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Mystic Island CDP, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Mystic Island CDP is a Census CDP of 8,259 people across 6.92 square miles of land, in Ocean County. Median household income is $78,714, 87.8 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Mystic Island
What Mystic Island is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area6.92 sq mi
- Water area0.78 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,193
- 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.
Mystic Island
How many people live in Mystic Island
- Population8,259
- Median age54.5
- Population under 181,270 plus or minus 322
- Share under 1815.4 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Population 65 and over2,311
- Share 65 and over28.0 percent
- Households3,682
- Family households2,167
- Share of households that are families58.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Mystic Island
- Median household income$78,714
- Per capita income$44,877
- Civilian labor force3,951
- Employed3,801
- Unemployed150 plus or minus 87
- Unemployment rate3.8 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Adults 25 and over6,547
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.0 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Mystic Island
- Housing units5,201
- Occupied units3,682
- Vacant units1,519
- Vacancy rate29.2 percent
- Owner occupied3,231
- Renter occupied451 plus or minus 157
- Ownership rate87.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$321,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,893
- Annual rent as a share of median income28.9 percent
- Single family units5,151
- Share single family99.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more10 plus or minus 28
- Share in buildings of two or more0.2 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Mobile homes40 plus or minus 50
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Mystic Island gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,280
- Commuting under 15 minutes548 plus or minus 174
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.7 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,002
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more61.0 percent
- Drove alone80.0 percent
- Carpooled5.5 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Public transport3.1 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Walked0.3 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home11.0 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ocean County, not Mystic Island
Ocean County context, not Mystic Island 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 Mystic Island 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 Mystic Island. 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- 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
Mystic Island questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Mystic Island, New Jersey?
8,259, in 3,682 households. Mystic Island CDP covers 6.92 square miles of land, which is 1,193 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Mystic Island 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 Mystic Island?
$78,714. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $321,500. Median gross rent is $1,893 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Mystic Island 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 Mystic Island.
Is zoning published for Mystic Island?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.