Ocean City Ranked One of the Healthiest Cities in New Jersey

The South Jersey community of Ocean City is a popular family vacation destination, famous for its boardwalk and restaurants.

The Jersey Shore community has been the home of full-time residents for over 150 years and is well-known for being a "dry town" with no alcohol served or public drinking anywhere on the island. But now Ocean City has another unique distinction to add to its reputation.

According to research by the medical advocacy company Leafwell, they have ranked the healthiest cities across the state of New Jersey and they have Ocean City as the 10th healthiest city in the Garden State.

The rankings are based on an analysis of Google search trends for 109 regions, towns, and cities in the state.

Ocean City's top two search terms on Google are "gym near me" and "healthy food near me."  The high volume of searches compared to the town's year-round population is what landed Ocean City so high on their rankings.

Only a handful of South Jersey towns/cities broke into the top 50 of this list including Somers Point (26th) and Hammonton (49th).

Other towns in the region that made this list include Collingswood (16th), Haddonfield (25th), and Glassboro (36th).