Beach Haven is a very small coastal borough (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 1,280 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Beach Haven is the 482nd largest community in New Jersey.

Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Beach Haven is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Beach Haven is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Beach Haven who work in sales jobs (13.71%), management occupations (12.36%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.39%).

Also of interest is that Beach Haven has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Beach Haven is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the borough experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller borough.

In addition, Beach Haven is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

One of the nice things about Beach Haven is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the borough are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Beach Haven is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Beach Haven Information and Demographics

The citizens of Beach Haven are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.56% of adults in Beach Haven have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Beach Haven in 2000 was $30,267, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,068 for a family of four.

The people who call Beach Haven home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Beach Haven is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Beach Haven include Irish, German, Italian, English, Scottish, Polish, Hungarian, Dutch, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Beach Haven is English. Some people also speak Spanish.