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Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
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Living in Point Pleasant Beach



Point Pleasant Beach is a very small coastal borough (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 4,869 people and two associated neighborhoods, Point Pleasant Beach is the 322nd largest community in New Jersey.

Point Pleasant Beach home prices are not only among the most expensive in New Jersey, but Point Pleasant Beach real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Point Pleasant Beach is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Point Pleasant Beach, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.

Also of interest is that Point Pleasant Beach has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Point Pleasant Beach telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.53% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Another notable thing is that Point Pleasant Beach is a major vacation destination. Much of the borough’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Point Pleasant Beach’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.

Point Pleasant Beach is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in Point Pleasant Beach is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Point Pleasant Beach, the average commute to work is 30.64 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the borough, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

Despite being a small borough, Point Pleasant Beach has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Point Pleasant Beach, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Point Pleasant Beach is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 58.86% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Point Pleasant Beach in 2018 was $71,222, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $284,888 for a family of four. However, Point Pleasant Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Point Pleasant Beach is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Point Pleasant Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Point Pleasant Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Point Pleasant Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.12% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Point Pleasant Beach include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish.

In addition, Point Pleasant Beach has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.13%).

The most common language spoken in Point Pleasant Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.


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