YorketownNJ
A town of 7,261.
Is Yorketown a good place to live?
Yorketown’s median rent is $2,729 a month, above both New Jersey’s towns ($1,778 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Among 469 New Jersey towns, just 4 have a higher average trip to work than Yorketown. We don’t grade Yorketown yet; the figures below are still real.
98% of working residents leave Yorketown for work
Where Yorketown’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Madison Square Garden and 467 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Yorketown. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw38 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw26 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw37 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw38 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Madison 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 · 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
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Moving to Yorketown: who provides what
Yorketown 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 Yorketown.
Yorketown faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 80% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 35 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Yorketown.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Yorketown’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Yorketown for work: only 2% work in town. Yorketown’s median household income is $174,000, above both the New Jersey town median ($113,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Since 2013, Yorketown has added 202 jobs, to 708 in 2023.
| Yorketown | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $174,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 19% | 16% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Yorketown, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Yorketown has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 23° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Yorketown is
Yorketown beats the New Jersey average on 16 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 28% of Yorketown adults feel lonely.
| Yorketown | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 36% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 25% |
| What stands out | Yorketown | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.7% | 14.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.5% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More children than New Jersey overall
Children under 18 are 26% of residents (22% statewide). 50% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Yorketown.
| Yorketown | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 26% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 50% | 45% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 38.2 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Yorketown | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.1% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.2% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.4% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.7% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.4% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.7% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.5% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.2% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.1% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 18.8% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.1% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 30.4% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19.6% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
More of Yorketown’s households own their home than in the typical New Jersey or U.S. town
Among 469 New Jersey towns, just 6 have a higher share of households owning their home than Yorketown. The median sale price was $739,000 in May 2026.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Yorketown
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Yorketown
About 5 of every 100 Yorketown residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
About Yorketown
Populated place in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US
Yorketown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) within Manalapan Township, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, the CDP's population was 6,617.
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- Area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 95 ft
Yorketown’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Yorketown.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorketown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Englishtown | — | — | D− | A− | A− | A− |
Englishtown has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Yorketown isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Yorketown with a neighbor →
Questions about Yorketown
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Yorketown, NJ a good place to live?
We don’t grade Yorketown yet; the figures below are still real.