Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 40,987.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Manalapan Township grades A overall, 94th of 466 graded towns in New Jersey. Residents are healthier than 95% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household earns $153K and it reports less crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $805K for a typical one and 8.1 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Manalapan Township’s average trip to work is 43 minutes, above both New Jersey’s towns (30 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Manalapan Township is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns. Monmouth Battlefield State Park, at 1,214 acres with 16.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Manalapan Township beats most towns.
Where Manalapan Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Manalapan Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Monmouth Battlefield is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 1,910 in 1850, a low of 1,080 in 1920, 40,905 in 2020. The archive holds 17 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 7 maps from 1888 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Manalapan Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw40 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw28 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw38 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw40 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a yearMadison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Manalapan Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Manalapan Township.
Manalapan Township has less no health insurance than most of New Jersey and is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s; it also has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New Jersey.
Its widest gap with New Jersey is no health insurance: 6% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 11.3% statewide. Against the 2,562 U.S. towns with household incomes like Manalapan Township’s, it is healthier than 76%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
27% of Manalapan Township adults feel lonely. Manalapan Township beats the New Jersey average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of Manalapan Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Manalapan Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 36% | 36% |
| What stands out | Manalapan Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6% | 11.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.6% | 14.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.1% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its A− for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $805K.
Its public schools are run by the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. Three of its 9 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manalapan-Englishtown Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 1,207 | A− |
| Manalapan High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,690 | B+ |
| Wemrock Brook SchoolTop results in townGrades 1–5 | Grades 1–5 | 513 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
36 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. Manalapan Township’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Monmouth Battlefield State Park | 16.5 mi | 1,214 |
| 2. Holiday Park | 0.4 mi | 6 |
| 3. Manalapan Arboretum | 0.4 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 7.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 71% of New Jersey’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 306 to 204 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The property crime rate in Manalapan Township is 4.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Manalapan Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.7 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
At 8.1 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $805K) costs more against local pay than in 81% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living.
90% of households own their home in Manalapan Township. Typical home values rose 5.1% in the year to September 2026.
| Manalapan Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,960 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The average commute for its 17,949 working residents takes 43.2 minutes, against 30.5 across New Jersey.
Most working residents leave Manalapan Township for work: only 7% work in town. Since 2013, Manalapan Township has added 2,132 jobs, to 10,377 in 2023. The top destinations are New York (10%), Marlboro Township (5%) and Freehold Township (4%).
| Manalapan Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $153,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 22% | 16% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.2% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 76% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 68 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Manalapan Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Manalapan Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 23° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
13 within 15 miles of the center of Manalapan Township
About 5 of every 100 Manalapan Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
9 notable people were born in Manalapan Township.
Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US
Manalapan Township (, mə-NAL-ə-pin) is a township in western Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is centrally located within the Raritan Valley region and is a part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 40,905, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 2,033 (+5.2%) from the 2010 census count of 38,872, which in turn reflected an increase of 5,449 (+16.3%) from the 33,423 counted in the 2000 census. The name "Manalapan" is derived from a word in the Lenape language that would mean either "land of good bread", "good land to settle upon", "good bread" or "covered swamp with edible roots".
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5 towns share a border with Manalapan Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manalapan Township | #94 | A | D | A− | A− | A |
| Monroe Township | #106 | A | D− | A+ | A− | A− |
| Millstone Township | #197 | B+ | D | — | B+ | A+ |
| Marlboro Township | #90 | A | D | B+ | A− | A+ |
| Freehold Township | #195 | B+ | D | — | B+ | A |
| Robertsville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Millstone Township and Freehold Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Robertsville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Manalapan Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Manalapan Township grades A overall, better than 89% of U.S. towns and #94 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A for health, A− for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
Manalapan Township has 1 place on the National Register of Historic Places. 9 notable people were born here, including Robby Andrews and Dan Smith.
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