Kendall ParkNJ
A town of 10,011, settled in 1964.
Is Kendall Park a good place to live?
The biggest park or preserve is Woodlot Park, at 25 acres. We don’t grade Kendall Park yet; the figures below are still real.
99% of working residents leave Kendall Park for work
Where Kendall Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Madison Square Garden and 438 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kendall Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw39 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw33 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw35 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & Museum
Big draw20 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great Adventure2.2M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0 · Six Flags Great Adventure: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5
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Moving to Kendall Park: who provides what
Kendall Park is unincorporated, so Middlesex County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Kendall Park.
Kendall Park stands out in New Jersey and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
Kendall Park’s median household income is $166,000. Employers in Kendall Park added 267 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 1,028. Just over a fifth of workers work from home here, above both the New Jersey town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (11%). Among residents here, 4.2% live below the poverty line.
| Kendall Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $166,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 21% | 16% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical Kendall Park home is worth about $732K
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 1.8% in value. Kendall Park’s median rent stands at $1,928 a month, where New Jersey’s towns sit at $1,778 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. For households here, the share who live in a home they own is 85%.
| Kendall Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,928 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 85% | 77% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Kendall Park faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA puts 67% of Kendall Park’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 7% to strong winds. On expected storm and flood damage, Kendall Park sits below 68% of U.S. communities. One claim on flood insurance has been paid out here since 2016.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Kendall Park
July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 23° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Protected land: 13.4% of Kendall Park
In 2 parks and preserves, walkers have 1.4 miles of trail. Kendall Park’s density of trails stands at 0.4 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves here: 2, covering 28 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Woodlot Park | 0.4 mi | 25 |
| 2. Bedford Road Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A smaller share of adults in Kendall Park have been diagnosed with depression than in the typical New Jersey or U.S. town
In Kendall Park, 80% of adults had a checkup this year. Two figures for adults in the town: 13% report frequent mental distress, 9.8% report frequent physical distress.
| Kendall Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.6% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Kendall Park | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.9% | 11.3% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.5% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Kendall Park
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Kendall Park
About 9 of every 100 Kendall Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Kendall Park’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Kendall Park.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kendall Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Heathcote | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Franklin Township | #246 | B | D | B+ | C | A |
| South Brunswick Township | #125 | A | D | B+ | A− | A |
| Ten Mile Run | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Franklin Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Kendall Park, Heathcote, Ten Mile Run and Franklin Park aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Kendall Park with a neighbor →
Questions about Kendall Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kendall Park, NJ a good place to live?
We don’t grade Kendall Park yet; the figures below are still real.