ZIP 08742 · Point Pleasant Beach
Who lives in ZIP code 08742 (Point Pleasant Beach, NJ): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ · Ocean County
uszips 2026
People25,732
Median age47.4
Household income$123,152
Home value$622,099
Median rent$1,884/mo
Poverty4.6%
College degree+53.2%
Commute29 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
- 1,771 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 10,782
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
19.6% are 65 or older; 82.1% are adults.
Household income
59.6% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $58,558.
Education (adults 25+)
36.6% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
8.4% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 55.3%
- Never married
- 29.2%
- Divorced
- 11.5%
- Widowed
- 4.0%
- Family size
- 2.84
- Dual-income families
- 62.6%
Housing
- Own their home
- 81.1%
- Rent burden
- 32.6%
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 70.3%
- Unemployment
- 3.4%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 4.7%
- With a disability
- 8.3%
- No health insurance
- 4.4%
- Limited English
- 1.6%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.