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300 North Main Street, Forked River, NJ 08731
About 4 minutes from the municipal building at 818 Lacey Road in Forked River, with no traffic. Traffic adds time.
Locations · New Jersey
Lacey
South Ocean County pine and overlook country — Forked River character without a resort strip.
Photo: MNTNMAN / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Official municipal seal not shown — rights not cleared.
About this town
A south Ocean County comparison: Forked River and Lanoka Harbor, east of the Parkway.
Lacey is a large township people often call Forked River. Most houses sit east of the Garden State Parkway in Forked River and Lanoka Harbor; west of the Parkway is mostly protected pine forest under Pinelands rules. It is a fair south-county comparison beside Berkeley and Toms River, but homes for sale in your monthly target, where you own the house and the land, are scarce. Pheasant Run ranches exist as a type. A recent look found none for sale in your budget.
Why this town
Why consider it
Lacey (Forked River and Lanoka Harbor) is the south Ocean County comparison — homes east of the Parkway, Pinelands to the west. Hold it beside Berkeley and Toms River when you want that geography, without pretending homes in your monthly target are ready to tour. Pheasant Run shows that ranch homes where you own the house and the land do exist here as a type.
Honest tradeoffs
A recent sweep found no Active homes that fit your budget. Listings that do appear often sit above your price band. Keep on the map as a watch town — bring forward only if homes in your monthly target appear.
Fit cues
- Homes in a 55+ community: Pheasant Run has ranch homes where you own the house and the land, as a type. The latest look found none for sale in your budget. Watch it. Don't put it first.
- Doctors and errands: South Ocean; everyday drives often toward Toms River corridors
- Drives to family: Farther from Verona / Kearny than northern New Jersey
- Shore or inland: Mix of bay-side and Pinelands — not Boardwalk-first
- Also worth knowing: Don’t treat as a top pick until Active homes in your budget show up
Getting around
How you'll get around
You will drive. Lacey Road, County Route 614, and the Garden State Parkway at Exit 74 in Forked River are the main roads. Forked River Mountain and the lakes are for a day out. Groceries and specialty shops are usually a drive north, toward the Toms River stores. Plan medical trips the same way. Confirm the office, then the drive.
Homes
Homes within your monthly target
Nothing for sale in Lacey fits your monthly target today where you would own the home and the land.
Shopping
Everyday errands
Lidl
514 Route 9, Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734
About 5 minutes from the municipal building at 818 Lacey Road in Forked River, with no traffic. Traffic adds time.
ShopRite of Lacey
344 Route 9, Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734
About 4 minutes from the municipal building at 818 Lacey Road in Forked River, with no traffic. Traffic adds time. This is the ShopRite in Lanoka Harbor.
Walmart Supercenter
580 Route 9, Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734
About 5 minutes from the municipal building at 818 Lacey Road in Forked River, with no traffic. Traffic adds time.
CVS Pharmacy
700 Main Street, Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734
In Lanoka Harbor, on Main Street. We do not have a checked drive time for this store.
Walgreens
400 Atlantic City Boulevard, Bayville, NJ 08721
In Bayville, on Atlantic City Boulevard. We do not have a checked drive time from Lacey for this store.
Gabriela's European Deli
1825 Hooper Avenue, Toms River, NJ 08753
A Polish and Eastern European deli, not a full Russian supermarket. About 21 minutes and about 14 miles from the municipal building at 818 Lacey Road in Forked River, with no traffic. Traffic adds time.
Health Care
Medical facilities nearby
Community Medical Center
99 Highway 37 West, Toms River, NJ 08755
About 13 minutes from the municipal building at 818 Lacey Road in Forked River, with no traffic. Traffic adds time.
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus
600 River Avenue, Lakewood, NJ 08701
About 25 minutes from the municipal building at 818 Lacey Road in Forked River, with no traffic. Traffic adds time.
Southern Ocean Medical Center
1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ 08050
About 18 minutes from the municipal building at 818 Lacey Road in Forked River, with no traffic. Traffic adds time.
AFC Urgent Care Toms River
2360 Lakewood Road, Toms River, NJ 08755
In Toms River, on Lakewood Road. We do not have a checked drive time from Lacey. Call the office and ask about Medicare.
Immediate Care Medical Walk-In of Toms River
1 Route 37 West, Toms River, NJ 08753
About 11 minutes from the municipal building at 818 Lacey Road in Forked River, with no traffic. Traffic adds time. Call the office and ask about Medicare.
We show the place and the drive. Your Medicare plan decides which doctors you can use.
Dining
Places to eat
Captain's Inn
304 E Lacey Rd, Forked River, NJ 08731
Waterfront seafood and American classics — Lacey's long-running shore dining landmark.
Kate & Ally's
216 North Main Street, Forked River, NJ 08731
Fine-dining Forked River evening — intimate room and rotating specials for your Lacey date night.
Sweet Treats & Ice Cream
249 North Main Street, Forked River, NJ 08731
Forked River ice cream and sweets on N Main — your Lacey evening scoop without leaving town.
Conca D'oro
778 Lacey Road, Forked River, NJ 08731
Local pizza and Italian on Lacey Road — generous portions, neighborhood favorite.
Linda's Pizzeria & Italian
136 S Main St, Forked River, NJ 08731
Main Street pizza and Italian classics — longtime Lacey takeout pick.
Tomatoes Pizzeria
701 Lacey Rd, Forked River, NJ 08731
Lacey Road specialty and Sicilian pies — weeknight Forked River pizza.
Mario's Italian Restaurant
422 Route 9 / 422 S Main St, Forked River, NJ 08731
Family Italian and pizza for 30+ years — BYOB, scratch sauces, homemade desserts.
La Catrina Mexican Restaurant
17 Lacey Road, Forked River, NJ 08731
Mexican on Lacey Road in Forked River — independent Latin when you want something beyond Rt 9 Italian.