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Property scores in Ship Bottom, NJ

How Ship Bottom compares to every New Jersey town for permits and construction — and a free Property Score for any address in Ship Bottom. No account, no payment.

How Ship Bottom permits

Ship Bottom closes out 48.5% of the permits it issues, better than 54% of New Jersey towns (238th of 513).

On volume, Ship Bottom has 1,625 permits on the record, more than 32% of New Jersey towns (370th of 542). Recent building momentum reads 16.0%, more than 91% of New Jersey towns (41st of 445). Volume and momentum describe how busy the town is, not how easy it is to get approved.

ReadingShip BottomVersus New JerseyRank
Permit close-out rate48.5%better than 54% of New Jersey towns238th of 513
Building activity1,625more than 32% of New Jersey towns370th of 542
Building momentum16.0%more than 91% of New Jersey towns41st of 445

Ranks are among New Jersey towns for which we hold that reading, so the denominator differs by row. A town is compared against other towns, never against the house next door.

This town vs. New Jersey

Where Ship Bottom sits among every NJ town we’ve analysed. The score separates towns sharply and neighbours barely, so a town-vs-state read is the honest one. Hover a bar to see how many towns share it.

Permit close-out rate
49%
better than 54%
Ship Bottom
0%┊ NJ median100%

Ship Bottom ranks 238th of 513 NJ towns.

The single heaviest input in the Property Score. It is how reliably a permit here actually reaches a certificate of occupancy within two years. A low rate is the clearest sign that projects stall — and it is the one thing that separates NJ towns most sharply.

Building activity
1,625
busier than 32%
Ship Bottom
leastmost in NJ

Ship Bottom is 370th of 542 NJ towns — busier than 32% of them.

How much permitted construction happens here — the count of permits on record, against all 542 NJ towns we hold. A busier market, not a better or worse one.

Building momentum
+16%
growing faster than 91%
Ship Bottom
coolesthottest in NJ

Ship Bottom is 41st of 445 NJ towns — growing faster than 91% of them. The market is heating.

The change in permit activity over the last year versus the year before, against every NJ town. Positive is heating, negative is cooling — context for timing, not a verdict on the property.

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