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Ocean Township, New Jersey

Ocean Township is considered part of the Monmouth - Ocean metropolitan area. The town has a population of 26,959.

The People and Families of Ocean Township

In Ocean Township, about 60% of adults are married.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Ocean Township had a median family income of $74,572.

Ocean Township Housing

About 67% of housing units in Ocean Township are owner-occupied.

Commuting

In Ocean Township, 91% of commuters drive to work.

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Category	Value
County	Monmouth
Metro Area	Monmouth - Ocean
Standard Zip Codes	07712
Phone Area Codes	732
Time Zone	Eastern (-5 hours from GMT)
Daylight Savings	The city observes Daylight Saving Time.
Latitude	40.23
Longitude	-74.029

Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	26,959	100%
Male	12,983	48.2%
Female	13,976	51.8%
Under 18	6,871	25.5%
18+	20,088	74.5%
65+	3,275	12.1%
Median Age	38.4
Average Family Size	3.14
White	22,738	84.3%
African-American	1,529	5.7%
Asian	1,689	6.3%
American Indian & Alaskan	40	0.1%
Other	425	1.6%
Mixed Race	518	1.9%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	1,215	4.5%
Median Family Income (1999)	$74,572
Population In Poverty	1,350	5%

Category	Value
Est. 2005 Population	27,489
Growth	530
Growth %	2%

Ancestry	Percent
Italian	20.3%
Other (often includes Hispanic and African American)	19.6%
Irish	14%
German	8.1%
US/American	5.3%
Polish	4.6%
English	4.4%
Russian	4%
Greek	1.8%
Haitian	1.7%
Syrian	1.4%
Scottish	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	0.9%
Hungarian	0.8%
French (except Basque)	0.8%
Ukrainian	0.7%
European	0.7%
Dutch	0.7%
Eastern European	0.7%
Austrian	0.6%
Other Arab	0.5%
Israeli	0.4%
Jamaican	0.4%
Afghan	0.4%
Lebanese	0.4%
Romanian	0.4%
Norwegian	0.3%
Swedish	0.3%
Brazilian	0.3%
Portuguese	0.3%
Iranian	0.3%
Welsh	0.3%
African	0.3%
French Canadian	0.3%
Lithuanian	0.3%
Czechoslovakian	0.3%
Latvian	0.2%
Turkish	0.2%
British	0.2%
Egyptian	0.2%
Swiss	0.2%

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