21st-Century Chautauquas - Ocean Grove, New Jersey (Paperback)

Chapters: Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 48. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ocean Grove, New Jersey - According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.0 km (0.4 mi). 0.9 km (0.4 mi) of it is land and 0.1 km (0.04 mi) of it (10.00%) is water. Frequent rail passenger service to New York City is provided by New Jersey Transit from nearby Asbury Park station. The nearest airport having scheduled commercial airline service is Newark Liberty International Airport, 45 miles (72 km) north, although Monmouth Executive Airport for general aviation airplanes is just 6 miles (10 km) distant. Interstate 195 provides highway access to Ocean Grove from the New Jersey Turnpike, Philadelphia, and points west. The nearby Garden State Parkway connects Ocean Grove with points north and south, such as New York City and Atlantic City. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,256 people, 2,331 households, and 785 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4,564.6/km (11,956.5/mi). There were 3,156 housing units at an average density of 3,384.8/km (8,866.3/mi). The racial makeup of the CDP was 93.14% White, 3.95% African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.96% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.92% from other races, and 0.92% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.62% of the population. There were 2,331 households out of which 10.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 23.6% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 66.3% were non-families. 56.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.67 and the average family size was 2.59. In the CDP the pop...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=125499