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MillingtonNJ
Some 3,220 people live in this town, in New Jersey.
4 bordering townsMap →
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Population
3,220
Census survey, 2020–24
Median home value
$797K
Census ACS
Household income
$194K
median
Median age
50.0
years
Jobs based here
446
A commuter town
Is Millington a good place to live?
Millington’s middle household income is $194,000, where New Jersey’s towns sit at $113,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. 26% of the land in Millington is conserved, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest park or preserve is Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, at 210 acres. We don’t grade Millington yet; the figures below are still real.
A commuter town
97% of working residents leave Millington for work
Where Millington’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
446jobs based in Millington
3%of working residents work in town
12 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
Nearby attractions
All 657 attractions →Madison Square Garden and 535 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Millington. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw30 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw29 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw30 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw26 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumSources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Madison 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 · 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 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0
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Getting set up
Moving to Millington: who provides what
Millington is unincorporated, so Morris County and regional agencies provide most services.
PowerJCP&L18.4¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterNj American Water - Short HillsNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet4 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesMorris CountyMorris County provides services here
SchoolsLong Hill Township School DistrictWatchung Hills Region School District2 districts serve Millington; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn New Jersey you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereMorris County ClerkMorris County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Apr 2020
ZIP codes07946, 0798007946 98% · 07980 2%Census 2020
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 Millington.
Natural hazards
Top of a very high hazard risk in Millington: inland flooding
Millington’s FEMA risk score stands at 87 of 100. 89% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding. It has had 27 paid flood insurance claims since 1978.
87risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland flooding
27
paid flood claims since 1978
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Outdoors
Open space protected for good: nearly a quarter of Millington
There are 2.1 miles of trail across 1 park or preserve. Millington’s density of trails comes in at 0.8 miles per square mile.
25.8%conserved
25.8%
conserved · 430 of 1,669 acres
2.1 mi
of trails · 0.8 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge | — | 210 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Work & commute
Most of Millington’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
In Millington, the typical journey to work is 29 minutes. Most people who work leave Millington to do it: just 3% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Millington dropped by 313, to 446. The top destinations are New York (11%), Long Hill Township (7%) and Bernards Township (4%).
3%work in town
| Millington | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
In Millington3%
New York11%
Long Hill Township7%
Bernards Township4%
Morristown3%
12 mi
median commute distance
446
jobs based in Millington
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Climate
Millington: four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect chilly winters and warm summers in Millington, with plenty of rain. Summer afternoons peak near 86° in July, and January nights bottom out around 21°; snowfall runs to about 21 inches a winter.
21″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter24–42°
Spring39–62°
Summer61–84°
Fall44–65°
Oct 27
typical first frost
Apr 18
typical last frost
+2.2°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health
How healthy Millington is
5.8% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Millington. This New Jersey town does better than the New Jersey average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2. Among adults here, 13% report frequent mental distress and 31% sleep under 7 hours.
| Millington | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 36% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
32 measures vs. New Jersey
19 better11 too close to call2 worse
| What stands out | Millington | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.5% | 14.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6% | 12.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.5% |
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset
8.5 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Housing
Homes in Millington sell for about $756K
The share of households in Millington who live in a home they own: 90%.
$756Kmedian sale price
3
homes sold in September
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Millington
17pages on Millington
The big questions
Out and about
After high school
Colleges nearby
16 within 15 miles of the center of Millington
Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes BoruchUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · North Plainfield5.7 mi$10,480 tuitionRaritan Valley Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Branchburg10.1 mi$5,664 in-state tuitionRutgers University-New BrunswickUniversity or college · Public · New Brunswick12.7 mi$17,929 in-state tuition
About 5 of every 100 Millington residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
About Millington
Place in Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Millington is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Long Hill Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 3,038.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 2.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 308 ft
- ZIP code
- 07946
Millington’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Millington.
Long Hill TownshipBernards TownshipLyonsStirlingMillington
How the neighbors grade
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millington | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Long Hill Township | #187 | B+ | D | — | A− | A+ |
| Bernards Township | #17 | A+ | D | A+ | A | A+ |
| Lyons | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stirling | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Long Hill Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Millington, Lyons and Stirling aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Millington with a neighbor →
Questions about Millington
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Millington, NJ a good place to live?
We don’t grade Millington yet; the figures below are still real. Some 3,220 people live in this town, in New Jersey.