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 87.53% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Point Pleasant Beach is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Point Pleasant Beach who work in management occupations (15.71%), sales jobs (12.20%), and food service (11.37%). A relatively large number of people in Point Pleasant Beach telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.37% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. 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 like to read, write and learn? If you move to Point Pleasant Beach, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Point Pleasant Beach is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 59.61% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Point Pleasant Beach in 2022 was $69,411, 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 $277,644 for a family of four. 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 Asian. 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 12.81% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Point Pleasant Beach include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Point Pleasant Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
