Egg Harbor City, New Jersey
Egg Harbor City is a city in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The city, and all of Atlantic County, is part of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which in turn is included in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 4,396, an increase of 153 (+3.6%) from the 2010 census count of 4,243, which in turn reflected a decline of 302 (−6.6%) from the 4,545 counted in the 2000 census.
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Former Egg Harbor Commercial Bank building, now the local branch of the Atlantic County library system | |
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Location of Egg Harbor City in Atlantic County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Atlantic County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right). | |
Census Bureau map of Egg Harbor City, New Jersey | |
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| Coordinates: 39.563687°N 74.595865°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Atlantic |
| Incorporated | June 14, 1858 |
| Named for | Gull eggs |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act (small municipality) |
| • Body | City Council |
| • Mayor | Lisa Jiampetti (D, term ends December 31, 2024) |
| • Municipal clerk | Meg Steeb |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.42 sq mi (29.58 km2) |
| • Land | 10.85 sq mi (28.10 km2) |
| • Water | 0.57 sq mi (1.48 km2) 4.99% |
| • Rank | 198th of 565 in state 10th of 23 in county |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 4,396 |
| • Estimate (2022) | 4,408 |
| • Rank | 400th of 565 in state 17th of 23 in county |
| • Density | 405.1/sq mi (156.4/km2) |
| • Rank | 459th of 565 in state 14th of 23 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 08215 |
| Area code(s) | 609 exchanges: 704, 726, 804, 965 |
| FIPS code | 3400120350 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0876119 |
| Website | www |
The city had the seventh-highest property tax rate in New Jersey, with an equalized rate of 5.044% in 2020, compared to 2.560% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%.
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