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Ocean

United States · GDP 2024
#187 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 57% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$31.7B
GDP growth
+4.5%
Jobs tracked
172,650
Employers
15,020
Avg. wage
$55.8k
Population
673,746
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$89.9k±$1.6k
Business applications
10,576 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1First Commerce BankFinancial Services$95.3M45D2Reliance Global Group, Inc.Financial Services$12.4M36D3Dream Homes & Development CorporationConsumer Cyclical$10.1M57C4OceanFirst Financial Corp.Financial Services———

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care37%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction8%
Other services8%
Education8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
673,746
residents · 2025 · +5.6% since 2020
Income per capita $64.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+16,721
International migration+6,837
Natural change+12,515

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$23.3B
2019
$24.0B
2020
$26.0B
2021
$27.8B
2022
$30.3B
2023
$31.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$398.4k±$3.3k
Median gross rent
$1.8k/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
17.7%±0.5%
Affordability
7.1× wages
Residential permits
2,831 (4.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
96.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 100Winter weather 99Coastal flooding 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
745
2016
765
2017
793
2018
819
2019
855
2020
983
2021
1174
2022
1296
2023
1400
2024
1483
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.1 km
I-195
Nearest freight rail
9.4 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
15.3 km
CEDAR CREEK N J
Nearest commercial airport
53.9 km
ATLANTIC CITY INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

17 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KOceanFirst Financial Corp.06-30
8-KReliance Global Group, Inc.06-25
8-KOceanFirst Financial Corp.06-08
8-KReliance Global Group, Inc.06-03
8-KOceanFirst Financial Corp.06-01
8-KOceanFirst Financial Corp.05-28
8-KReliance Global Group, Inc.05-14
10-QReliance Global Group, Inc.05-07
8-KReliance Global Group, Inc.05-07
8-KReliance Global Group, Inc.05-04
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$55.8k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Lehigh$31.7BPrince William$31.7BHamilton$31.6BJefferson$31.8BHidalgo$31.4BStanislaus$32.1B
The read

Ocean's economy produced $31.7B in 2024, growing 4.5% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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