Homes for sale in Lacey Township, NJ — current 08731 (Forked River) + 08734 (Lanoka Harbor) listings, median sale ~$385K (55+ + starter singles $250K-$400K, single-family Colonial + Cape Cod + lake-pocket $375K-$550K, Barnegat Bay waterfront + larger estates $550K-$1.2M+), the substantial substantial substantial 99.80-square-mile mid-Ocean County mainland township (substantial substantial 5th-largest of 565 NJ, 2nd-largest of 33 Ocean County, behind only Berkeley + Manchester), pop 28,655 (2020) est. 30,041 (2024) +3.7% from 2010, incorporated March 23 1871 named after John Lacey (Revolutionary War general), substantial substantial substantial own comprehensive K-12 Lacey Township School District (6 schools, 3,864 students 2021-22, Superintendent William Zylinski, HQ 200 Western Boulevard Lanoka Harbor) anchored by Lacey Township HS (73 Haines St Lanoka Harbor, 1,186 students 9-12, Southern Regional Rams athletic conference rival), substantial Forked River CDP primary unincorporated community (pop 5,274 in 2020, ZIP 08731, 73.66% water — many Ocean County residents commonly refer to all of Lacey Township as Forked River), substantial Lanoka Harbor ZIP 08734 second unincorporated community + district HQ + Lacey HS + Murray Grove Unitarian-Universalist retreat (traditionally considered site where Universalism in America began), substantial substantial Garden State Parkway informal use divider under 1979 NJ Pinelands Act (95%+ residential dwellings E of Parkway, Pine Barrens W mostly undisturbed pine + cedar forest), substantial Bamber Lake + Lake Barnegat + Deer Head Lake interior lake residential pockets, substantial Barnegat Bay tidal frontage E across from Island Beach State Park, substantial Township government with Mayor Peggy Sue Juliano, substantial median household income $84,580 + median age 41.2 family demographic, substantial substantially more accessible mainland pricing than coastal counterparts.