Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
Gay men: 0.7% of all households
Housing units in zip code 08226 with a mortgage: 2,524 (236 second mortgage, 664 home equity loan, 708 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,964
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $2,226
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $748
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
10.9%
Whole state:
9.5%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2010:
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 08226: Ocean City Fire and Rescue Services Department Station 3 (A), Ocean City Fire and Rescue Services Department Station 2 (B), Ocean City Fire and Rescue Services Department Headquarters (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attractions (not listed on the city page) : Castaway Cove at Playland (Amusement & Theme Parks; 1020 Boardwalk) (1), Family Go Karts (Amusement & Theme Parks; Boardwalk) (2), Area 54 Laser Tag (Amusement & Theme Parks; 744 Boardwalk) (3), Powerhouse (968 Boardwalk) (4), S & T Amusement CO (1020 Boardwalk) (5). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
1,476 married couples with children.
1,655 single-parent households (1,221 men, 434 women).
94.0% of residents of 08226 zip code speak English at home.
8.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% very well, 12% well, 43% not well).
15.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (39% very well, 6% well, 55% not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% very well).
6.0% of residents speak other language at home (100% well).
Foreign born population: 509 (3.9%) (33.9% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
3.9%
Whole state:
20.6%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
United Kingdom (11%)
Italy (11%)
Egypt (9%)
Yugoslavia (9%)
Mexico (8%)
Philippines (7%)
Russia (6%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 204
1990 to 1999: 133
1980 to 1989: 45
Before 1980: 185
Races in zip code 08226:
White population: 12,005 Black population: 1,310 American Indian population: 223 Asian population: 297 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 0 Two or more races population: 327 Hispanic or Latino population: 567
First ancestries reported:
Irish: 3,525
Italian: 2,005
German: 1,904
Other groups: 1,165
English: 1,077
American: 583
Latvian: 522
Polish: 456
Subsaharan African: 357
African: 357
Bulgarian: 298
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 295
Jamaican: 295
Dutch: 270
Scotch-Irish: 268
French Canadian: 221
French (except Basque): 166
Russian: 144
Belgian: 141
Romanian: 135
Arab: 128
Lebanese: 128
Swedish: 118
Welsh: 105
Swiss: 104
European: 98
Scottish: 92
Hungarian: 83
Lithuanian: 79
Pennsylvania German: 62
Norwegian: 45
Albanian: 41
Greek: 33
Austrian: 28
British: 27
Slovak: 24
Ukrainian: 24
Canadian: 15
Czechoslovakian: 8
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
EXXON SERVICE STATION #31709 (9TH STREET & BAY AVE in OCEAN CITY, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-008983, STATE CLEANUP SITE, NJEMS-A7320, AIR PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS Organizations: EXXON MOBIL CORP, EXXON MOBIL CORP USA, LEHIGH GAS CORP Alternative names: EXXON CO USA 31709
BAYVIEW MARINA (312 BAY AVENUE in OCEAN CITY, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-97751, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Business SIC classification: MARINAS Organizations: WILLIAM G MIDDLETON (CONTACT/OWNER)
, MIDDLETON WILLIAM G (CONTACT/OWNER)
OCEAN CITY MUNICIPAL BUILDING (861 ASBURY AVE in OCEAN CITY, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-207226, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
EXPERT CLEANERS (115 8TH ST in OCEAN, NJ)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-00000000392, EPCRA, NJEMS-L7304, AIR PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: DRYCLEANING PLANTS, EXCEPT RUG CLEANING
AMERADA HESS SERVICE STATION #30282 (9TH & HAVEN STREET in OCEAN CITY, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-A7332, AIR PROGRAM, NJEMS-008785, STATE CLEANUP SITE, NJEMS-27557900045, EPCRA Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Business SIC classification: PETROLEUM BULK STATIONS AND TERMINALS; GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS Organizations: AMERADA HESS CORP, HESS CORP, HESS CORP (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: AMERADA HESS STA 30282, AMERADA HESS STATION #30282
BLUE WATER MARINA (600 WHELK DR in OCEAN CITY, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-023942, STATE CLEANUP SITE, NJEMS-A7407, AIR PROGRAM, NJEMS-NRG100000189, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS Organizations: OCEAN 34 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, OCEAN CITY YACHT SALES INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: BLUEWATER MARINA
OCEAN CITY MUA REGIONAL WTF (4500 HAVEN AVENUE in OCEAN CITY, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-47933, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Business SIC classification: WATER SUPPLY Organizations: KRAEMER LAWRENCE N, CAPE MAY COUNTY MUA (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: OCEAN CITY REGIONAL WTF
OCEAN CITY BD OF ED OCEAN CITY HIGH SCHOOL (550 ATLANTIC AVE in OCEAN CITY, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-013679, STATE CLEANUP SITE, NJEMS-73043, AIR PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS Alternative names: OCEAN CITY BD OF ED - HIGH SCHOOL
PERRY EGAN CHEVROLET OLDSMOBILE INC (16TH STREET & SIMPSON AVENUE in OCEAN CITY, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-005254, STATE CLEANUP SITE, NJEMS-90414600000, EPCRA, NJEMS-G7307, AIR PROGRAM, NJEMS-H7333, NJEMS-NJX000306357, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS (NEW AND USED); GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS Organizations: JOHN KENNEDY CHEVY & OLDS, KENNEDY JOHN (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: JOHN KENNEDY CHEV & OLDS INC
FIRST STATES PROPERTIES #54 (921 WEST AVENUE in OCEAN CITY, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-033624, STATE CLEANUP SITE Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: FIRST STATES PROPERTIES LLC (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: FIRST STATES PROPERTY
ANDERSON ELECTRIC (1247 WEST AVE in OCEAN CITY, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-011841, STATE CLEANUP SITE (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: CAMP RICHARD J (CONTACT/OWNER)
GGS DIAMOND TAILORING SHOP (609 ASBURY AVE in OCEAN CITY, NJ)
STATE MASTER (New Jersey environmental info) - NJEMS-93363800000, EPCRA, NJEMS-L7302, AIR PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: DRYCLEANING PLANTS, EXCEPT RUG CLEANING; INDUSTRIAL LAUNDERERS Alternative names: G G S DIAMOND TAILOR SHOP INC
Fire-safe hotels and motels in zip code 08226:
Port O Call Hotel, 1510 Boardwalk, Ocean City, NJ 08226 , Phone: (609) 399-8812, Fax: (609) 399-0387
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1.8%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4.4%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Utility gas (58%)
Electricity (20%)
No fuel used (7%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
Wood (2%)
Other fuel (2%)
Coal or coke (1%)
Population in 1990: 15,512. Population change in the 1990s: -134 (-0.9%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 6,320
Northeast: 7,140
Midwest: 231
South: 818
West: 168
54% of the 08226 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in New Jersey.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 776
Here:
35.3%
New Jersey:
11.1%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,478
Here:
70.4%
New Jersey:
11.8%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 661
Here:
55.6%
New Jersey:
27.8%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
OCEAN CITY RESEARCH CORPORATIO (50 TENNESSEE AVE in OCEAN CITY, NJ; small business) : $17,843,622 in 12 contractsfrom 2000 to 2003
Contracts for Program Evaluation Services, Income Maintenance -- Management and Support (R&D), Defense Studies, Other Management Support Services, and moreby Army, Navy Signed by year:2000: $16,724,845; 2001: $1,093,757; 2002: $70,424; 2003: $-45,404; 2004: $0; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$8,690,600 with Army for Program Evaluation Services. Signed on 2000-10-27. Completion date: 2001-09-30.
$6,863,415 with Army for Income Maintenance -- Management and Support (R&D). Signed on 2000-08-28. Completion date: 2001-08-31.
$814,774 with Army for Defense Studies. Signed on 2001-01-11. Completion date: 2002-09-30.
$429,659 with Army for Program Evaluation Services. Taking place in VA. Signed on 2000-05-18. Completion date: 2001-06-06.
OCEAN CITY RESEARCH CORPORATIO (TENNESSEE AV BACH THRFARE in OCEAN CITY, NJ)
$30,000 with Federal Highway Administration for Highways, Roads, and Bridges -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2001-09-15. Completion date: 2003-12-15.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005: