Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Ocean Township, New Jersey | |
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View along Route 18 northbound in Ocean Township, Monmouth County | |
| Motto: The Community of Gracious Living | |
Location of Ocean Township in Monmouth County highlighted in yellow (right). Inset map: Location of Monmouth County in New Jersey highlighted in black (left). | |
Census Bureau map of Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey | |
Location in Monmouth County Location in New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°15′16″N 74°01′55″W / 40.254412°N 74.031937°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Monmouth |
| Incorporated | February 21, 1849 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (council–manager) |
| • Body | Township Council |
| • Mayor | John P. Napolitani Sr. (term ends June 30, 2027) |
| • Administrator | David G. Brown II |
| • Municipal clerk | Jessie M. Joseph |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.99 sq mi (28.47 km2) |
| • Land | 10.87 sq mi (28.15 km2) |
| • Water | 0.13 sq mi (0.32 km2) 1.14% |
| • Rank | 202nd of 565 in state 13th of 53 in county |
| Elevation | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 27,672 |
• Estimate (2023) | 27,796 |
| • Rank | 90th of 565 in state 8th of 53 in county |
| • Density | 2,546.4/sq mi (983.2/km2) |
| • Rank | 248th of 565 in state 30th of 53 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 07712 |
| Area code(s) | 732 |
| FIPS code | 3402554270 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0882601 |
| Website | www |
Ocean Township is a township situated on the Jersey Shore in east central Monmouth County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is a bedroom suburb of New York City. Ocean Township has no central downtown and consists of three main unincorporated communities: Oakhurst, Wanamassa, and Wayside. The township is divided into two ZIP codes, 07755 (Oakhurst) and 07712 (Wanamassa and Wayside). Small portions have Allenhurst (07711), Deal (07723) and Long Branch (07740) ZIP codes.
As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 27,672, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 381 (+1.4%) from the 27,291 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 332 (+1.2%) from the 26,959 counted in the 2000 census.