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Holiday City South, NJ

Holiday City South's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

4,294
Residents
$55,298
Median income
$244,300
Median home
$2,132
Median rent (state)
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Place dossier plate

Sheet NJ-HOLIDAY-CITY-SOUTH-NJ · Holiday City South, NJ 4,294 pop · income 28th pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-MID · COL-ABOVE · SAFE-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-MID · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 4,294
  • INC-MID $55,298
  • COL-ABOVE 108.8
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-LOWER 28th
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Weatherly
  • HOME-MID $244,300
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Weatherly, PA (+ $0 income $)

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 South

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Holiday City South on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Holiday City South 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: 4,294.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $55,298. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Holiday City South - the verdict

Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Holiday City South places in the 28th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.

28th
percentile, household income
54th
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 South, NJ

4,294 people live in Holiday City South, New Jersey - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Holiday City South report a median income of $55,298 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.5%. Typical homes in Holiday City South are valued around $244,300, and the median resident age is 69.6 years. 18.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 30.7% 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). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $2,132 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $275 across New Jersey, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 90.8 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very High).

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Holiday City South'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 work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Holiday City South, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for local building permits, annual population history, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; 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 South?

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 Westville (4,285 residents, $78,333 income); Leisure Village East (4,309 residents, $47,231 income); Medford Lakes (4,267 residents, $151,190 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Long Hill CDP (Southeastern Connecticut County), CT (4,292 residents); Dawson, GA (4,292 residents); Adamsville, AL (4,291 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.

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Question 2

What does the journey to work look like in Holiday City South?

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 87.3%. 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. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.

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3. Housing and income

How far does income reach against housing in Holiday City South?

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 4.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

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Population

4,294 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$55,298 /yr

Below median income · poverty 5.5% (Below-median poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

108.8 (US=100)

High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New Jersey average

City profile score · Holiday City South, NJ

33/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023

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 C+
5.5%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Bachelor's+ share F
18.9%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Household income F
$55,298

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 South profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Poverty rate, Bachelor's+ share, Household income, Cost of living. Poverty rateBachelor's+ shareHousehold incomeCost of living 33 F
Holiday City South profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Poverty rate: 62/100 (C+) · 5.5%
  • Bachelor's+ share: 31/100 (F) · 18.9%
  • Household income: 28/100 (F) · $55,298
  • Cost of living: 10/100 (F) · 108.8 index

How does Holiday City South compare to other US cities?

Here's how Holiday City South stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.

Household income 28% higher than other cities
Home value 54% pricier than other cities
Median rent 94% 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 South 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 South near the bottom of New Jersey's cities

Among the 686 New Jersey cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Holiday City South ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Holiday City South only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#622 of 659
6th percentile in New Jersey
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 686
0th percentile in New Jersey
Median Home Value
#559 of 672
17th percentile in New Jersey
Poverty Rate
#213 of 680
68th percentile in New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#610 of 686
11th 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.

28thIncome percentile
Gauge source note

28th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Holiday City South's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$244,300 46th percentile more affordable than 46% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). This entry sits in this band. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Holiday City South $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

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

Holiday City South's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.4×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,815 of 15,516
More affordable than 24% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,073 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 4.4×, Holiday City South sits in the moderate band: national rank #11,815 of 15,516 and #9,073 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). 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

$55,298 Holiday City South, NJ median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Holiday City South, NJ Holiday City South, NJ's median household income ($55,298) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Holiday City South, NJ-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Holiday City South, NJ median $55,298/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Holiday City South, 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 South, NJ.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 18.9%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 5.5%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 30.7%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
4,294
Median Income
$55,298
Median Home Value
$244,300
Median Age
69.6
Poverty Rate
5.5%
Labor force participation
30.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
18.9%

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
87.3%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.8%
Work from Home
9.4%
Other
2.5%

Based on 1,250 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 South. 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 South 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 South sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Holiday City South 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.

City Population Median Household Income
Holiday City South (this city) 4,294 $55,298
Westville 4,285 $78,333
Leisure Village East 4,309 $47,231
Medford Lakes 4,267 $151,190
Primary sources on this page

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.

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