Union Beach
It's been a quiet week in Union Beach. The community has had opportunities to visit local places like Attic to the Basement and NJ Wedding Ceremony for various needs.
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About Union Beach
Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, USUnion 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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How Union Beach ranks
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Housing in Union Beach
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
Safety in Union Beach
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.
Schools in Union Beach
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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.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within NJ. Ratings are from neighbors.
Where Union Beach is
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