Borough · Monmouth County, New Jersey

Red Bank, New Jersey

Red Bank is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area. It has 12,862 residents. Red Bank, New Jersey has a quality-of-life score of 86 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,196 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New Jersey it ranks #214 of 552 cities and towns. It ranks best on depression (low), gyms and fitness centers (high) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on average commute time (high), job growth (low) and effective property tax rate (high).

86Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,196 of 15,651 cities and towns
New Jersey: #214 of 552 in NJ
Population: 12,862 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 7,368.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 3462430

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety90#1,601/15,637
Economy66#5,361/15,631
Housing30#10,537/14,977
Health87#2,073/15,609
Healthcare84#2,579/15,650
Environment36#9,875/15,453
Education93#1,155/15,649
Infrastructure48#8,116/15,650
Community97#418/15,651
Leisure & amenities97#489/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Red Bank, New Jersey ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Monmouth County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Depression · low14.3%
99/100New Jersey 15.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.9 /10k
99/100New Jersey 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMonmouth County value
Students per teacher · low10.7×
96/100New Jersey 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsMonmouth County value
Public transit commuters · high6.0%
94/100New Jersey 8.1%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Firearm deaths · low3.4 /100k
94/100New Jersey 4.0 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMonmouth County value
Dentists · high107 /100k
92/100New Jersey 88 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMonmouth County value

Weaknesses

Average commute time · high32.6 min
7/100New Jersey 30.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Job growth · low-2.0%
13/100New Jersey 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMonmouth County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.74%
13/100New Jersey 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.481
14/100New Jersey 0.478United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
High ozone days · high5 days
15/100New Jersey 1 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyMonmouth County value
Comfortable days · low23.6%
16/100New Jersey 24.9%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMonmouth County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
12,072 (2015-2019) → 12,862 (2020-2024)
+6.5%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
0.3 /1k (2021) → 2.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+797%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
21.5% (2015-2019) → 13.0% (2020-2024)
−8.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Child poverty rateImproving
17.3% (2015-2019) → 8.9% (2020-2024)
−8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
44.2% (2015-2019) → 51.6% (2020-2024)
+7.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$74,181 (2015-2019) → $97,477 (2020-2024)
+31%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Red Bank, New Jersey improved on 4 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Uninsured−8.6 points21.5% → 13.0%
Bachelor's++7.3 points44.2% → 51.6%
Household income+31%$74,181 → $97,477
Broadband+2.7 points89.0% → 91.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Red Bank, New Jersey between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	30.3 min2015-2019	32.6 min2020-2024	+2.3 min	Within the margin of error	25%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%2015-2019	51.6%2020-2024	+7.3 points	Improved	81%
Broadband subscriptions	89.0%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Improved	19%
Child poverty rate	17.3%2015-2019	8.9%2020-2024	−8.4 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Effective property tax rate	1.96%2015-2019	1.74%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	62%
High school diploma or higher	82.8%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Home price to income ratio	5.5×2015-2019	5.2×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	89%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5172015-2019	0.4812020-2024	−0.036	Within the margin of error	78%
Median household income	$74,1812015-2019	$97,4772020-2024	+31%	Improved	58%
Poverty rate	13.5%2015-2019	8.7%2020-2024	−4.8 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Public transit commuters	6.9%2015-2019	6.0%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Rent as share of income	31.2%2015-2019	29.5%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Rent-burdened households	52.8%2015-2019	48.0%2020-2024	−4.8 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Unemployment rate	5.0%2015-2019	3.5%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	21.5%2015-2019	13.0%2020-2024	−8.6 points	Improved	95%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Red Bank, New Jersey five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Red Bank, New Jersey in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Red Bank, New Jersey itself moved +3.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

12,862 residents (±25)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

5,983 households (±338)

Red Bank, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $25k13%†794
$25k–50k13%†773
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

5,983 households (±338)

Red Bank, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Own50%2,995
Rent50%2,988

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

7,304 workers (±522)

Red Bank, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Drive alone57%4,151
Carpool6.5%†478
Public transit6.0%†439

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Monmouth County, the county holding most of Red Bank's residents.

Monmouth County has 19,883 employer establishments, 308 for every 10,000 residents (1.24× the US rate of 248; 1.22× New Jersey's), with 257,734 paid employees at an average annual pay of $64,535. The Census Bureau also counts 69,392 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 19,883; 69,392 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 308; US 248 · New Jersey 253
Paid employees: 257,734
Average annual pay: $64,535; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Monmouth County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	2,257	34.9	1.68×More than typical	24,720	$79,203	3,980
Restaurants and other eating places	1,664	25.8	1.40×More than typical	26,469	$26,472	321
Specialty trade contractors	1,290	20	1.29×More than typical	10,949	$78,504	3,464
Offices of physicians	891	13.8	2.13×More than typical	9,356	$115,945	847
Personal care services	713	11	2.31×More than typical	4,689	$26,937	1,139
Full-service restaurants	712	11	1.44×More than typical	15,233	$30,247	138
Services to buildings and dwellings	704	10.9	1.62×More than typical	4,522	$48,793	2,549
Lessors of real estate	681	10.5	0.86×About typical	4,066	$65,672	11,202
Construction of buildings	655	10.1	1.34×More than typical	4,958	$112,358	1,493
Management, scientific and technical consulting	649	10	1.50×More than typical	4,030	$83,310	3,737
Limited-service restaurants	644	10	1.24×About typical	7,955	$22,142	134
Offices of other health practitioners	615	9.5	1.57×More than typical	3,853	$44,429	2,272

Rank places for an industry Open Monmouth County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 645,796 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $52.8M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Red Bank, New Jersey: $4,103 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $52.8M; −54% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4,103; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.5%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$49.3M93%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$2.8M5.3%
U.S. Marshals Service$677.6K1.3%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$14.2K0.0%
Department of the Army$13.8K0.0%
Offices, Boards and Divisions$12.8K0.0%

Top recipients

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$49.3M93%
UNITED SECURITY INC$3.5M6.5%
MARTIN OTTAWAY VAN HEMMEN & DOLAN, INC.$12.8K0.0%
SHIELD SERVICES LLC$9,6970.0%
BOYD CO. LLC$2,4740.0%
NASCENCE GROUP LLC

Spending by fiscal year

29.1MFY2017
13.3MFY2018
36.6MFY2019
58.8MFY2020
100.4MFY2021
107.9MFY2022
142.8MFY2023
160.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$49.3M93%
Investigation and security services · 5616$3.5M6.5%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$12.8K0.0%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$11.3K0.0%
Waste collection · 5621$2,4740.0%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Red Bank, New Jersey, so they do not add up across cities.

Red Bank, New Jersey's figures are part of those of Monmouth County, NJ ($815.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 6.5% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Red Bank is mostly in Monmouth County.

See federal money in Monmouth County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Red Bank, New Jersey is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Andy Kim

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Monmouth County92100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ68

Other cities and towns in Monmouth County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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