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2021 Monmouth County At-A-Glance A Monmouth County Division of Planning Publication August 2021 Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners Thomas A. Arnone, Director Susan M. Kiley, Deputy Director Lillian G. Burry Nick DiRocco Ross F. Licitra Front background photo: Spring Lake Rear background photo: Oceanic Bridge, Rumson Cover photos, in order from left to right: • Seawall Reconstruction, Sea Bright & Monmouth Beach │2020 Monmouth County Planning Merit Award Recipient • Commissioner Lillian G. Burry and Matthew Newman filming the Monmouth County 4-H’s “It’s Not Fair!” Virtual Event, Freehold Township │ 2020 Monmouth County Planning Merit Award Recipient • The Anderson Building, Red Bank │ 2020 Monmouth County Planning Merit Award Recipient Monmouth County Planning Board Members James Giannell, Chairman Jennifer DiLorenzo, Vice Chairman Lillian G. Burry, Commissioner Ross F. Licitra, Commissioner Joseph Ettore, County Engineer Charles Casagrande Marcy McMullen Judy Martinelly James C. Schatzle Alternate Members Susan M. Kiley, Commissioner Deputy Director Raymond Bragg, Alt. to County Engineer Lori Ann Davidson, Alt. #2 Contributing Staff Project Manager Kyle DeGroot, Assistant Planner, Division of Planning Contributing Authors Joe Barris, PP, AICP, CFM, Director, Division of Planning Bridget Neary, CFM, Senior Planner, Division of Planning Editors Joe Barris, PP, AICP, CFM, Planning Director, Division of Planning David Schmetterer, PP, AICP, Assistant Director of Planning, Division of Planning Victor Furmanec, PP, AICP, Supervising Planner, Division of Planning Bridget Neary, CFM, Senior Planner, Division of Planning Amber Mallm, Environmental Specialist 2, Division of Planning JoAnn Denton, RMC, Secretary to the Monmouth County Planning Board, and Monmouth County Construction Board of Appeals Table of Contents Introduction 1 Neptune City 75 Commonly Used Acronyms 2 Neptune 77 Monmouth County 3 Ocean 79 Aberdeen 5 Oceanport 81 Allenhurst 7 Red Bank 83 Allentown 9 Roosevelt 85 Asbury Park 11 Rumson 87 Atlantic Highlands 13 Sea Bright 89 Avon-by-the-Sea 15 Sea Girt 91 Belmar 17 Shrewsbury 93 Bradley Beach 19 Shrewsbury Township 95 Brielle 21 Spring Lake 97 Colts Neck 23 Spring Lake Heights 99 Deal 25 Tinton Falls 101 Eatontown 27 Union Beach 103 Englishtown 29 Upper Freehold 105 Fair Haven 31 Wall 107 Farmingdale 33 West Long Branch 109 Freehold Borough 35 County-Wide Planning Drivers 111 Freehold 37 Division of Planning Projects 112 Hazlet 39 COVID-19 Pandemic Response 113 Highlands 41 Appendix / Sources 115 Holmdel 43 Howell 45 Interlaken 47 Keansburg 49 Keyport 51 Lake Como 53 Little Silver 55 Loch Arbour 57 Long Branch 59 Manalapan 61 Manasquan 63 Marlboro 65 Matawan 67 Middletown 69 Millstone 71 Upper Freehold Monmouth Beach 73 Introduction Monmouth County At-A-Glance is a report information from the County Tax Board to produced by the Monmouth County Division of calculate Land Usage for each municipality. Planning that provides a snapshot of the 53 Images in the report were taken by Planning municipalities that comprises the entirety of Staff, unless cited by an outside photographer or Monmouth County. This report provides the department or website, of whom are cited reader with commonly requested demographic, below their contributing photo. Monmouth housing, economic, employment, and land use County At-A-Glace is to be used as tool by data. Monmouth County At-A-Glance also municipalities, school boards, businesses, and explores topical planning issues, that each other government agencies in helping make municipality faces, based on staff research and informed decisions that contribute to a strong, municipal official input. This includes referencing stable, and sustainable county. municipal websites, master plans and/ or reexamination reports, planning board minutes, approved ordinances relating to planning and zoning, and local news publications. Monmouth County At-A-Glance comprehensively displays demographic, housing, and employment numbers collected from the most recent United States Census Bureau data releases, using the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2019). Average Residential Property Tax , Net Valuation, and Median Housing Value data sourced from the State of New Jersey Department of Consumer Affairs - Property Tax Tables. Maps of each municipality were created using ArcMap and information collected from the County’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) database. Hunt Street, Rumson From that database, Planning Staff combined parcel data and property classification Boardwalk, Ocean Grove 1 Commonly Used Acronyms Programs ABFE – Advisory Base Flood Elevation ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act BFE – Base Flood Elevation CAFRA – Coastal Area Facilities Review Act CBCA – Count Basie Center for the Arts CBRS – Coastal Barrier Resource System CDBG – Community Development Block Grant Sustainable Jersey is a nonprofit organization that CLONet – Coastal Lakes Observing Network provides tools, training and financial incentives to CRS – Community Rating System support communities as they pursue sustainability DoD – Department of Defense programs. By supporting community efforts to FEMA – Federal Emergency Management Agency reduce waste, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and FIRM – Flood Insurance Rate Map improve environmental equity. Sustainable Jersey is FMERA – Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization empowering communities to build a better world for Authority future generations. Sustainable Jersey certification is GIS – Geographic Information System a prestigious designation for municipal governments HUD – Housing and Urban Development in New Jersey. Municipalities that achieve the JCP&L – Jersey Central Power and Light certification are considered by their peers, State JLUS – Joint Land Use Study government, and experts and civic organizations in LGEA – Local Government Energy Audit New Jersey, to be among the leading municipalities. NFIP – National Flood Insurance Program The certification is free and completely voluntary. NJ FRAMES – New Jersey Fostering Regional Adaptation through Municipal Economic Scenarios NJBPU – New Jersey Board of Public Unities NJDEP – New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection NJDOT – New Jersey Department of Transportation NJEIT – New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure The Community Rating System (CRS) program which Trust is run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency NJTPA – New Jersey Transportation Planning (FEMA) through the National Flood Insurance Authority Program (NFIP) scores communities on their NPP – National Preservation Program effectiveness in dealing with flood mitigation as well NWSE – Naval Weapons Station Earle as flood plain management and development. Flood REDI – Readiness and Environmental Protection insurance policy holders in participating CRS Integration Program communities are eligible for discounts in Special SDAT – Sustainable Design Assessment Team Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA) based on their USACE – United States Army Corps of Engineers community’s CRS rating. Participation in the CRS USFWS – United States Fish & Wildlife Service program is voluntary. Holland Ridge Farms, Upper Freehold (Source: Holland Ridge Farms) 2 Monmouth County Monmouth County is the most northern county along the Jersey Shore and is part of the New York Metropolitan region. With a population of 621,659 (2019), it’s the fifth most populous county in the State of New Jersey and is one of the top 50 highest-income counties in the United States based on median household income. Monmouth County’s 472 square miles of land is home to 53 municipalities, ranging in size from 0.1 square miles to 62.1 square miles, with populations ranging from 230 to 68,000 individuals, the majority of whom live within 5 miles of the 27-mile coastline. The County Seat is Freehold Borough, located in central Monmouth County near the convergence of State Routes 9 and 33. Monmouth County is accessible by rail, through NJ Transit’s North Jersey Coast Line, by ferry, with service provided by the SeaStreak and NY Waterway, and by bus, with routes circulating throughout the County and to New York City. Hall of Records, Freehold Borough Census Count Age Composition 700,000 5.0% 600,000 500,000 0-4 400,000 16.6% 300,000 19.1% 5-19 200,000 20-64 Population 100,000 59.2% 0 65+ 1980 1990 2000 2010 2019 2019 Pop. Median Age 43.3 (Est.) Year 621,659 Educational Attainment Race & Hispanic Origin 50.0% 46.0% 40.0% Hispanic or Latino 10.8% Two or More Races 1.5% 30.0% 23.4% 24.0% Some other Race 0.3% 20.0% Pacific Islander*** 0.0% 10.0% 6.6% Asian 5.4% 0.0% American Indian** 0.1% African American* 6.7% No H.S. Degree White 75.2% Population (25+ years old) H.S. Degree Only 0.0% 50.0% 100.0% Some college / Associate's Percentage of Population Bachelor's or Graduate Median Household Income $99,733 Taxes Per Capita Income $51,700 Avg. Res Property Tax $9,445 Poverty Rate 6.0% Net Valuation (2019) $123,829,470,638 3 Type of Employment 8.1% Mgmt./ Business/ Science/ Arts 7.5% Service 46.3% Sales/ Office 23.8% Nat. Resources/ 15.2% Const./ Maint. Production/ Transportation Housing Units Land Usage Acreage Percent Other 3 Residential 98,291.2 36.2% 10+ Units 35 Apartment 1,618.3 0.6% 2-9 Units 29 Commercial 16,577.9 6.1% Unit Type 1-Unit, Attached 22 Industrial 2,913.9 1.1% 1-Unit, Detached 174 Farmland 46,851.0 17.2% Vacant 16,461.8 6.1% 0 100 200 Public 66,989.8 24.6% Number of Units (Thousands) Public School 4,245.1 1.6% Other School 658.8 0.2% Housing Number Percent Church 2,612.2 1.0% Total Housing 261,579 100.0% Cemetery 1,215.8 0.4% Owner-Occupied 173,580 66.4% Rail 296.9 0.1% Renter-Occupied 61,782 23.6% Other Exempt 4,048.6 1.5% Median Housing Value $421,900 Unknown 9,097.5 3.3% Median Rent $1,399 Topical Planning Issues: In 2016, the Monmouth County Planning Board adopted its first comprehensive Master Plan in 34 years. This Plan was the culmination of a 3-year study conducted entirely in-house by the professional staff. The Plan centers on 12-Primary Elements and offers 62 recommendations that provide a framework for investment which supports the Plan’s goals of economic development, preservation, and coordination among government entities.

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