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For most people who can afford it, yes. Wall Township grades B+ overall, 198th of 466 graded towns in New Jersey. It has 65 miles of trail. Residents are healthier than 93% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and the median household earns $143K. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $720K for a typical one and 7.3 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Wall Township’s trail density is 2.1 miles per square mile, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 0.7 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Wall Township has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Camp Evans and Camp Evans Historic District. Wall Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 78% of U.S. towns.
Where Wall Township beats most towns.
Camp Evans is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 2,283 in 1860, 26,525 in 2020. The archive holds 24 old photos and papers going back to 1873 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Wall Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wall Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw38 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & Museum
Big draw18 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great Adventure2.2M visitors a year
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaBarclays Center
40 mi Stadium & arenaSports Illustrated Stadium
40 mi Stadium & arenaPrudential CenterConey Island: OptimumPx, Public domain · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0 · Six Flags Great Adventure: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Barclays Center: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Sports Illustrated Stadium: Sam Szapucki, CC BY 2.0 · Prudential Center: Jim.henderson, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wall 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 Wall Township.
Wall Township draws workers from Brick 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.
The biggest place to walk is Allaire State Park, 1,466 acres with 29.2 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Allaire State Park | 29.2 mi | 1,466 |
| 2. Shark River Park | 6.8 mi | 430 |
| 3. Robert L Brice Memorial Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Wall Township Public School District. Three of its 11 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wall Intermediate SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 755 | B+ |
| Wall High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 924 | B+ |
| Communications High SchoolTop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 295 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
21,123 jobs are based in Wall Township, 1.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Wall Township for work: only 12% work in town. Since 2013, Wall Township has added 4,858 jobs, to 21,123 in 2023. 3.6% of residents live below the poverty line in Wall Township, below both New Jersey’s towns (6.1%) and U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Wall Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $143,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 20% | 16% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.6% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Within New Jersey it is healthier than 67% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Its widest gap with New Jersey is food insecurity: 8.2% of its 14,265 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.3% statewide.
27% of adults feel lonely in Wall Township. Wall Township beats the New Jersey average on 15 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 13% of adults report frequent mental distress in Wall Township.
| Wall Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 36% | 36% |
| What stands out | Wall Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.2% | 14.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Wall Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86° and January nights drop to 24°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 15.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 58% of New Jersey’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 371 to 292 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 54% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 54 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Wall Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
23 within 15 miles of the center of Wall Township
About 4 of every 100 Wall Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Where Wall Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
6 places in Wall Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Wall Township.
Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US
Wall Township is a township within Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Crisscrossed by several different highways within the heart of the Jersey Shore region, the township is a transportation hub of Central New Jersey and a bedroom suburb of New York City, in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, Wall Township's population was 26,525, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 361 (+1.4%) from the 2010 census count of 26,164, which in turn reflected an increase of 903 (+3.6%) from the 25,261 counted in the 2000 census. Wall Township was formally incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 7, 1851. Over the…
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10 towns share a border with Wall Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wall Township | #198 | B+ | D | B | B | A |
| Tinton Falls | #219 | B+ | D | — | B | A |
| Neptune Township | #428 | D | D− | D | D− | B+ |
| Brick Township | #308 | B− | D | B− | C+ | A− |
| Allenwood | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Spring Lake Heights | #56 | A | D− | A+ | B+ | A+ |
| Shark River Hills | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brielle | #30 | A+ | D− | A | A | A+ |
Tinton Falls reports no FBI crime data of its own. Allenwood and Shark River Hills aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Wall Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Wall Township grades B+ overall, better than 71% of U.S. towns and #198 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A for health, B for safety 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.
3 notable people were born here, including Emily Grove and George Gelnovatch.
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