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Ocean County, NJ

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits (SOD), June 30, 2026

Ocean County, New Jersey, a core county of the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA market, holds $24.5B in deposits across 22 insured institutions and 132 branches. TD Bank is the largest deposit holder at 21.6% share. The top three banks hold 47% of deposits, which places the county in the Moderate band. Deposits have grown 13.6% since 2021 while the branch count fell by 13.2%. It produced $24.6B of real gross domestic product in 2024, ranking #189 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$24.6B
#189 of 1,523
Population
673,746
#106 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$36,508
#1,017 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/26)
$24.5B
#102 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$36,355
#250 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$186M
#121 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
22
#186 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
19.6
#1,031 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$616M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #23 of 1,523. A lower figure means institutions typically hold smaller deposit positions here; it reflects local deposit presence, not an institution’s overall size. See Community & Regional Bank Share for institution scale.
Community & Regional Bank Share
30.3%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #1,317 of 1,523. A higher share points to a market where small to mid-size institutions, the kind that compete on relationships and local decision-making, hold more ground.
Top-3 Banks’ Deposit Share: Moderate
47%
The combined deposit share of the top three banks by deposits in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Ranks show where the county stands among the 1,523 ranked counties (those within a Combined or Metropolitan Statistical Area that have a branch). They describe relative position, not a rating of market quality or suitability.

Deposit trend

County Deposits (SOD, 2021 to 2026)+13.6% over 5 years
$21.6B
2021
$24.4B
2022
$24.0B
2023
$23.4B
2024
$24.0B
2025
$24.5B
2026

Branches: 152 in 2021 to 132 in 2026. Institutions: 20 to 22. Top-three share: 46% to 47%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
TD Bank$5.3B21.6%16+10%
OceanFirst Bank$3.5B14.1%11+31%
JPMorgan Chase Bank$2.7B11.1%10+47%
Wells Fargo Bank$2.3B9.5%15-4%
Santander Bank$2.2B8.8%13+7%
Bank of America$1.9B7.6%9-8%
PNC Bank$1.5B6.0%8+56%
Provident Bank$951M3.9%7-16%
Manasquan Bank$854M3.5%5+48%
First Commerce Bank$701M2.9%3+152%
Citizens Bank$677M2.8%8-42%
Kearny Bank$554M2.3%4+26%
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company$509M2.1%7-26%
Fulton Bank$386M1.6%4+42%
Flagstar Bank$246M1.0%4+44%
The Bank of Princeton$98M0.4%2+138%
Truist Bank$61M0.2%1+39%
Unity Bank$61M0.2%1no 2021 presence
Apple Bank$32M0.1%1no 2021 presence
Crown Bank$22M0.1%1-43%
Dime Commercial Bank$22M0.1%1no 2021 presence
Metropolitan Commercial Bank$21M0.1%1no 2021 presence

The 22 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, per the FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2026. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2021 and 2026. Institutions are tracked by FDIC certificate number, and where an institution acquired another bank, the acquired bank’s prior deposits are folded into the baseline so the change reflects the combined, continuing franchise rather than reading as new. “No 2021 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year. Deposit figures are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.

Part of the New York-Newark market

Ocean County is one of 30 counties that make up the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #1 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 1.2% of the market’s output and holds 0.8% of its deposits.

MeasureOcean CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$24.6B1.2%
Deposits$24.5B0.8%
Population673,7463.0%

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