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Ten New Jersey counties: Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex, Burlington, Mercer, Somerset, Camden, Gloucester, Bergen and Essex. Monmouth and Ocean are home base, and he covers every town in both. See Where We Work for the full list.

All of them: 53 towns in Monmouth County and 33 in Ocean County. Towns with their own guide link from the county pages. See Monmouth County, Ocean County and Where We Work.

Yes, in Middlesex, Burlington, Mercer, Somerset, Camden, Gloucester, Bergen and Essex counties. The towns in those counties will be listed once they are confirmed. See Where We Work, or ask Dennis Mark about a specific town.

Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May counties. The shore runs about 141 miles along the Atlantic Ocean, from Perth Amboy in the north to Cape May Point in the south. New Jersey's tourism office groups Monmouth and Ocean counties as its "Shore Region", with more than 90 miles of beaches. Sources: Wikipedia, Jersey Shore and VisitNJ, Shore Region.

53 municipalities. The most populous is Middletown Township (67,106 people in 2020), and the largest by area is Howell Township (61.21 square miles). Source: Wikipedia, Monmouth County.

33 municipalities. The most populous is Lakewood Township (135,158 people in 2020), and the largest by area is Jackson Township (100.62 square miles). Source: Wikipedia, Ocean County.

Monmouth County's seat is Freehold Borough, though many county offices are in neighboring Freehold Township. Ocean County's seat is Toms River. Sources: Wikipedia, Monmouth County and Wikipedia, Ocean County.

Monmouth County had 643,615 people at the 2020 Census and an estimated 651,035 on July 1, 2025. Ocean County had 637,229 in 2020 and an estimated 673,746 in 2025, an increase of 5.7 percent. Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts.

Ocean County, with 628.29 square miles of land to Monmouth County's 468.18. Ocean County is the largest county in New Jersey by area. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts and Wikipedia, Ocean County.

Lower in Ocean County on average. For tax year 2025 the average residential tax bill was $8,114 in Ocean County and $11,664 in Monmouth County. Bills vary widely from town to town within each county. Source: NJ Division of Taxation, 2025 Average Residential Statistics.

Average residential property tax bills for tax year 2025: Camden $7,766; Gloucester $7,889; Ocean $8,114; Burlington $8,197; Mercer $9,887; Middlesex $9,959; Monmouth $11,664; Somerset $12,004; Essex $14,147; Bergen $14,200. Any one home's bill depends on its town and assessed value. Source: NJ Division of Taxation, 2025 Average Residential Statistics.

$606,100 in Monmouth County and $398,400 in Ocean County for owner-occupied homes, from the Census Bureau's 2020 to 2024 survey. That is a survey estimate, not today's sale prices. For current prices, search homes or ask Dennis Mark for a home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts.

There is no official line, so answers vary. Monmouth County sits in the central part of the state on the Atlantic coast, is part of the New York metropolitan area, and is in the state tourism office's Shore Region. Sources: Wikipedia, Monmouth County and VisitNJ, Shore Region.

There is no official line. Ocean County is the southernmost county in the New York metropolitan area, and its shore towns also draw many visitors from the Philadelphia area. The state tourism office places it in the Shore Region with Monmouth County. Sources: Wikipedia, Ocean County and VisitNJ, Shore Region.

Ocean County is about 70 miles south of New York City and 50 miles east of Philadelphia. Monmouth County is closer to New York: it faces New York City across Raritan Bay. For a specific town, each town guide gives straight-line distances. Sources: Wikipedia, Ocean County and Wikipedia, Monmouth County.

Both, because there are two. Ocean Township in Monmouth County (Oakhurst, Wanamassa, Wayside) and Ocean Township in Ocean County (Waretown) are separate towns. Dennis Mark covers both. See the Ocean Township (Monmouth County) guide and Where We Work.

Monmouth County's shoreline includes Sandy Hook, where Fort Hancock guarded New York harbor from 1895 to 1974, and the Manasquan Inlet. Ocean County has Island Beach State Park, with 3,000 acres of coastal dunes, and is a gateway to the Pine Barrens. Sources: Wikipedia, Monmouth County and Wikipedia, Ocean County.

Look up the address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center. Then ask the seller or listing agent for the flood zone, any elevation certificate and the flood insurance history. Dennis Mark can pull the flood zone for any home you're considering.