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Point Pleasant Beach ranked 146th among cities in New Jersey by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Point Pleasant Beach residents was an inflation-adjusted $45,330 per year. Point Pleasant Beach had 1,982 households in 2017, with a population of 4,577.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Pine Valley. Pine Valley's median income was $250,001 per year after adjusting for inflation – $204,671 more than Point Pleasant Beach. It had 2 households in 2017 and a population of 4.

Seabrook Farms had the lowest annual resident income among cities in New Jersey, with a median income of only $14,801 per year. That was $30,529 less than the median income in Point Pleasant Beach at the time. Seabrook Farms had 713 households in 2017 and a population of 2,363.

The table below shows the top 100 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Pine Valley	250,001
2	Short Hills	103,450
3	Hainesburg	95,859
4	Ten Mile Run	82,625
5	Upper Montclair	82,097
6	Glen Ridge	79,500
7	Blawenburg	79,200
8	Princeton Junction	79,028
9	Essex Fells	73,563
10	Hoboken	70,936
11	Mountain Lakes	69,704
12	North Caldwell	69,044
13	Monmouth Junction	68,194
14	Glen Rock	68,111
15	Ridgewood	68,056
16	Westfield	67,479
17	New Providence	67,091
18	Tenafly	65,372
19	Edgewater	65,143
20	Little Silver	64,668
21	Morganville	64,244
22	Demarest	63,485
23	Ramsey	63,162
24	Lopatcong Overlook	63,154
25	Sea Girt	62,375
26	Haddonfield	62,238
27	Fair Haven	62,188
28	Heathcote	61,921
29	Saddle River	61,896
30	Englewood Cliffs	61,834
31	Franklin Lakes	61,756
32	Plainsboro Center	61,512
33	Richwood	61,364
34	Haworth	61,215
35	Princeton Meadows	60,157
36	Roseland	59,693
37	Upper Saddle River	59,646
38	Chatham	59,519
39	Robbinsville	59,375
40	Allendale	59,237
41	Woodcliff Lake	59,018
42	Summit	58,954
43	Hopewell	58,417
44	Fanwood	58,289
45	Bernardsville	57,568
46	East Rocky Hill	57,554
47	Loch Arbour	57,500
48	East Millstone	57,440
49	Barclay	57,375
50	Cresskill	57,130
51	Sea Bright	56,875
52	Rumson	56,855
53	Interlaken	56,471
54	White Meadow Lake	56,316
55	Mendham	56,136
56	Bay Head	55,865
57	Byram Center	55,795
58	Kinnelon	55,777
59	Riverdale	55,698
60	Bradley Gardens	55,569
61	Greentree	55,321
62	Brownville	55,085
63	Morris Plains	55,069
64	Pennington	55,000
65	Harrington Park	54,650
66	River Edge	54,550
67	Lawrenceville	54,496
68	Beckett	54,459
69	Far Hills	53,942
70	Metuchen	53,906
71	Cranbury	53,750
72	Brookdale	53,682
73	Alpine	53,523
74	Lake Mohawk	53,410
75	Port Colden	53,095
76	Mountainside	53,059
77	Allenwood	53,029
78	Brielle	53,000
79	Springdale	52,877
80	Lambertville	52,229
81	Broadway	52,153
82	Old Tappan	52,147
83	Succasunna	52,057
84	Martinsville	51,963
85	Oradell	51,784
86	Panther Valley	51,676
87	High Bridge	51,306
88	Greenwich	51,250
89	Montvale	51,207
90	Westwood	51,010
91	Madison	50,958
92	Hillsdale	50,939
93	Waldwick	50,820
94	Lake Telemark	50,817
95	Monmouth Beach	50,792
96	Robertsville	50,702
97	Budd Lake	50,639
98	Ringwood	50,581
99	White House Station	50,355
100	Midland Park	50,009

* All values are inflation-adjusted