| Ocean View, New Jersey | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Cape May County#USA New Jersey#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Ocean View |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Cape May County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cape May |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Dennis |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.72 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.98 |
| Area Land Km2: | 7.53 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.19 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.91 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.07 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 685 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 235.64 |
| Population Density Km2: | 90.97 |
| Elevation Ft: | 20 |
| Coordinates: | 39.1764°N -74.7336°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 08230 |
| Area Code: | 609, 640 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 0878941 |
Ocean View is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[3] located within Dennis Township in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[4] The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08230. The post office was established in 1872, with William Doolittle as the first postmaster.[5]
As of the 2000 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08230 was 5,589.[6]
Ocean View is located at 39.1764°N -74.7336°W.[7]
As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 685.[2]
Dennis Township Public Schools is the local K-8 school district, which feeds into Middle Township High School of Middle Township Public Schools.
Countywide schools include Cape May County Technical High School and Cape May County Special Services School District.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden operates Bishop McHugh Regional School, which the Press of Atlantic City describes as being in Ocean View,[8] though it lies outside of the CDP,[9] and which has a Cape May Courthouse postal address.[10] students from the following Cape May County locations attended the school: Dennis Township, Avalon, Cape May, Lower Township, Middle Township, North Wildwood, Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Stone Harbor, Upper Township, Wildwood, and Woodbine. It also received students from Egg Harbor Township in Atlantic County and Millville in Cumberland County.[11]