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Waretown, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Waretown is a Census CDP of 2,076 people across 0.92 square miles of land, in Ocean County. Median household income is $121,538, 82.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.9 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Waretown
What Waretown is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area0.92 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,246 plus or minus 815
- 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.
Waretown
How many people live in Waretown
- Population2,076 plus or minus 753
- Median age41.1 plus or minus 8.9
- Population under 18730 plus or minus 410
- Share under 1835.2 percent plus or minus 15.1
- Population 65 and over446 plus or minus 167
- Share 65 and over21.5 percent
- Households758 plus or minus 244
- Family households640 plus or minus 248
- Share of households that are families84.4 percent plus or minus 18.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waretown
Income and work in Waretown
- Median household income$121,538 plus or minus $91,447
- Per capita income$46,638
- Civilian labor force939 plus or minus 314
- Employed888 plus or minus 310
- Unemployed51 plus or minus 53
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over1,322 plus or minus 374
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.5 percent plus or minus 38.6
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher35.9 percent plus or minus 15.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.7 percent plus or minus 4.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waretown
Housing in Waretown
- Housing units845 plus or minus 249
- Occupied units758 plus or minus 244
- Vacant units87 plus or minus 116
- Vacancy rate10.3 percent plus or minus 13.4
- Owner occupied628 plus or minus 223
- Renter occupied130 plus or minus 134
- Ownership rate82.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$505,800 plus or minus $108,345
- Single family units756 plus or minus 234
- Share single family89.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more89 plus or minus 130
- Share in buildings of two or more10.5 percent plus or minus 15.0
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waretown
How Waretown gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute733 plus or minus 274
- Commuting under 15 minutes90 plus or minus 75
- Share commuting under 15 minutes12.3 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more468 plus or minus 202
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more63.8 percent plus or minus 13.9
- Drove alone88.3 percent
- Carpooled4.9 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Public transport2.0 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Walked3.6 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Worked from home1.2 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Waretown
SBA loans in Waretown (7(a))
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$1,937,500
- Average approval$215,278
- Median approval$100,000
- Largest approval$680,000
- Jobs supported36
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full1
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.1 percent
- Share to franchises33.3 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Waretown, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 2 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Ocean County, not Waretown
Ocean County context, not Waretown figures
- Establishments in Ocean County15,020
- Covered employment, Ocean County189,912
- Average annual pay, Ocean County$57,452
- Housing units permitted, Ocean County3,706
Every figure in this section is published for Ocean County as a whole and is not a measurement of Waretown.
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.
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Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Waretown questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Waretown, New Jersey?
2,076, in 758 households. Waretown CDP covers 0.92 square miles of land, which is 2,246 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Waretown 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 Waretown?
$121,538. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $505,800. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Waretown businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totaling $1.9 m since FY2020, across 6 lenders, median approval $100,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Waretown, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Waretown borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Waretown. Only 2 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Waretown figures?
No, and they are labeled 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 Waretown.
Is zoning published for Waretown?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.