95th pct · 150th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
Home value, one year
+4.8%
as of August 2026
70th pct · 899th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
Typical rent
$2,648
as of August 2026
95th pct · 59th of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
Jobs
188,702
as of 2026 Q1-01
94th pct · 174th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
Average weekly wage
$1,150
as of 2026 Q1-01
70th pct · 957th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
Years of wages per home
9.2
96th pct · 117th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Typical home $551,072 (Aug 2026), +4.8% over one year, +41.7% over five
95th pct · 150th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Item
Value
Distance
Ocean County
$551,072 · +4.8% 1-yr
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Principal and interest of $3,016 a month on $551,072 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $4,983 a month: 60.5% of one job’s pay.
payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $551,072 × 80% = $440,857, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $3,016/mo principal and interest
wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,150 × 52 / 12 = $4,983) = 61% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
years of wages = $551,072 / ($1,150 × 52) = 9.2
price-to-rent = $551,072 / ($2,648 × 12) = 17.3
The wage is one covered job’s average, not a household’s income, so this is the share of a single paycheque and not a mortgage underwriting ratio.
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
188,702 jobs at 16,811 employers (2026 Q1); +0.9% jobs and +3.2% average weekly wage over the year
94th pct · 174th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Item
Value
Distance
Ocean County
188,702 jobs · $1,150/wk · +0.9% YoY
BLS QCEW, all ownerships, third month of the quarter. A location quotient of 1.00 means this county has the national share of its jobs in that sector; 2.00 means twice it. A withheld row is a BLS disclosure code N: the cell is absent, not zero.
NAICS sector
Jobs
Avg weekly wage
Location quotient
Jobs over the year
Health care and social assistance
46,574
$1,139
1.64
+4.1%
Retail trade
26,236
$800
1.43
-1.3%
Accommodation and food services
16,081
$524
0.95
+2.2%
Construction
10,333
$1,330
1.04
-2.6%
Professional and technical services
10,323
$1,696
0.79
+3.7%
Educational services
9,534
$694
2.35
+1.7%
Other services
7,560
$743
1.34
+1.2%
Administrative and waste services
7,319
$1,085
0.68
-3.3%
Manufacturing
5,577
$1,455
0.37
-2.4%
Wholesale trade
4,833
$1,599
0.67
+2.6%
Arts, entertainment and recreation
3,848
$667
1.24
-1.5%
Real estate and rental
3,716
$1,464
1.28
-0.1%
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
$24.5 bn in deposits at 132 offices of 22 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,108, moderately concentrated. $4.7 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $4.6 bn, contracts $103.9 m), $25,115 per covered job
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
Item
Value
Distance
TD Bank, National Association
$5.3 bn · 21.6% share · 16 offices
OceanFirst Bank, National Association
$3.5 bn · 14.1% share · 11 offices
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
$2.7 bn · 11.1% share · 10 offices
Ocean, NJ
$4.7 bn FY2026 · $25,115/job
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS
$4.4 bn · top recipient FY2026
FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 2026. These are institution offices, not people: the row is a bank's presence in the county.
Institution
Deposits
Share
Offices
TD Bank, National Association
$5,286,266,000
21.6%
16
OceanFirst Bank, National Association
$3,465,612,000
14.1%
11
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
$2,722,501,000
11.1%
10
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
$2,329,195,000
9.5%
15
Santander Bank, N.A.
$2,162,459,000
8.8%
13
Bank of America, National Association
$1,866,504,000
7.6%
9
PNC Bank, National Association
$1,467,399,000
6.0%
8
Provident Bank
$950,922,000
3.9%
7
Manasquan Bank
$853,534,000
3.5%
5
First Commerce Bank
$700,661,000
2.9%
3
Deposit concentration is 1,108 across 22 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 22 banks with deposits in the county = 21.6² + 14.1² + 11.1² + … (19 more) = 1,108
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
USAspending, FY2026, place of performance in this county.
Awarding agency
Obligations
Social Security Administration
$4,100,911,557
Department of Veterans Affairs
$298,939,806
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$100,768,780
Department of Defense
$94,839,272
Department of Education
$53,875,164
Department of Transportation
$38,804,224
Railroad Retirement Board
$29,884,207
Department of Health and Human Services
$11,665,172
General Services Administration
$4,189,484
Federal Communications Commission
$3,249,293
Department of Justice
$2,049,729
Department of Homeland Security
$1,761,996
That is $25,115 per covered job, against 188,702 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $4.7 bn / 188,702 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $25,115
USAspending obligations are recorded where the work is performed, so a prime award performed here is counted here even when the recipient is headquartered elsewhere. Recipients are legal entities, never people.
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
The national indicator set, unfiltered by place.
Series
Latest
As of
Change
Mississippi River at Memphis, stage · ft
not published
not published
Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage · ft
not published
not published
Ohio River at Louisville, stage · ft
16.50
2026-09-30
-11.7%
Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage · ft
not published
not published
Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) · ft³/s
5,170.00
2026-02-05
-25.3%
Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full · %
71.30
2026-10-01
+0.1%
Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks
258,700.00
2026-08-01
-0.4%
Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual · TEU
10,513,167.00
2023-01-01
-13.5%
Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports · ships
6.00
2026-09-22
-14.3%
Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box
6,830.00
2026-08-01
+7.4%
US diesel retail price · $ per gallon
unavailable
not published
WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel
96.16
2026-09-29
-3.2%
30-year fixed mortgage rate · %
7.28
2026-10-01
+3.6%
Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units
1,275.00
2026-08-01
-2.6%
Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units
1,403.00
2026-08-01
-2.1%
Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100
337.31
2026-07-01
+0.1%
Unemployment rate · %
4.10
2026-08-01
+0.0%
US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions
-88,576.00
2026-07-01
-24.4%
Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions
646,347.00
2026-08-01
+1.1%
The indicator registry has no county-keyed series and no geographic selection: every entry is national, a named gauge, a single state or a port. They are here as the backdrop the county's own numbers move against, and they are never this county's readings.
FIPS 34029, NJ: 10 findings, 1 at a watch level and 9 noted
watchFIPS 34029, NJ's years of wages of 9.2 ranks 117th of 3,063 US counties, a watch level here: years of wages in the top tenth of US counties (position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; not an official level
noteFIPS 34029, NJ's average weekly wage was 3.2% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.
Show the arithmetic
+3.2 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteFIPS 34029, NJ's covered employment was 0.9% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.
Show the arithmetic
+0.9 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteFIPS 34029, NJ's typical home value rose 0.5% from $548,593 in July 2026 to $551,072 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.