Do You Live In NJ's Highest-Earning County?

Buying/selling a house is a surefire way to discover the disparity in different towns and different counties across the state. When my wife and I were house-shopping, it was crazy to see how nearly identical houses could vary by $50k just because they were a few exits north or south on the Parkway.

SmartAdvisorMatch used data to rank each county in NJ to see which had the highest income, net worth, debt, and more.

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It's crazy to see that just crossing the line from Ocean into Monmouth, the average income jumps by $13k and net worth jumps by $15k. The debt is what really separates the two counties though, with Monmouth being $20k deeper.

It's also interesting that Ocean County has the lowest income of that Top 10, but since we also have the lowest debt, we land at #5.