Lakewood only town in NJ shore that added residents from 2010- 2014

U.S. Census Bureau data released Thursday showed. owns at the Jersey Shore lost thousands of residents during the first part of the decade, while urban areas like Jersey City, Hoboken and Newark braced for an influx,  In Monmouth and Ocean counties, 35 towns added residents; 51 towns lost residents. And only one – Lakewood – was among the 25 towns in New Jersey that added the most people from 2010 to 2014. It gained 2,222 people during that time.