Deal, New Jersey
borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States of America
Deal is a borough situated on the Jersey Shore within Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The community was settled by Europeans in the mid-1660s and named after an English carpenter from Deal, Kent. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 900, an increase of 150 (+20.0%) from the 2010 census count of 750, which in turn had reflected a decline of 320 (−29.9%) from the 1,070 counted in the 2000 census.
Deal is home to a significant population of Orthodox Sephardic Jews, mainly of Syrian origin. As many as 80% of Deal's Jewish population are Sephardi Jews, and the year-round population jumps ten-fold to over 6,000 during the summer, many of them Syrian Jews from Brooklyn, New York City. In the 2000 census, 16.4% of Deal residents identified as being of Syrian heritage, the greatest percentage of Syrian Americans in any municipality in the country. Most of the town consisted of homes close to or over one hundred years old in the Victorian and American Foursquare styles.
In 2026, Deal was listed as the 17th priciest ZIP code in the United States according to Zillow, with a median price of $4.545 million for a home. An analysis by Realtor.com for The Wall Street Journal showed a median listing price in June 2026 of nearly $5.5 million.
History
A group from Rhode Island settled in the area of Middletown Township and Shrewsbury Township in the mid-1660s, after having purchased what was known as the Monmouth Patent.
The public source identifies “Deal, New Jersey” as borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States of America. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Deal, Jersey and borough.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3016720. VIAF identifies the subject as 148151120. The Library of Congress control number is no2009075553. Authority coordinates are 40.243, -74.001. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 2010, 2000 and 2026.
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