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Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Monmouth
Incorporated	March 23, 1900
Named for	Avon, England
Government
• Type	Walsh Act
• Body	Board of Commissioners
Area
• Total	0.54 sq mi (1.40 km2)
• Land	0.43 sq mi (1.10 km2)
• Water	0.12 sq mi (0.30 km2)  21.30%
Area rank	545th of 565 in state 47th of 53 in county
Elevation	10 ft (3 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,933
• Estimate  (2023)	1,933
• Rank	487th of 565 in state 42nd of 53 in county
• Density	4,542.3/sq mi (1,753.8/km2)
• Density rank	128th of 565 in state 13th of 53 in county
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code	07717
Area codes	732
FIPS code	3402502440
GNIS feature ID	0885147
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Avon-by-the-Sea (often called simply Avon; pronunciation: /ævɒn/, ah-von) is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,933, an increase of 32 (+1.7%) from the 2010 census count of 1,901, which in turn reflected a decline of 343 (−15.3%) from the 2,244 counted in the 2000 census.

Avon-by-the-Sea was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 23, 1900, from portions of Neptune City. The borough was named for Avon, England, or for the Avon Inn, a hotel constructed in 1883.

In 2010, Forbes.com listed Avon-by-the-Sea as 232nd in its listing of "America's Most Expensive ZIP Codes", with a median home price of $989,212.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 0.55 square miles (1.40 km²) of which 0.43 square miles (1.10 km²) are land and 0.12 square miles (0.30 km²) are water (21.30%).

The borough borders the Monmouth County communities of Belmar, Bradley Beach, Neptune City and Neptune Township.

Avon-by-the-Sea is located on the Atlantic Ocean and is surrounded by two other bodies of water; the south side of Avon is located on the Shark River and the north end of Avon rests on Sylvan Lake.

Demographics

Avon-by-the-Sea, 1902

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 1,901 people, 901 households, and 477 families in the borough. The population density was 4,459.1 per square mile (1,721.7/km²). There were 1,321 housing units at an average density of 3,098.6 per square mile (1,196.4/km²). The racial makeup was 96.95% (1,843) White, 0.32% (6) Black or African American, 0.00% (0) Native American, 0.63% (12) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 1.26% (24) from other races, and 0.84% (16) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.73% (71) of the population.

Of the 901 households, 17.1% had children under the age of 18; 41.7% were married couples living together; 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present and 47.1% were non-families. Of all households, 40.8% were made up of individuals and 17.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.94.

16.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 19.5% from 25 to 44, 32.8% from 45 to 64, and 23.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 89.5 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 83.5 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $83,333 (with a margin of error of +/− $10,008) and the median family income was $113,750 (+/− $18,599). Males had a median income of $56,635 (+/− $32,033) versus $58,300 (+/− $5,223) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $58,063 (+/− $6,550). About 1.1% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 2.1% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The Avon School District serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade at Avon Elementary School. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 137 students and 17.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.7:1. During the 2016–17 school year, Avon was tied with the 23rd smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 158 students.

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend either Asbury Park High School or Manasquan High School, as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective districts, based on the results of a lottery under which 62.5% of students are sent to Manasquan and 37.5% to Asbury Park. As of the 2020–21 school year, Asbury Park High School had an enrollment of 682 students and 54.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5:1.

The Manasquan school also serves students from Belmar, Brielle, Lake Como, Sea Girt, Spring Lake, Spring Lake Heights who attend as part of sending/receiving relationships with their respective districts. As of the 2020–21 school year, Manasquan High School had an enrollment of 1,006 students and 76.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1.

Students may also apply to academy schools in the Monmouth County Vocational School District, which include the Academy of Allied Health & Science, Biotechnology High School, High Technology High School, Marine Academy of Science and Technology and Communications High School. Students also have the option to attend Academy Charter High School in Lake Como, which accepts students on a lottery basis from the communities of Allenhurst, Asbury Park, Avon-by-the-Sea, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Interlaken and Lake Como.

Transportation

Route 71 in Avon-by-the-Sea

Roads and highways

As of May 2010^[update], the borough had a total of 13.29 miles (21.39 km) of roadways, of which 11.07 miles (17.82 km) were maintained by the municipality, 1.48 miles (2.38 km) by Monmouth County and 0.74 miles (1.19 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

Route 71 is the main north–south road that passes through. Route 35 is immediately outside the borough, and provides access to Route 138/Interstate 195. The Garden State Parkway is also nearby.

Public transportation

NJ Transit provides bus transportation to Philadelphia on the 317 route and local service on the 830 route. The closest NJ transit train service is at the Belmar and Bradley Beach stations. on the North Jersey Coast Line.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Avon-by-the-Sea has a Humid subtropical climate (Cfa).

Ecology

According to the A. W. Kuchler U.S. potential natural vegetation types, Avon-by-the-Sea would have a dominant vegetation type of Northern Cordgrass Spartina (73) with a dominant vegetation form of Coastal Prairie (20).

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Avon-by-the-Sea include:

• Leo P. Carlin (1908–1999), Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1953 to 1962
• Pat Delany, basketball coach who has worked in various coaching positions in the NBA
• Bronson Howard (1842–1908), dramatist
• Mischa Levitzki (1898–1941), concert pianist
• Bob Scrabis (born 1936), former American football player who played with the New York Titans
• Bob Scrabis (born c. 1967), former college basketball player for the Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
• E. Donald Sterner (1894–1983), lumberman and politician who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and as chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee

See also

In Spanish: Avon-by-the-Sea para niños