North MiddletownNJ
3,035 people live in this town in New Jersey.
Is North Middletown a good place to live?
No town among the 469 in New Jersey we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than North Middletown. North Middletown’s trail density is 1.3 miles per square mile, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 0.7 and U.S. towns at 0.4. We don’t grade North Middletown yet; the figures below are still real.
North Middletown lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 23% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Madison Square Garden and 536 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around North Middletown. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw12 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw25 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw24 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw20 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumPhoto credits
Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to North Middletown: who provides what
North Middletown is unincorporated, so Monmouth 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 North Middletown.
Most of North Middletown’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
For most workers, North Middletown is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. North Middletown’s mean commuting time comes in at 27 minutes. The share of residents in North Middletown who live below the poverty line: 11%. The top destinations are Middletown Township (14%), New York (13%) and Holmdel Township (4%).
| North Middletown | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 12% | 16% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in North Middletown, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA puts 27% of North Middletown’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 23% to coastal flooding. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
North Middletown: four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 26° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In North Middletown, 9.9% of the land is conserved
There are 0.5 miles of trail across 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rosevelt Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
How healthy North Middletown is
North Middletown: 16% of adults say their health is fair or poor. CDC measures, 32 in all: North Middletown beats New Jersey on 2 and trails on 6. In North Middletown, 18% of adults binge drink, and 76% had a checkup this year.
| North Middletown | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 78% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | North Middletown | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 9.3% | 10.9% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.7% | 3.1% |
| More smokers | 14% | 10.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in North Middletown sell for about $482K
Homes sold in North Middletown spent a median 18 days on the market. North Middletown’s median rent is $2,186 a month. Bidding over the asking price: 50% of homes sold in the town.
| North Middletown | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,186 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about North Middletown
Colleges nearby
23 within 15 miles of the center of North Middletown
About 6 of every 100 North Middletown residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
99% of working residents leave North Middletown for work
Where North Middletown’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About North Middletown
Populated place in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US
North Middletown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) within Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, the CDP population was 3,146, down from 3,295 in 2010. The community was formerly known as East Keansburg and was renamed North Middletown by municipal ordinance around 1988.
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- Area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 10 ft
North Middletown’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with North Middletown.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Middletown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Keansburg | #398 | C− | C− | — | D | B− |
| Middletown Township | #93 | A | C− | A− | B+ | A |
| Port Monmouth | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Keansburg reports no FBI crime data of its own. North Middletown and Port Monmouth aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare North Middletown with a neighbor →
Questions about North Middletown
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is North Middletown, NJ a good place to live?
We don’t grade North Middletown yet; the figures below are still real. 3,035 people live in this town in New Jersey.