Holiday City-Berkeley is an

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and

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(CDP) located within Berkeley Township, in

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, United States.New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)

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, the CDP's population was 13,884.DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Holiday City-Berkeley CDP, New Jersey
,

. Accessed January 5, 2013. Holiday City-Berkeley is a

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where residents must be over the age of 55 to own property and participate in community recreational activities.

Neighborhoods

Holiday City

In the Holiday City communities, homes are detached, ranch style built on minimum 50' x 100' lots, with some lots being larger to accommodate larger models. Holiday City consists of five separate communities, each with its own homeowners association and amenities: * Holiday City Berkeley * Holiday City Carefree * Holiday City West * Holiday City South * Holiday Heights

Silver Ridge

In the Silver Ridge Communities, homes are single-story detached on a crawl space, each with attached garage, and situated on 60' x 100' lots. Floor plans vary considerably. In addition to living room, dining room, eat-in-kitchen, attached garage, one or two bedrooms and one or two bathrooms, homes may also include family rooms/dens, open or closed porches, sun rooms, patios and decks. The adult communities of Silver Ridge Park consist of four separate areas, each with its own homeowners association and amenities. These are: * Silver Ridge Park East * Silver Ridge Park West * Silver Ridge Park - Westerly Extension * Silver Ridge Park North

Geography

According to the

, the CDP had a total area of 5.816 square miles (15.063 km²), including 5.752 square miles (14.898 km²) of land and 0.064 square miles (0.165 km²) of water (1.09%).US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990

. Accessed September 4, 2014.

Demographics

Census 2010

Census 2000

As of the

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there were 13,884 people, 8,575 households, and 4,433 families living in the CDP. The

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was 930.7/km² (2,410.9/mi²). There were 9,015 housing units at an average density of 604.3/km² (1,565.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.97%

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, 0.38%

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, 0.01% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.01%

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, 0.05% from

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, and 0.35% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.09% of the population.DP-1 - Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 from the Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Holiday City-Berkeley CDP, New Jersey
,

. Accessed January 5, 2013. There were 8,575 households, out of which 0.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.1% were married couples living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.3% were non-families. 46.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 42.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.58 and the average family size was 2.08. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 0.1% under the age of 18, 0.4% from 18 to 24, 2.1% from 25 to 44, 13.6% from 45 to 64, and 83.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 76 years. For every 100 females, there were 65.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 65.8 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $26,900, and the median income for a family was $33,575. Males had a median income of $35,197 versus $26,149 for females. The

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for the CDP was $22,755. About 2.9% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

Holiday City at Berkeley
{{Ocean County, New Jersey Berkeley Township, New Jersey Census-designated places in Ocean County, New Jersey