Home values, rents and more in Ocean City, NJ
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Ocean City compares
The typical home in Ocean City, NJ is worth about $1,136,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Ocean City are 3.0 times the typical value in the Atlantic City metro area ($383,000) and 3.1 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Ocean City rose 10.7%, compared with +4.0% in the Atlantic City metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,947 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 5% below the Atlantic City metro area ($2,049) and about the same as the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $101,782, against $82,105 in the Atlantic City metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 11,261 people live in Ocean City (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Ocean City has the 8th-highest typical home value of the 33 cities in the Atlantic City metro area and the 57th-highest of 473 in New Jersey with Zillow figures.
Part of: Cape May County, NJ · Atlantic City metro area · New Jersey
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.