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SheetNJ-HOLIDAY-CITY-BERKELEY-NJ · Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ 12,896 pop · income 16th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Holiday City-Berkeley
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Holiday City-Berkeley on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Jennings · lowest
37,356
Jennings · lowest
37,356 median HH income
22.9% of the leader · rank #1
Holiday City-… · this city
47,855
Holiday City-… · this city
47,855 median HH income
29.4% of the leader · rank #2
Seville · near
47,857
Seville · near
47,857 median HH income
29.4% of the leader · rank #3
Crescent · near
47,857
Crescent · near
47,857 median HH income
29.4% of the leader · rank #4
Bussey · near
47,857
Bussey · near
47,857 median HH income
29.4% of the leader · rank #5
Barryton · near
47,857
Barryton · near
47,857 median HH income
29.4% of the leader · rank #6
Oakland · highest
162,862
Oakland · highest
162,862 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Holiday City-Berkeley on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 12,896.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Holiday City-Berkeley lands in the 16th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
16th
percentile, household income
53rd
percentile, home value
94th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ
Holiday City-Berkeley is a small town in New Jersey, home to 12,896 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Holiday City-Berkeley brings in $47,855 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.3%. Typical homes in Holiday City-Berkeley are valued around $237,200, and the median resident age is 70.0 years. About 18.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 26.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
New Jersey carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts New Jersey at 108.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Above Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,132 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in New Jersey run around $275, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 out of 100 (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Holiday City-Berkeley's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Holiday City-Berkeley, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Holiday City-Berkeley?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within New Jersey, the closest population matches are Red Bank (12,864 residents, $101,738 income); Somerville (12,958 residents, $103,869 income); Fords (13,052 residents, $116,250 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Jennings, MO (12,900 residents); Bloomsburg, PA (12,906 residents); Waianae, HI (12,907 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
How far does income reach against housing in Holiday City-Berkeley?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Holiday City-Berkeley?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 83.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate B+
3.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
18.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$47,855
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
108.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Holiday City-Berkeley profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 76/100 (B+) · 3.3%
Bachelor's+ share: 29/100 (F) · 18.2%
Household income: 17/100 (F) · $47,855
Cost of living: 10/100 (F) · 108.8 index
How does Holiday City-Berkeley compare to other US cities?
Where Holiday City-Berkeley sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income16% higher than other cities
Home value53% pricier than other cities
Median rent94% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Holiday City-Berkeley against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New Jersey only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New Jersey-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Holiday City-Berkeley near the bottom of New Jersey's cities
Among the 686 New Jersey cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Holiday City-Berkeley ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Holiday City-Berkeley only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#640 of 659
3rd percentile in New Jersey
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 686
0th percentile in New Jersey
Median Home Value
#568 of 672
15th percentile in New Jersey
Poverty Rate
#326 of 680
51st percentile in New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#620 of 686
9th percentile in New Jersey
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within New Jersey only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
16th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Holiday City-Berkeley's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$237,20047th percentilemore affordable than 47% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,807 of 15,516
More affordable than 17% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,581 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 5.0×, Holiday City-Berkeley sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,807 of 15,516 and #2,581 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$47,855Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)18.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)26.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
12,896
Median Income
$47,855
Median Home Value
$237,200
Median Age
70.0
Poverty Rate
3.3%
Labor force participation
26.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
18.2%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
83.6%
Carpool
2.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.9%
Work from Home
12.4%
Based on 3,266 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New Jersey statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New Jersey at $275 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are New Jersey statewide averages, not a meter reading for Holiday City-Berkeley. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New Jersey's BEA cost-of-living index is 108.8 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Holiday City-Berkeley is $2,132/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New Jersey statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New Jersey statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Holiday City-Berkeley sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Holiday City-Berkeley compares to similar-size New Jersey cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.