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A town of 7,039, settled in 1873.
Midland Park is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, ranked 37th of 466 in New Jersey. It is healthier than 97% of U.S. towns, the median household earns $147K, and it reports less crime per resident than 85% of U.S. towns. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $750K, 7.6 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Midland Park is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 94% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 6 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. Midland Park’s median household income is $147,000, above both New Jersey’s towns ($113,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000).
Where Midland Park beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Midland Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,348 in 1900, 7,014 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Midland Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw18 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw18 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaYankee StadiumCentral Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Midland Park, 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 Midland Park.
Midland Park has less food insecurity than most of New Jersey, but it has seen reported crime rise by about half and has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New Jersey.
Its widest gap with New Jersey is food insecurity: 7.1% of its 5,585 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.3% statewide.
25% of Midland Park adults have obesity. Midland Park beats the New Jersey average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 8.1% of Midland Park adults smoke cigarettes.
| Midland Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 28% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.1% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 12% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 7.9% | 9.7% | 12% |
| What stands out | Midland Park | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.1% | 14.3% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4% | 7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 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 $750K.
Its public schools are run by the Midland Park School District. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Midland Park Jr./Sr. High School, with 367 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–6 | Grades 3–6 | 306 | A |
| Midland Park Jr./Sr. High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 367 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes rose from 32 to 51 over the last three FBI years, a rise beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2025, 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
The violent crime rate in Midland Park is 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Midland Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.9 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
At 7.6 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $750K) costs more against local pay than in 76% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living.
Midland Park’s median rent is $1,853 a month. Typical home values rose 5.8% in the year to September 2026.
| Midland Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,853 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 73% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities. Since 1984, 16 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Midland Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Midland Park has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Midland Park for work: only 7% work in town. 2.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Midland Park. Jobs based in Midland Park fell to 2,854 in 2023, 256 fewer than in 2013.
| Midland Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 20% | 16% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wortendyke Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
36 within 15 miles of the center of Midland Park
About 6 of every 100 Midland Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
5 places in Midland Park on the National Register of Historic Places.
Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, US
Midland Park is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,014, a decrease of 114 (−1.6%) from the 2010 census count of 7,128, which in turn reflected an increase of 181 (+2.6%) from the 6,947 counted in the 2000 census. Midland Park was incorporated as a borough on September 6, 1894, at the height of the "Boroughitis" craze then sweeping through Bergen County that led to the creation of over two dozen new municipalities in the county in that one year alone. The new borough consisted of portions of both Franklin Township and Ridgewood Township. The borough expanded in April 1920 by adding another part of F…
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3 towns share a border with Midland Park.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland Park | #37 | A+ | D | A | A− | A+ |
| Wyckoff Township | #74 | A | D− | — | A− | A+ |
| Ridgewood | #42 | A+ | D− | A− | A | A+ |
| Waldwick | #22 | A+ | D | A+ | B+ | A+ |
Wyckoff Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Midland Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Midland Park grades A+ overall, better than 96% of U.S. towns and #37 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.
2 notable people were born here, including Warren Terhune and Anna Whitehead Bodeker.
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