Point Pleasant Beach is a very small coastal borough (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 4,941 people and two associated neighborhoods, Point Pleasant Beach is the 322nd largest community in New Jersey. Point Pleasant Beach home prices are not only among the most expensive in New Jersey, but Point Pleasant Beach real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Point Pleasant Beach is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 86.82% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Point Pleasant Beach is a borough of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Point Pleasant Beach who work in management occupations (12.84%), sales jobs (10.64%), and food service (9.56%). Point Pleasant Beach is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Point Pleasant Beach, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town. Also of interest is that Point Pleasant Beach has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.05% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Another notable thing is that Point Pleasant Beach is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the borough experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller borough. One of the nice things about Point Pleasant Beach is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities. Despite being a small borough, Point Pleasant Beach has a lot of people using the train to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the train are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Point Pleasant Beach. 59.10% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%. The per capita income in Point Pleasant Beach in 2022 was $67,863, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $271,452 for a family of four. However, Point Pleasant Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Point Pleasant Beach is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Point Pleasant Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Point Pleasant Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Point Pleasant Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.47% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Point Pleasant Beach include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish. Foreign born people are also an important part of Point Pleasant Beach's cultural character, accounting for 16.22% of the borough’s population. The most common language spoken in Point Pleasant Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
