Middletown is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, home to about 66,883 people across 41 square miles. Its ZIP codes are 07718, 07737, 07738, 07748 and 07758, and parts of 07701, 07716, 07732 and 07760 are in Middletown too.
Homes sold for a median of $423 per square foot across 5 ZIP codes in the three months ending August 2026, and all of them were seller’s markets.
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Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Middletown. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
Before colonists arrived, the shores of Raritan and Sandy Hook bays were home to Lenape communities, and Henry Hudson anchored in Sandy Hook Bay in 1609. Permanent settlement began around 1664, soon after New Netherland came under English rule, when families arriving from Long Island and Rhode Island bought land from the Lenape; the Monmouth Patent of 1665 recognized those purchases. When Monmouth County was divided into its first three townships in 1693, Middletown took in everything north of the Navesink River and east of Freehold. It was incorporated under the Township Act of 1798, gave up territory to new towns over the next century, and reached its present borders in 1917.
Colonial buildings survive along Kings Highway in the Middletown Village Historic District, including Marlpit Hall, a saltbox house dating to 1686. On the bayshore, the oldest part of the Seabrook-Wilson House in Port Monmouth dates to the early 1700s. During the Revolution the area was held by British forces, and their retreat after the Battle of Monmouth passed through the township.
A railroad junction built in 1875 helped turn farmland into a commuter suburb in the early 1900s, and growth accelerated through the 20th century. The township also includes Sandy Hook, with its 1764 lighthouse and Fort Hancock, and the hills above the Navesink River held World War II gun batteries and a Cold War missile site. Superstorm Sandy in 2012 hit the bayshore neighborhoods hardest, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has since been building levees, floodwalls and dunes around Port Monmouth. The township now has five local historic districts: Chapel Hill, Locust, Monmouth Hills, Navesink and Middletown Village.
Middletown is a large township made up of many separately named sections that grew up around old villages, rail stops and post offices. Belford, Port Monmouth, Leonardo and North Middletown line the bayshore; the other sections include Navesink, Locust, Monmouth Hills, Chapel Hill, Lincroft, Oak Hill, Fairview, River Plaza, New Monmouth, Harmony and Middletown Village. Some homes carry a neighboring town's mailing address because that post office is closer.
The township's zoning covers both single-family neighborhoods and multifamily areas. Superstorm Sandy substantially damaged hundreds of homes in the bayshore sections, and township flood rules adopted after the storm require residential floors in flood areas to be raised, so many houses there have been rebuilt or elevated. In the five local historic districts (Chapel Hill, Locust, Monmouth Hills, Navesink and Middletown Village), exterior changes to houses need approval from the township's Landmarks Commission. New subdivisions have continued on large tracts, such as the 279-acre Bamm Hollow property in Lincroft, approved for 190 house lots.
There is no single downtown. Commercial properties line stretches of Route 35 and of Route 36 through Port Monmouth and Belford, while the area around the train station on Church Street near Middletown Village has a municipal parking lot and the Middletown Arts Center. Public schools are run by the Middletown Township Public School District.
Middletown station is on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, which runs north to New York Penn Station. From the bayshore, NY Waterway ferries leave the Belford terminal at 10 Harbor Way for Midtown Manhattan at West 39th Street, Pier 11 near Wall Street, Brookfield Place and Paulus Hook in Jersey City, with weekday and, as of 2026, weekend service.
The Garden State Parkway crosses the township with interchanges at Exits 109 and 114. Route 35 and Route 36, which runs through the bayshore sections of Port Monmouth and Belford, are the main state highways, and County Routes 516 and 520 link sections east to west. Several NJ Transit bus routes also serve the township.
In summer, Seastreak runs a high-speed ferry between Manhattan and Sandy Hook, and the township's 2014 master plan review called for better pedestrian and bicycle links around the train station.
Sandy Hook, part of Gateway National Recreation Area, has ocean and bay beaches, Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Lighthouse, which offers tours Friday through Monday afternoons as of 2026; beach parking is charged daily in summer. Along the bay, the county's 227-acre Bayshore Waterfront Park in Port Monmouth has beaches, a wheelchair-accessible fishing pier with views toward New York, and the historic Seabrook-Wilson House.
Hartshorne Woods Park, about 831 acres of hilly forest above the Navesink River with an entrance at Historic Portland Place in Middletown and others in Locust, has around 16 miles of trails for hiking, biking and horseback riding, plus seasonal tours of World War II-era Battery Lewis. Thompson Park in Lincroft has a paved loop trail of about 4.2 miles and a Creative Arts Center, and Huber Woods Park has a reptile house among its attractions. Tatum Park and Poricy Park, known for its marine fossils, add more trails close to home.
For history, Marlpit Hall and the other colonial buildings along Kings Highway in Middletown Village are easy to see on foot, and the Middletown Arts Center stands near the train station.
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Get matched| Nearest major airport | Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)22 miles away |
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| Nearest city of 250,000+ | New York, NY21 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Middletown; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Middletown had 67,106 residents in the 2020 census, up 1% since 2000.
It’s the 20th largest of 565 towns in New Jersey by population.
Monmouth County grew from 82,057 residents in 1900 to 643,615 in 2020.
Monmouth County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 84°F in summer, and winter lows average 25°F. About 52.4 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Long Branch-Oakhurst, NJ weather station (7 miles away).
257,734 jobs at 19,883 businesses in Monmouth County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
315 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Middletown’s ZIP codes.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Primary care doctors | 26 |
|---|---|
| Specialist doctors | 33 |
| Dentists | 33 |
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 66 |
| Mental health providers | 77 |
| Physical and occupational therapists | 63 |
| Optometrists | 4 |
| Chiropractors | 13 |
| Pharmacies | 17 |
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Parks (48 nearby)
Grocery stores (10 nearby)
Pharmacies (6 nearby)
Libraries (5 nearby)
Museums (2 nearby)
Theaters and performance venues (4 nearby)
Counts are within about 4.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
Established in 1693.
Colleges and universities
Notable people born here
Source: Wikidata (wikidata.org), the free knowledge base; people are listed by place of birth.
Public schools here are run by Middletown Township Public School District, Monmouth County Vocational School District. Check each district’s attendance zones for a specific address.
| School | Grades | Students | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Elementary SchoolNew Monmouth | Pre-K–5 | 481 | Public | 3.1 mi |
| Middletown Village Elementary SchoolMiddletown | Pre-K–5 | 426 | Public | 2.4 mi |
| Ocean Avenue Elementary SchoolNorth Middletown | Pre-K–5 | 283 | Public | 4.1 mi |
| Bayview Elementary SchoolBelford | K–5 | 364 | Public | 2.0 mi |
| Leonardo Elementary SchoolLeonardo | K–5 | 283 | Public | 2.2 mi |
| Lincroft Elementary SchoolLincroft | K–5 | 486 | Public | 4.4 mi |
| New Monmouth Elementary SchoolMiddletown | K–5 | 508 | Public | 2.2 mi |
| Nut Swamp Elementary SchoolMiddletown | K–5 | 464 | Public | 2.3 mi |
| Bayshore Middle SchoolLeonardo | 6–8 | 534 | Public | 2.3 mi |
| Thompson Middle SchoolMiddletown | 6–8 | 862 | Public | 2.4 mi |
| Thorne Middle SchoolPort Monmouth | 6–8 | 597 | Public | 3.3 mi |
| High Technology High SchoolLincroft | 9–12 | 284 | Career and Technical | 4.8 mi |
| Middletown High School NorthMiddletown | 9–12 | 1,289 | Public | 1.6 mi |
| Middletown High School SouthMiddletown | 9–12 | 1,406 | Public | 2.6 mi |
| School | Grades | Students | Affiliation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Child S Place SchoolLincroft | Pre-K–1 | 20 | Nonsectarian | 3.8 mi |
| Oak Hill AcademyLincroft | Pre-K–8 | 339 | Nonsectarian | 3.7 mi |
| St Leo the Great SchoolLincroft | Pre-K–8 | 575 | Roman Catholic | 4.0 mi |
| St Mary SchoolNew Monmouth | Pre-K–8 | 337 | Roman Catholic | 2.4 mi |
| Voyagers Community SchoolLincroft | Pre-K–12 | 29 | Nonsectarian | 4.8 mi |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES: Common Core of Data (2024-2025) for public schools; Private School Universe Survey (2023-2024) for private schools. Listed by address; we don’t rate schools.
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Shares ZIP codes with Red Bank, Rumson, Highlands, Atlantic Highlands and Sea Bright.
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