CITY PROFILE
Ocean City, NJ
WHAT LIVING HERE IS LIKE
Ocean City, New Jersey is a smaller metro with among the most expensive housing in our dataset, so budget accordingly if you're considering a move here. You'll experience a mild climate with moderate sunshine, but prepare for a wet climate with significant rainfall throughout the year. It's a compact area where high costs come with the trade-off of being near the shore in an established, smaller community.
By the numbers
| Typical home value | $803K · Zillow, May 2026 (ZHVI) |
|---|---|
| Typical rent | $2,254/mo · Zillow, May 2026 (ZORI) |
| Average temperature | 13°C · warmest 24.1°C · coolest 1.7°C · NASA POWER |
| Annual precipitation | 1204 mm · NASA POWER |
| Sunshine (solar energy) | 4.06 kWh/m²/day · NASA POWER (annual mean) |
| Metro size rank (US) | #410 · Zillow SizeRank |
Match scores
- Affordable to buy54
- Affordable to rent49
- Climate comfort67
- Plenty of sunshine44
- Big-city amenities0
Scores are 0–100, normalised across the metros we cover, derived from the sourced figures above (higher = better on that factor). A research aid, not a recommendation to move. Job market, safety, and healthcare access need key-gated feeds (BLS, FBI, Census) not yet wired — see the methodology.
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