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Barnegat Light borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Barnegat Light borough is a Census borough of 500 people across 0.83 square miles of land, in Ocean County. Median household income is $125,417, 94.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.4 m.
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Barnegat Light
What Barnegat Light is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area0.83 sq mi
- Water area0.37 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land602 plus or minus 177
- County holding the largest share of its areaOcean County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Barnegat Light
- Population500 plus or minus 147
- Median age62.7
- Population under 1883 plus or minus 64
- Share under 1816.6 percent plus or minus 11.8
- Population 65 and over225 plus or minus 47
- Share 65 and over45.0 percent plus or minus 16.2
- Households217 plus or minus 54
- Family households155 plus or minus 48
- Share of households that are families71.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Barnegat Light
- Median household income$125,417 plus or minus $35,221
- Per capita income$82,301 plus or minus $21,836
- Civilian labor force130 plus or minus 45
- Employed102 plus or minus 34
- Unemployed28 plus or minus 28
- Unemployment rate21.5 percent plus or minus 20.2
- Adults 25 and over404 plus or minus 100
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher99.3 percent plus or minus 33.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher73.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree37.1 percent plus or minus 10.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Barnegat Light
- Housing units1,269
- Occupied units217 plus or minus 54
- Vacant units1,052
- Vacancy rate82.9 percent
- Owner occupied206 plus or minus 53
- Renter occupied11 plus or minus 8
- Ownership rate94.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,107,800
- Single family units1,162
- Share single family91.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more107 plus or minus 38
- Share in buildings of two or more8.4 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Barnegat Light gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute92 plus or minus 35
- Commuting under 15 minutes35 plus or minus 19
- Share commuting under 15 minutes38.0 percent plus or minus 14.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more48 plus or minus 29
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more52.2 percent plus or minus 23.9
- Drove alone45.5 percent plus or minus 13.8
- Carpooled20.0 percent plus or minus 18.0
- Public transport10.0 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Walked6.4 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Worked from home16.4 percent plus or minus 7.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Barnegat Light (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,354,000
- Average approval$1,354,000
- Median approval$1,354,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,354,000
- Largest approval$1,354,000
- Jobs supported7
- Jobs per approval7.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Barnegat Light (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$342,000
- Average approval$342,000
- Median approval$342,000
- Largest approval$342,000
- Jobs supported7
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Ocean County, not Barnegat Light
Ocean County context, not Barnegat Light figures
These are Ocean County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Barnegat Light measurements.
- Establishments in Ocean County15,020
- Employment at those establishments, Ocean County172,650
- Covered employment, Ocean County189,912
- Average annual pay, Ocean County$57,452
- Average weekly wage, Ocean County$1,105
- Housing units permitted, Ocean County3,706
- Of those, single family, Ocean County2,808
- County product, 2024, Ocean County$31,708,748,000
- County product change over the prior year, Ocean County4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Ocean County$104,688
Every figure in this section is published for Ocean County as a whole and is not a measurement of Barnegat Light. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Barnegat Light questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Barnegat Light, New Jersey?
500, in 217 households. Barnegat Light borough covers 0.83 square miles of land, which is 602 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Barnegat Light in?
Ocean County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Barnegat Light?
$125,417. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,107,800. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Barnegat Light businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $1.4 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $1,354,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $342,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Barnegat Light, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Barnegat Light borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Barnegat Light. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Barnegat Light figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Ocean County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Barnegat Light.
Is zoning published for Barnegat Light?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.