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A town of 19,539, settled in 1843.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Tinton Falls grades B+ overall, 219th among New Jersey's 466 graded towns. It is healthier than 90% of U.S. towns and the median household earns $117K. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $653K, 6.6 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Tinton Falls is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 85% of U.S. towns. 54% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Tinton Falls, above both the New Jersey town median (45%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Tinton Falls has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Old Mill at Tinton Falls and Tinton Falls Historic District.
Where Tinton Falls beats most towns.
Where Tinton Falls’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Tinton Falls is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,783 in 1950, 19,181 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 6 maps from 1888 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tinton Falls. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw36 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw22 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw35 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw36 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 Tinton Falls, 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 Tinton Falls.
Tinton Falls draws workers from Middletown Township and beyond and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Jersey; it also has many renters stretched by housing costs.
12,906 jobs are based in Tinton Falls, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Tinton Falls for work: only 8% work in town. Since 2013, Tinton Falls has added 2,277 jobs, to 12,906 in 2023. The average trip to work in Tinton Falls is 30 minutes.
| Tinton Falls | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $117,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 17% | 16% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.7% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Tinton Falls School District. Two of its 9 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Monmouth Regional High School, with 891 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahala F. Atchison SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 484 | – |
| Monmouth Regional High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 891 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Within New Jersey it is healthier than 56% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Its widest gap with New Jersey is no health insurance: 6.8% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 11.3% statewide.
14% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Tinton Falls. Tinton Falls beats the New Jersey average on 16 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 27% of adults feel lonely in Tinton Falls.
| Tinton Falls | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 36% | 36% |
| What stands out | Tinton Falls | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 11.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.8% | 14.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Tinton Falls has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 24° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
65.5% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 51.6% across New Jersey.
Typical home values rose 7% in the year to September 2026. Tinton Falls’ median rent is $1,746 a month.
| Tinton Falls | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 84% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,746 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Tinton Falls's reported crime rate is below New Jersey's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 19 violent crimes were reported in 2022.
| Tinton Falls | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2022) | 9.5 per 1,000 residents | 9.7 | 14.1 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2022) | 1 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.9 |
FBI crime data, 2022 · crimes reported to police
3.4 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Shark River Park, at 28 acres.
| Tinton Falls | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.4% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shark River Park | 0.5 mi | 28 |
| 2. Riverdale West Park | — | 9 |
| 3. Hance Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 51% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Tinton Falls.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
19 within 15 miles of the center of Tinton Falls
About 6 of every 100 Tinton Falls residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US
Tinton Falls is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located within the heart of the Jersey Shore region, the borough is a commercial hub of Central Jersey (it is the site of the Jersey Shore Premium Outlets and different corporate headquarters) and is an established bedroom suburb of New York City, in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 19,181, an increase of 1,289 (+7.2%) from the 2010 census count of 17,892, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,839 (+18.9%) from the 15,053 counted in the 2000 census. The borough was formed as New Shrewsbury by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on August 15, 195…
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10 towns share a border with Tinton Falls.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinton Falls | #219 | B+ | D | — | B | A |
| Wall Township | #198 | B+ | D | B | B | A |
| Colts Neck Township | #120 | A | D− | A | B+ | A+ |
| Eatontown | #329 | C+ | D | C+ | B− | A− |
| Middletown Township | #93 | A | C− | A− | B+ | A |
| Lincroft | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Neptune Township | #428 | D | D− | D | D− | B+ |
| Shrewsbury | #185 | B+ | D | C+ | A− | A |
Tinton Falls reports no FBI crime data of its own. Lincroft isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Tinton Falls with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Tinton Falls grades B+ overall, better than 66% of U.S. towns and #219 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A for health and B 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 Brianne Reed and Milton Goode.
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