ZIP 08005 · Barnegat
Who lives in ZIP code 08005 (Barnegat, NJ): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Barnegat, NJ · Ocean County
uszips 2026
People26,866
Median age51.0
Household income$93,584
Home value$394,890
Median rent$1,771/mo
Poverty7.1%
College degree+33.8%
Commute28 min
Place
- Metro area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- Wider region
- New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA
- Metro division
- Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 194 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 11,028
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
29.9% are 65 or older; 82.6% are adults.
Household income
47.2% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $45,340.
Education (adults 25+)
38.4% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
8.7% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 58.7%
- Never married
- 24.1%
- Divorced
- 9.3%
- Widowed
- 7.9%
- Family size
- 2.84
- Dual-income families
- 46.8%
Housing
- Own their home
- 88.6%
- Rent burden
- 34.2%
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 55.5%
- Unemployment
- 6.3%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 8.6%
- With a disability
- 16.5%
- No health insurance
- 3.5%
- Limited English
- 0.5%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.