City in Cape May County, New Jersey, US

Ocean City

$1.0MMedian Home
302Sunny Days/yr
64°FAvg High Temp
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View on MapPopulation11kCenter elevation10 ft
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Four real seasons, with rain spread fairly evenly through the year. Spring and fall feel like real transition seasons. Occasional winter snow is possible. Humidity stays elevated through most of the year.

About Ocean City

Ocean City is a city in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is the principal city of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Cape May County, and is part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. It is part of the South Jersey region of the state.Wikipedia

Four seasonsEven rainfallOccasional snow
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Where It Is

Location Context
Ocean City, New Jersey
Latitude39.28°
Longitude-74.57°
Population11k
Center elevation10 ft

State Context

New JerseyU.S. state

New Jersey is a state located in both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the heavily urbanized Northeast megalopolis, it is bordered to the northwest, north, and northeast by New York State; on its east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on its west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on its southwest by Delaware Bay and Delaware. At 7,354 square miles (19,050 km2), New Jersey is the fifth-smallest state in land area. According to a 2025 U.S.Wikipedia

Income tax: 1.40% - 10.75%Avg sales tax: 6.60%Property tax: 2.23%Official school data available

About the Region

Mid-Atlantic

The Mid-Atlantic corridor — New York City south through Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. — is the densest and most economically complex region in the country. Finance and media anchor New York; government, defense, and federal contracting anchor D.C.; healthcare and universities anchor Philadelphia and Baltimore. This makes the region one of the most recession-resistant labor markets in the U.S., though the same fundamentals push housing costs persistently high.

Philadelphia and Baltimore offer substantially lower costs than either New York or D.C. while sitting on the same high-speed rail line, making them increasingly attractive to remote workers and hybrid commuters. The New Jersey and Delaware suburbs fill in between, providing family-oriented communities within commuting range of multiple cities. The region's density means genuine walkability in most urban cores, strong transit infrastructure, and cultural institutions that rival anywhere on earth.

Outdoors

Nature Access

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People

City Profile

Median Age57 yrs
College Educated55%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home14%of workforce
Practical

Cost of Living

Housing
$1.0M
Median home price
Household Income
$99k
Median annual
Daily life

Livability

School Rating
5.5/10
Internet
No internet coverage data yet.
The year

Climate

Sunshine
302
sunny days per year
83% of the year
Avg High Temp
64°F
annual average
Humidity Pattern
Humidity year-round
75% warm season / 71% cool season
Comfort Score
72/100
Great
Temp Swing
39°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Annual precipitation
47"
inches per year
Annual snowfall
7"
inches per year
Air Quality
56
Moderate AQI
How To Read Comfort

Comfort combines temperature band fit, humidity fit, seasonal swing, and penalties for long stretches of extreme heat or cold. Higher scores mean the yearly pattern stays closer to an easier day-to-day climate band.

Monthly Temperature
Daylight Span (Sunrise to Sunset)
Precipitation Distribution
47" of precipitation per year
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Humidity Through The Year
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humid summers
Summer 75% · Winter 71% · Apr-Jul 68-78%
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