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For most people who can afford it, yes. Montville Township grades A overall, ranked 112th of 466 in New Jersey. It is among the healthiest towns in the country on CDC estimates. The median household earns $169K and its public schools beat 87% of New Jersey towns on state tests and graduation. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $700K, 7.1 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Montville Township’s median household income is $169,000, against $113,000 in New Jersey’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Montville Township is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Montville Township has 11 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Doremus House and James Van Duyne Farm House.
Where Montville Township beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,403 in 1870, 22,450 in 2020. The archive holds 24 old photos and papers going back to 1720 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
11 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Montville Township is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Montville Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw22 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw22 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw23 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw23 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumMadison 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Montville 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 Montville Township.
Montville Township trades workers with New York City and other neighbors and has less food insecurity than most of New Jersey, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New Jersey (mostly inland flooding).
Its widest gap with New Jersey is food insecurity: 6.6% of its 7,162 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.3% statewide.
21% of adults have obesity in Montville Township. Montville Township beats the New Jersey average on 21 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Montville Township.
| Montville Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Montville Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.6% | 14.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.9% | 12.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its A is the best School Grade on its borders; Boonton Township (A−) is next. Its A for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $700K.
Its public schools are run by the Montville Township School District. Three of its 12 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert R Lazar Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 798 | A |
| Montville Township High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,035 | A |
| Hilldale SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 327 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
19 miles of trail in 13 parks and preserves. The trail density in Montville Township is 1.0 miles per square mile. The biggest place to walk is Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area, 1,023 acres with 12.1 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area | 12.1 mi | 1,023 |
| 2. Montville Township Open Space | 1.9 mi | 299 |
| 3. Camp Dawson | 1.1 mi | 91 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 90% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $709 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Montville Township’s FEMA risk score is 82 of 100. Since 1978, 104 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Montville Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Montville Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 21° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Montville Township has about as many jobs (11,016) as working residents, but only 893 people both live and work here. 25.6% of workers work from home, against 16.8% across New Jersey.
Most working residents leave Montville Township for work: only 8% work in town. 26% of Montville Township workers work from home. Since 2013, Montville Township has added 2,035 jobs, to 11,016 in 2023.
| Montville Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 26% | 16% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.6% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Montville Township's reported crime rate is well below New Jersey's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 4 violent crimes were reported in 2024.
| Montville Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 6.4 per 1,000 residents | 8.9 | 11.5 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
17 within 15 miles of the center of Montville Township
About 6 of every 100 Montville Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
11 places in Montville Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
6 notable people were born in Montville Township.
Township in Morris County, New Jersey, US
Montville is a township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 22,450, an increase of 922 (+4.3%) from the 2010 census count of 21,528, which in turn reflected an increase of 689 (+3.3%) from the 20,839 counted in the 2000 census. Montville was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 11, 1867, from portions of Pequannock Township. It includes the sections of Montville, Pine Brook and Towaco. NJ Transit rail service is available at the Towaco station along the Montclair-Boonton Line. In Money magazine's 2013 Best Places to Live rankings, Montville was ranked 13th in the nation, …
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10 towns share a border with Montville Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montville Township | #112 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Pine Brook | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fairfield Township | #216 | B+ | D− | B− | A− | A+ |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | #114 | A | D | B+ | A− | A+ |
| Towaco | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lake Hiawatha | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| East Hanover Township | #190 | B+ | D− | B− | A− | A+ |
| Boonton Township | #73 | A | C− | A+ | A− | A+ |
Montville Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Pine Brook, Towaco and Lake Hiawatha aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Montville Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Montville Township grades A overall, better than 87% of U.S. towns and #112 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A+ for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $700,000, 22% above the New Jersey typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
6 notable people were born here, including Dilly Duka and Albert Stanburrough Cook.
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