Which ZIP code in Ocean County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?

08735 (Lavallette), at 21.9%, among 29 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Ocean County, NJ

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Ocean County with the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year, out of 29 with at least 1,000 residents. 08735 (Lavallette, 21.9%), 08738 (Mantoloking, 14.6%) and 08752 (Seaside Park, 13.5%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Ocean County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

ZIP codes with the most new movers in Ocean County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Moved in the past year	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	08735	Lavallette	21.9%	3,451	2,032	3,082
2	08738	Mantoloking	14.6%	1,381	592	1,061
3	08752	Seaside Park	13.5%	2,338	1,222	1,894
4	08008	Beach Haven	11.5%	6,837	3,310	5,873
5	08758	Waretown	10.5%	7,868	3,371	4,192
6	08740	Ocean Gate	10.4%	1,599	710	—
7	08759	Manchester Township	10.1%	34,237	19,539	22,797
8	08733	Lakehurst	10.1%	2,816	1,069	964
9	08751	Seaside Heights	10.0%	4,185	2,211	2,662
10	08087	Tuckerton	9.9%	25,342	10,722	11,917
11	08755	Toms River	9.8%	29,670	10,736	11,307
12	08742	Point Pleasant Beach	9.7%	25,732	10,782	12,514
13	08723	Brick	9.5%	32,141	13,015	14,025
14	08753	Toms River	8.7%	65,448	25,410	26,216
15	08005	Barnegat	8.2%	26,866	11,028	12,649
16	08527	Jackson	8.1%	58,991	20,324	21,856
17	08757	Toms River	7.8%	36,087	18,094	18,901
18	08514	Cream Ridge	7.8%	4,917	1,744	1,791
19	08724	Brick	7.6%	42,345	16,734	17,939
20	08050	Manahawkin	7.2%	28,053	11,274	12,488
21	08701	Lakewood	6.7%	139,149	31,469	31,675
22	08734	Lanoka Harbor	6.2%	7,879	2,682	2,952
23	08722	Beachwood	6.1%	11,088	4,003	3,900
24	08092	West Creek	6.1%	3,119	1,177	1,525
25	08533	New Egypt	6.0%	7,563	2,654	2,924

How we ranked them

Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 29 of 30 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

New residents are still choosing a dentist, a gym, a pizza place and a lawn service. ZIP codes with high turnover give a welcome offer more people to work on each year.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 10,527 households, on 27 carrier routes with 16,102 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Ocean County has the highest share of residents who moved in during the past year?: 08735 (Lavallette), at 21.9%, among 29 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the share of residents (age 1 and over) who lived in a different home a year earlier (ACS Data Profile, 2020–2024). No margin of error is published for this share in our files.
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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