Longport is the smallest and most exclusive of the four towns on Absecon Island, occupying the quiet southern tip below Margate, Ventnor, and Atlantic City. Nearly surrounded by water — ocean to the southeast, bay to the northwest, and the Great Egg Harbor Inlet wrapping the southern end — it's a small residential borough where tourist-free beaches and open water define the pace. It consistently ranks among the most expensive ZIP codes in New Jersey, and the market is genuinely two-sided: luxury single-family beachfront and bayfront estates on one hand, and a tight set of desirable condo communities on the other.
The town's signature spot is The Point — a small park at the island's very tip with a stone jetty and a view straight across the inlet to Ocean City, widely considered the best ocean view on the island. On the bay side, the Longport jetty wall runs along Atlantic Avenue near the mouth of the inlet, a premier land-based fishing spot and one of the town's landmarks. Nearby, Longport Dog Beach is a rare year-round, leash-free stretch of uninhabited sand with views toward the ocean and the bay — a genuine local institution. And presiding over the town is its beloved water tower, painted with a giant smiley face — an unmistakable Longport landmark that locals treasure. It all adds up to a place that feels a world away from the boardwalk energy to the north.
Longport's single-family market is where the town's reputation is made. Many of its homes are custom new construction on some of the most expensive lots on the Jersey Shore — luxury beachfront properties pushing right to the edge of the sand, and bayfront homes with private docks and direct inlet access. Alongside them sit the classic two- and three-story shore cottages that have defined the town for generations, so the streetscape ranges from restored vintage charm to sleek, elevated new construction built for the modern buyer.
On the condo side, Longport has four well-known buildings — Seaview Condos, Ocean Plaza, Ocean Bay, and Costa Videre. Just off the island at the inlet, Seaview Harbor is a separate waterfront and marina community that shares Longport's ZIP code. For a town this small, its condo inventory is a real and active part of the market.
Longport is also the one Absecon Island town whose students don't attend Atlantic City High School — since the 2014–15 school year, the borough's high-school students have attended Ocean City High School, just across the inlet. It's a fitting detail for a town that faces Ocean City across the water. Add the history — Longport's numbered streets start at 11th, because the ten avenues below it washed into the inlet in a series of storms a century ago — and you have one of the most distinctive small towns on the shore. Whether you're tracking just-listed homes, a bayfront property with a dock, or a marina condo at Longport Seaview, the searches on this page pull live from the MLS. Joe Wiessner Realty has worked this market since 2002, and we know Longport block by block.
