Spring Lake, New Jersey
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Spring Lake is a borough situated on the Jersey Shore in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,789,[10] a decrease of 204 (−6.8%) from the 2010 census count of 2,993,[19][20] which in turn reflected a decline of 574 (−16.1%) from the 3,567 counted in the 2000 census.[21]
Spring Lake, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 40.153764°N 74.026853°W / 40.153764; -74.026853[1][2] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Monmouth |
Incorporated | March 14, 1892 |
Government | |
• Type | Borough |
• Body | Borough Council |
• Mayor | Jennifer Naughton (D, term ends December 31, 2023)[4][5] |
• Administrator | W. Bryan Dempsey[6] |
• Municipal clerk | Dina M. Zahorsky[7] |
Area | |
• Total | 1.75 sq mi (4.52 km2) |
• Land | 1.33 sq mi (3.45 km2) |
• Water | 0.41 sq mi (1.07 km2) 23.60% |
• Rank | 426th of 565 in state 34th of 53 in county[1] |
Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,789 |
• Estimate (2022)[11] | 2,776 |
• Rank | 455th of 565 in state 40th of 53 in county[12] |
• Density | 2,093.1/sq mi (808.2/km2) |
• Rank | 287th of 565 in state 34th of 53 in county[12] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | |
Area code(s) | 732 exchanges: 282, 449, 974[15] |
FIPS code | 3402570110[1][16][17] |
GNIS feature ID | 0885406[1][18] |
Website | www |
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Spring Lake as the 240th best place to live in New Jersey in its 2010 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.[22]
In 2012, Forbes.com listed Spring Lake as 187th in its listing of "America's Most Expensive ZIP Codes", with a median home price of $1,190,586.[23]