in Somers Point

$435K▲ 5.7% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Somers Point home is worth about $435,000, up 5.7% in a year, 25% below the New Jersey typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market61
Sale-to-list97.6%
Sold in May16
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Safety in Somers Point

C−

Safety Grade C-

Somers Point reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 77% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000
Somers Point 2.3
New Jersey 2
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Somers Point 18.8
New Jersey 12.7
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade C

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

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