Living in The Jersey Shore

The Jersey Shore -- Monmouth and Ocean Counties' beach towns -- carries some of the most historically and culturally varied small-town identities in the entire state. Long Branch was genuinely declared the nation's 'Summer Capital' by President Grant in 1869 and hosted seven U.S. presidents in total. Asbury Park is home to the Stone Pony, the legendary venue central to Bruce Springsteen's and Southside Johnny's rise, and its honest comeback from the 1970 race riots is reflected directly in its currently fast-appreciating housing market. Ocean Grove remains a genuinely operating Methodist camp-meeting community founded in 1869, still forbidding alcohol sales and still leasing roughly 114 seasonal canvas tents to families each summer. Spring Lake, the region's most expensive market, carries a real, century-old 'Irish Riviera' identity and the highest concentration of Irish ancestry in the country. Toms River offers this region's clearest family-oriented affordability, while the Garden State Parkway and North Jersey Coast Line connect the whole region, with real, substantial seasonal traffic each summer.

Explore The Jersey Shore in depth

• Cost of Living & Housing in The Jersey Shore
• Best Places to Live in The Jersey Shore
• Moving to The Jersey Shore
• Climate & Lifestyle in The Jersey Shore

Places we've researched in The Jersey Shore

• Asbury Park -- Monmouth County
• Long Branch -- Monmouth County
• Toms River -- Ocean County
• Point Pleasant -- Ocean County (Point Pleasant Borough -- the bayside/canal community this record's core figures describe -- borders the separately incorporated Point Pleasant Beach borough, home to the area's real oceanfront boardwalk and Jenkinson's; see this file's header)
• Spring Lake -- Monmouth County
• Red Bank -- Monmouth County
• Belmar -- Monmouth County
• Manasquan -- Monmouth County
• Ocean Grove -- Monmouth County