Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of contrasts. Its weakest subject is cost of living — the typical home is worth about $730K, 7.4 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Walkability is its strong suit (A+). Health is a strength too (A−): CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of four fifths of the country. Overall, that makes a C+, good for 323rd of 466 in New Jersey. Set against the rest, it does better than 40% of U.S. towns. On civic life, just 44 of New Jersey’s 527 towns do better. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 90% of U.S. towns, with 9 places on the National Register.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24.
Where Red Bank beats most towns.
T. Thomas Fortune House
T. Thomas Fortune House is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 2,086 in 1870, 12,936 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1840 and 6 maps from 1888 on.
9 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Red Bank is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 3%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Red Bank. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw30 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw16 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw29 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw30 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 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Red Bank, 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 Red Bank.
Red Bank draws workers from Middletown Township and beyond, is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Jersey.
11,047 jobs are based in Red Bank, 1.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
For workers in Red Bank, the share who do their job from home is 19%. Just just over a tenth of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The town’s typical journey to work comes in at 33 minutes. Its typical household income stands at $97,000, below the New Jersey town median ($113,000) but above the median of U.S. towns ($80,000).
| Red Bank | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 19% | 16% | 11% |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Each of its 5 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than its C, Fair Haven highest at A+.
One of its 5 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Public schools: the Red Bank Borough Public School District. The 3 public schools in Red Bank teach 1,325 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Bank Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 4–8 | Grades 4–8 | 600 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 60% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. All 5 graded neighbors score healthier than that grade, from Tinton Falls (A) to Little Silver (A+).
The share of adults in Red Bank who report frequent physical distress: 12%. CDC measures, 32 in all: Red Bank beats New Jersey on 1 and trails on 2. Two figures for adults locally: 29% feel lonely, 15% report frequent mental distress.
| Red Bank | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Red Bank | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults lacking emotional support | 20.3% | 24% |
| More uninsured adults | 14.1% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Red Bank’s going rate for rent stands at $2,026 a month, against $1,778 a month in New Jersey’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. Half of households own their home here. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 11%. Also worth knowing: homes sold in Red Bank spent a median 28 days on the market.
| Red Bank | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 50% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $2,026 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In July, afternoons reach 85°; in January, nights fall to 26°, and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Nearly a fifth of Red Bank residents are under 18. No age group stands out against New Jersey: all are within 4 points. Here, 52% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 44% in New Jersey as a whole.
| Red Bank | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 52% | 45% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 21% | 22% |
| Median age | 39.4 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.3 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Red Bank | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.4% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.8% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.3% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.6% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.2% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.6% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11.3% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 19.7% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 9.4% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.1% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.6% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 24.9% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Trails total 0.5 miles in 5 parks and preserves. The concentration of trails in Red Bank is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Red Bank | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 3.5% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Marine Park | 0.4 mi | 5 |
| 2. Count Basie Park | — | 19 |
| 3. Riverside Gardens Park | 0.1 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 19.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 72% of New Jersey’s graded towns.
For Red Bank, the level of violent crime is 2.3 per 1,000 residents. The property offense rate for Red Bank comes to 11.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Red Bank | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 11.5 per 1,000 residents | 7.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 52% of U.S. communities. Since 1984, 25 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Red Bank. 33% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by strong winds at 33%. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Red Bank after 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2016.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
4 within 15 miles of the center of Red Bank
About 6 of every 100 Red Bank residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Where Red Bank’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
9 places in Red Bank on the National Register of Historic Places.
36 notable people were born in Red Bank.
Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US
Red Bank is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Incorporated in 1908, the community is on the Navesink River, the area's original transportation route to the Atlantic Ocean and to other ports. Red Bank is in the New York metropolitan area and is a commuter town of New York City. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 12,936, its highest decennial census count ever and an increase of 730 (+6.0%) from the 2010 census count of 12,206, which in turn had reflected an increase of 362 (+3.1%) from the 11,844 counted at the 2000 census. In the 2020 census, Red Bank was the fourth-most densely populated municipality in Monmouth County. Red Bank w…
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5 towns share a border with Red Bank.
All 5 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C+; Tinton Falls (B+) is closest.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Bank | #323 | C+ | D− | B− | C | A− |
| Little Silver | #20 | A+ | D | A | A | A+ |
| Middletown Township | #93 | A | C− | A− | B+ | A |
| Fair Haven | #2 | A+ | D | A+ | A+ | A+ |
| Shrewsbury | #185 | B+ | D | C+ | A− | A |
| Tinton Falls | #219 | B+ | D | — | B | A |
Tinton Falls reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Red Bank with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Red Bank grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #323 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A− for health, B− for safety and C 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−.
36 notable people were born here, including Kevin Smith and Count Basie.
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