Monmouth Beach is a

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in Monmouth County,

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, United States. As of the

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, the borough's population was 3,279,DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Monmouth Beach borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey
,

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. Accessed July 30, 2012.Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Monmouth Beach borough
,

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. Accessed July 30, 2012. reflecting a decline of 316 (−8.8%) from the 3,595 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 292 (+8.8%) from the 3,303 counted in the 1990 Census.

History

The area was first settled in 1668 and grew into a community with the arrival of the Long Branch and Sea Shore Railroad.Cheslow, Jerry
"If You're Thinking of Living In/Monmouth Beach; A Town Where Water Lovers Abound"
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'', October 6, 2002. Accessed September 7, 2015. "Monmouth Beach started in 1668 as a farm developed by a Quaker named Eliakim Wardell, who eventually became the first sheriff of Monmouth County. Two centuries later, the area was made accessible to wealthy New Yorkers with the arrival of the Long Branch and Sea Shore Railroad that connected to the steamboat terminal at Sandy Hook to the south.... Among those who constructed mansions, which they called 'cottages,' were the wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi; the apple juice magnate Samuel Mott; a United States vice president, Garret A. Hobart; a founder of Wells Fargo, William G. Fargo; a candy manufacturer, William H. Heide, whose company made Jujyfruits; and the robber baron Jay Gould." Many early residents were professional fishermen with Norwegian backgrounds. Monmouth Beach was incorporated as a borough on March 9, 1906, by an act of the

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, when it was created from portions of Ocean Township.Snyder, John P
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''
Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 182. Accessed July 30, 2012.

Geography

According to the

, the borough had a total area of 2.07 square miles (5.37 km²), including 1.04 square miles (2.70 km²) of land and 1.03 square miles (2.67 km²) of water (49.81%). The borough is a small beach community located on the

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, known for its Victorian houses and the new multimillion-dollar homes located throughout the neighborhood. It was recently affected by Hurricane Sandy, damaging multiple homes. Monmouth Beach is one square mile, with the ocean to the east and the

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to the northwest.Cheslow, Jerry
"If You're Thinking of Living In / Monmouth Beach; A Town Where Water Lovers Abound"
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'', October 6, 2002. Accessed July 30, 2012. In the ''

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'' magazine 2012 rankings of "America's Most Expensive ZIP Codes", the borough was ranked 276th, with a median price of $937,020.

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, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include

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. The Sea Bright–Monmouth Beach Seawall parallel to the ocean. The borough is bordered by the Monmouth County communities of Little Silver, Long Branch, Oceanport,

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and Sea Bright. Within Monmouth Beach are two beach clubs. These are Monmouth Beach Bathing Pavilion, known to locals as "Little Monmouth", and Monmouth Beach Bath and Tennis Club, also known as "Big Monmouth". These spacious beach clubs equipped with pool and beach access. They have lockers, activities, swim teams, and more. Many locals and area residents attend these beach clubs. Monmouth Beach offers fishing, as well as surfable waves. The

, which borders the borough, offers sailing, kayaking, and fishing. The great majority of the borough of Monmouth Beach is residential. Places to go within the area include the many restaurants, lounges, and bars in West End, and Pier Village in Long Branch. Other notable locations include Red Bank, and the numerous beaches all along the shore towns to the north and south such as

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Demographics

Census 2010

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010

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showed that (in 2010

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dollars)

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was $94,583 (with a margin of error of +/− $29,606) and the median family income was $129,886 (+/− $7,489). Males had a median income of $108,369 (+/− $6,617) versus $76,813 (+/− $5,948) for females. The

per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. Per capita i ...

for the borough was $61,385 (+/− $8,902). About 2.1% of families and 2.7% of the population were below the

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, including 3.8% of those under age 18 and 3.0% of those age 65 or over.

Census 2000

As of the

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there were 3,595 people, 1,633 households, and 976 families residing in the borough. The

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was 1, 297.2/km² (3,354.4/sq mi). There were 1,969 housing units at an average density of 1,837.2 per square mile (710.5/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 97.66%

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, 0.53%

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, 0.86%

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, 0.33% from

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, and 0.61% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.89% of the population.Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Monmouth Beach borough, New Jersey
,

. Accessed July 30, 2012.DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Monmouth Beach borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey
,

. Accessed July 30, 2012. There were 1,633 households, out of which 23.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.7% were

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living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.2% were non-families. 35.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.89. In the borough the population was spread out, with 20.3% under the age of 18, 3.5% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.8 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $80,484, and the median income for a family was $93,401. Males had a median income of $65,060 versus $45,208 for females. The

for the borough was $52,862. About 1.4% of families and 1.9% of the population were below the

, including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 2.3% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Local government

The Borough of Monmouth Beach has been governed under the

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, by a three-member commission, since 1929. The borough is one of 30 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use the commission form of government. The governing body is comprised of a three-member commission, whose members are elected

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elections to serve four-year terms of office on a concurrent basis in elections held every four years as part of the May municipal election.''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'',

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, March 2013, p. 58. , members of the Borough Commission are

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David F. Stickle (

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), Lawrence M. Bolsch (

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) and Timothy Somers (

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), whose terms of office end concurrently as of May 17, 2025.Mayor and Commissioners
Borough of Monmouth Beach. Accessed April 3, 2022.May 11, 2021 Municipal Election - Monmouth Beach Official Results

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, update June 9, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.

Federal, state and county representation

Monmouth Beach is located in the 6th Congressional DistrictPlan Components Report

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, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020. and is part of New Jersey's 13th state legislative district.Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District

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. Accessed February 1, 2020.''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''
New Jersey

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. Accessed October 30, 2019. Prior to the 2011 reapportionment following the 2010 Census, Monmouth Beach had been in the 11th state legislative district.''2011 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''
, p. 61, New Jersey

. Accessed May 22, 2015. Monmouth County is governed by a Board of County Commissioners comprised of five members who are elected

to serve three year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats up for election each year as part of the November general election. At an annual reorganization meeting held in the beginning of January, the board selects one of its members to serve as director and another as deputy director. , Monmouth County's Commissioners are Commissioner Director Thomas A. Arnone ( R,

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Christine Giordano Hanlon (R, 2025; Ocean Township),

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Shaun Golden (R, 2022; Howell Township) and

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Rosemarie D. Peters (R, 2026; Middletown Township).

Politics

As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 2,550 registered voters in Monmouth Beach, of which 605 (23.7%) were registered as Democrats, 742 (29.1%) were registered as Republicans and 1,200 (47.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 3 voters registered as

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or Greens. In the 2012 presidential election, Republican

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received 62.5% of the vote (1,132 cast), ahead of Democrat

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with 36.6% (662 votes), and other candidates with 0.9% (16 votes), among the 1,826 ballots cast by the borough's 2,620 registered voters (16 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 69.7%. In the 2008 presidential election, Republican

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received 57.3% of the vote (1,196 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 40.1% (837 votes) and other candidates with 1.2% (24 votes), among the 2,086 ballots cast by the borough's 2,725 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.6%. In the 2004 presidential election, Republican

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received 60.3% of the vote (1,270 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat

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with 38.8% (817 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (19 votes), among the 2,107 ballots cast by the borough's 2,813 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 74.9. In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican

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received 78.7% of the vote (917 cast), ahead of Democrat

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with 20.2% (235 votes), and other candidates with 1.1% (13 votes), among the 1,181 ballots cast by the borough's 2,557 registered voters (16 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 46.2%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 65.1% of the vote (1,015 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat

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with 28.4% (443 votes), Independent

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with 5.5% (86 votes) and other candidates with 0.4% (7 votes), among the 1,559 ballots cast by the borough's 2,621 registered voters, yielding a 59.5% turnout.

Education

Public school students in

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through

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are served by the Monmouth Beach School District at Monmouth Beach School. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 236 students and 26.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 8.9:1.District information for Monmouth Beach School District

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. Accessed April 1, 2020. Karen Ginty, a kindergarten teacher at Monmouth Beach Elementary School who had been at the school for 33 years, was named the 2006–2007 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year. Public school students in

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through

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s attend

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, a regional high school that also serves students from the constituent districts of Oceanport, Sea Bright and West Long Branch. The high school is located in West Long Branch and is part of the Shore Regional High School District. As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 649 students and 57.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

of 11.3:1. Seats on the high school district's nine-member board of education are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with one seat assigned to Monmouth Beach. Public school students from Monmouth Beach, and all of Monmouth County, are eligible to apply to attend the schools of the

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Transportation

Roads and highways

, the borough had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality and by the

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New Jersey Route 36 Route 36 is a state highway in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The long route, shaped as a backwards C, begins at an intersection with the Garden State Parkway and County Route 51 (Hope Road) on the border of Tinton Falls and Eato ...

(Ocean Avenue) is the main highway serving Monmouth Beach. Route 36 connects the borough to Long Branch on the south and Sea Bright to the north.

Public transportation

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provided bus service to

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on the 61 route. The SeaStreak ferry route to

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and the

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is a 10–15 minute drive to

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Climate

According to the

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system, Monmouth Beach has a

humid subtropical climate A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between latitudes 25° and 40° ...

(''Cfa''). ''Cfa'' climates are characterized by all months having an average temperature > , at least four months with an average temperature ≥ , at least one month with an average temperature ≥ and no significant precipitation difference between seasons. Although most summer days are slightly humid with a cooling afternoon

sea breeze A sea breeze or onshore breeze is any wind that blows from a large body of water toward or onto a landmass; it develops due to differences in air pressure created by the differing heat capacities of water and dry land. As such, sea breezes ar ...

in Monmouth Beach, episodes of heat and high humidity can occur with

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values > . Since 1981, the highest air temperature was on August 9, 2001, and the highest daily average mean

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was on July 19, 2019. The average wettest month is July which correlates with the peak in

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activity. Since 1981, the wettest calendar day was on August 27, 2011. During the winter months, the average annual extreme minimum air temperature is . Since 1981, the coldest air temperature was on January 22, 1984. Episodes of extreme cold and wind can occur with

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values < . The average seasonal (November–April) snowfall total is between and , and the average snowiest month is February which corresponds with the annual peak in

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activity.

Ecology

According to the

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U.S.

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types, Monmouth Beach would have a dominant vegetation type of Appalachian

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(''104'') with a dominant vegetation form of Eastern

Hardwood Hardwood is wood from dicot trees. These are usually found in broad-leaved temperate and tropical forests. In temperate and boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous, but in tropics and subtropics mostly evergreen. Hardwood (which comes from ...

Forest (''25''). The

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is 7a with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of . The average date of first spring leaf-out is March 24 and fall color typically peaks in early-November.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Monmouth Beach include: * William Warren Barbour (1888–1943), represented New Jersey in the

United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...

from 1931 to 1937 * Warren A. Croll Jr. (1920-2008), retired Hall of Fame Thoroughbred race horse trainer *

William Fargo William George Fargo (May 20, 1818August 3, 1881) was a pioneer American expressman who helped found the modern-day financial firms of American Express Company and Wells Fargo with his business partner, Henry Wells. He was also the 27th Mayor ...

(1818–1881), founder of

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* John Farrell (born 1962), former MLB baseball player and pitching coach; former manager of the Boston Red Sox *

Jim Garrett James William Garrett Jr. (June 19, 1930 – February 9, 2018) was an American football player, coach, and scout. He played college football at Utah State University. He served as football head football coach at Susquehanna University from 196 ...

(born 1930), former NFL football player and coach *

Kim Guadagno Kimberly Ann Guadagno (; ''née'' McFadden; born April 13, 1959) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the first lieutenant governor and 33rd secretary of state of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. Guadagno was the Republican nominee f ...

(born 1959), former Monmouth Beach commissioner, elected

sheriff A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated. There is an analogous, although independently developed, office in Iceland that is commonly transla ...

and first

Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey The lieutenant governor of New Jersey is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the state government of New Jersey in the United States. The lieutenant governor is the second highest-ranking official in the state governm ...

Jay Gould Jason Gould (; May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892) was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who is generally identified as one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. His sharp and often unscrupulous business practices made hi ...

(1836–1892), robber baron * I. Kathleen Hagen (born 1945), physician who gained notoriety for being accused of murder by asphyxia of her parents *

Garret Hobart Garret Augustus Hobart (June 3, 1844 – November 21, 1899) was the 24th vice president of the United States, Vice President of the United States, serving from 1897 until his death in 1899. He was the sixth American vice president to die in ...

(1844–1899), United States vice president * Philip B. Hofmann (1909–1986), businessman who was the first non-family-member to serve as chairman and chief executive officer of

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is an American multinational corporation founded in 1886 that develops medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and consumer packaged goods. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company i ...

* Frederick K. Humphreys (1816–1900), physician and the founder of Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Company *

Guglielmo Marconi Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (; 25 April 187420 July 1937) was an Italians, Italian inventor and electrical engineering, electrical engineer, known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based Wireless telegrap ...

(1874–1937), wireless radio pioneer * Malcolm McKesson (1909–1999),

outsider art Outsider art is art made by self-taught or supposedly naïve artists with typically little or no contact with the conventions of the art worlds. In many cases, their work is discovered only after their deaths. Often, outsider art illustrates e ...

ist known for his ballpoint pen drawings and his erotic fiction *

Brian Wenning Brian Wenning is a former professional skateboarder formerly affiliated with Plan B Skateboards, Habitat Skateboards, and DC Shoes. He has appeared on ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a ...

(born 1981), professional skateboarderBrian Wenning
GrindTV. Accessed September 7, 2015. "Lives In: Monmouth Beach, NJ"

References

External links

Borough of Monmouth Beach official websiteMonmouth Beach School
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School Data for the Monmouth Beach School

Shore Regional High School
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