Your Guide to Buying a Home in Somers Point, NJ

Buying a Home in Somers Point, New Jersey

(Kennedy Park)

Somers Point is located in Atlantic County

The City of Somers Point, originally known as Somerset Plantation, is the oldest settlement in the County of Atlantic, dating back to 1693. This four square mile, attractive municipality, is located in the eastern portion of Atlantic County in what was once known as Great Egg Harbor. Somers Point was first incorporated as a borough in 1886. At that time the voting population was 48.

The city is approximately  seven miles southwest of Atlantic City, and 60 miles east of Philadelphia. The city is bordered on the east and west by Egg Harbor Township and to the north by the City of Linwood. Three bridges join Somers Point to Cape May County on its southerly border; they are the Beesleys Point Bridge (Route 9), the Garden State Parkway Bridge and the Route 52 bridge into Ocean City.

Somers Point is primarily a residential community with a relatively large proportion of its residents employed in professional services or executive positions in the City and its neighboring communities.

Shore Memorial Hospital, a modern 380-bed medical facility, is Somers Point's largest employer, providing 1,400 jobs. Because of Somers Point's location on the Great Egg Harbor River bayfront, it is known for its marinas, boating, and numerous fine restaurants. Somers Point also has a vast variety of small businesses located throughout the community, including many medical professional offices as a result of the location of Shore Memorial Hospital.

Somers Point is primarily a residential community with a relatively large proportion of its residents employed in professional services or executive positions in the City and its neighboring communities.