Cost of living in Ocean County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $2,283 a month.
That HUD number covers Ocean County, New Jersey, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,671
- 1 bed
- $1,847
- 2 bed
- $2,283
- 3 bed
- $2,927
- 4 bed
- $3,241
This county is in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 112.6 (U.S. = 100).
SNAP income limit in New Jersey · Medicaid eligibility
Towns in this county
- Toms River · 94,956 people
- Lakewood · 69,585 people
- Point Pleasant · 19,334 people
- Ocean Acres · 19,204 people
- Holiday City-Berkeley · 12,995 people
- Beachwood · 11,088 people
- Pine Lake Park · 9,795 people
- Mystic Island · 8,259 people
- Crestwood Village · 7,830 people
- Ramtown · 6,203 people
- Leisure Village · 5,751 people
- Forked River · 5,196 people
- Beach Haven West · 5,120 people
- Brielle · 4,956 people
- Point Pleasant Beach · 4,855 people
- Holiday City South · 4,270 people
- Leisure Village East · 4,247 people
- Leisure Village West · 3,969 people
- South Toms River · 3,716 people
- Tuckerton · 3,654 people
- Barnegat · 3,360 people
- Pine Ridge at Crestwood · 2,719 people
- Lakehurst · 2,681 people
- Leisure Knoll · 2,668 people
- Seaside Heights · 2,478 people
- Manahawkin · 2,392 people
- Pine Beach · 2,306 people
- Vista Center · 2,133 people
- Holiday Heights · 2,121 people
- Waretown · 2,076 people
- New Egypt · 2,050 people
- Lavallette · 1,865 people
- Seaside Park · 1,793 people
- Island Heights · 1,720 people
- Dover Beaches South · 1,601 people
- Ocean Gate · 1,599 people
- Dover Beaches North · 1,586 people
- Cedar Glen Lakes · 1,519 people
- Cedar Glen West · 1,504 people
- Silver Ridge · 1,279 people
- Bay Head · 1,205 people
- Surf City · 1,195 people