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A borough of 5,707 people in New Jersey
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Map of Union Beach: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land3.5%42 of 1,198 acres
Trails2.1 mi1.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves57 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Union Beach

Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US
1925Established
5,723Population
1.9 sq miArea
3 ftElevation

Union Beach is a borough on Raritan Bay and the northern Jersey Shore in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough is a small coastal bedroom suburb of New York City in the New York metropolitan area, with views of Manhattan visible in the distance from the bayfront beach. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 5,723, a decrease of 522 (−8.4%) from the 2010 census count of 6,245, which in turn reflected a decline of 404 (−6.1%) from the 6,649 counted in the 2000 census. Union Beach was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 16, 1925, from portions of Raritan Township (now Hazlet), based on the results of a referend…

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Living in Union Beach

Housing in Union Beach

$546K▲ 5.2% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Union Beach home is worth about $546,000, up 5.2% in a year, 6% below the New Jersey typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market21
Sale-to-list104.3%
Sold in May8
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Safety in Union Beach

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Not graded

A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Union Beach's police department reported only 2023, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.

Violent crime per 1,000
Union Beach 0.2
New Jersey 2.3
U.S. 3.9
Property crime per 1,000
Union Beach 0.9
New Jersey 15.5
U.S. 19.5
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School Grade C

The public schools Union Beach’s kids attend trail 69% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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