Margate City

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Margate City

Total population

5,234

Median home value

$708,800

57.7%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$121,800

Margate City$122k

National$74k

Founded

1885

Elevation7 m

Land area4.22 km²

Weather68°F · Mostly Cloudy

Coordinates39.33°, -74.51°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Margate City is a city situated on the Jersey Shore on Absecon Island, within Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, on the Atlantic Ocean shoreline. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 5,317, a decrease of 1,037 (−16.3%) from the 2010 census count of 6,354, which in turn had reflected a decline of 1,839 (−22.4%) from the 8,193 counted in the 2000 census. Geographically, the city, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the South Jersey region of the state and of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Margate City, NJ from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Peter Erskine

American musician

Rodney Jerkins

American record producer and rapper

Edward O'Brien

American runner (1914-1976)

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Philip Orbanes

American board game designer

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Ralph Peterson, Jr.

American jazz drummer (1962–2021)

Simon Lake

American inventor (1866–1945)

Dennis Horner

American basketball player (born 1988)

David Kagen

American actor

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Doug Colman

American football player and coach

Scott Neustadter

American screenwriter and film producer

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Jennifer Farrell

American beauty pageant contestant

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John Roman

American football player

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John Stone

American football player

Joshua Cohen

American writer

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Neill Jameson

American musician

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Roger Elwood

American writer (1943–2007)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in New Jersey

• Ventnor City
  1.5 mi away
• Longport
  1.7 mi away · pop. 901
• Pleasantville
  4 mi away · pop. 20,629
• Ocean City
  6.5 mi away
• English Creek
  8.3 mi away
• Brigantine
  9 mi away
• Marmora
  9.5 mi away
• Pomona
  9.8 mi away
• Oceanville
  10.8 mi away
• Leeds Point
  11.5 mi away
• Palermo
  11.7 mi away
• Cologne
  12.5 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Margate City

Review of efforts to protect the New Jersey coast

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Superfund, Ocean, and Water Protection. · 1990

Growing up lucky

Dori Newman · 2008

Search results from Open Library.