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Holiday City-BerkeleyNJ

Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ is a 13K-resident city in Ocean County with a median household income of $50,156.

Ocean County, New Jersey. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Holiday City-Berkeley, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Holiday City-Berkeley has a population larger than 17% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $266,200.

Data updated 2026-09-04

13K
Population (place)
Bottom 18%
By size
$50,156
Median income (place)
$266,200
Median home (place)
9.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Holiday City-Berkeley

Holiday City-Berkeley posts a median household income higher than 9% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 10%
by median income, US cities

Where Holiday City-Berkeley income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$50,156 Bottom 9% higher than 9% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Holiday City-Berkeley $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in NJ

Population among 151 NJ places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Newark is the largest NJ city on this list; Short Hills leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in NJ

Median household income among the same 151-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Short Hills posts the highest place-level median income in NJ; Newark is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ beyond the headline numbers

Holiday City-Berkeley sits inside Ocean County, New Jersey, at roughly 39.96°N, -74.28°W. Population 12,831, $50,156 median household income. Median home value $266,200, median rent $1,640. Poverty rate 9.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 9.6%, poverty in Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Holiday City-Berkeley costs around 5.3 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

12.8% of Holiday City-Berkeley workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 14.1% in Holiday City-Berkeley, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Holiday City-Berkeley workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 70.5 years, Holiday City-Berkeley's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Holiday City-Berkeley from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
12,831
Holiday City-Berkeley · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$50,156
-44% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$266,200
-36% vs avg
Median Age (place)
70.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Ocean County): Holiday City-Berkeley's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
654K+13%
Median Income
$89,863+47%
Median Home Value
$398,400+49%
Poverty Rate
10.5%+1%
Unemployment
5.4%-49%

Economics

Economics indicators for Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,640/mo
Poverty Rate
9.6% -23% vs avg
Unemployment 6.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 16.6%
Work From Home 12.8%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 86.9%
African American 2.8%
Asian 1.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
53.6%
Physical Inactivity
35.7%
Short Sleep Duration
32.1%
Obesity
29.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
19.5%
Diabetes
19.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
14.1%
Current Smoking
13.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
11.4%
Current Asthma
9.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 65.7%
Annual Checkup 87.5%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.4%
Stroke
7.1%
Binge Drinking
7%

What alerts and safety updates affect Holiday City-Berkeley?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Holiday City-Berkeley right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet NJ-HOLIDAY-CITY-BERKELEY · Holiday City-Berkeley

Holiday City-Berkeley: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Holiday City-Berkeley; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse New Jersey state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ? ▼
Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ has a population of 12,831 people, located in Ocean County, New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Holiday City-Berkeley? ▼
The median household income in Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ is $50,156 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 9.6%.
What is the median home value in Holiday City-Berkeley? ▼
The median home value in Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ is $266,200. Median rent is $1,640/month.
What are the top health concerns in Holiday City-Berkeley? ▼
The top health indicators in Holiday City-Berkeley include High Blood Pressure (53.6%), Physical Inactivity (35.7%), Short Sleep Duration (32.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Holiday City-Berkeley? ▼
The median age in Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ is 70.5 years. 16.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Holiday City-Berkeley, both outside New Jersey so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NJ (9.6% here).

Sioux Falls, SD 9.6% Hayward, CA 9.6% Concord, NC 9.6% Oak Lawn, IL 9.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NJ ($50,156 here).

Sandusky, OH $50,139 Blacksburg, VA $50,182 Winchester, NV $50,120 Trotwood, OH $50,113

Compare Holiday City-Berkeley with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Toms River, NJ 89K Beachwood, NJ 11K Bayville, NJ 21K Lakewood, NJ 54K Brick, NJ 76K Ocean Acres, NJ 16K Point Pleasant, NJ 19K West Freehold, NJ 14K
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Using Holiday City-Berkeley's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Holiday City-Berkeley area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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  • Compare Holiday City-Berkeley against New Jersey peers on any ranking lens. Explore New Jersey

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Ocean County) where that is the smallest published unit.

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