Save town Compare Needs More Love
Town guide

Highlands

A borough of 4,518 people in New Jersey
Be the first to joinEarn karma for joining →
1

Now in Highlands

What’s happening this week

All posts →
From your neighbors

What’s happening

A preview of what neighbors share. Be the first to post in Highlands.

Weather

Forecast →
Coming up

Upcoming events

Nothing on the calendar yet

Put the next local happening — a market, a meeting, a concert — on the map.

Add an event →
Around town

Local news

All news →

Headlines via Google News · Articles belong to their publishers.

2

Around town

The places and views that make it Highlands

Explore places →

Outdoors in Highlands

Parks & trails →
Conserved land3.5%31 of 882 acres
Trails1.1 mi0.8 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves27 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

Know a trail or park that’s missing? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

3

Know Highlands

The town at a glance, and the guide to how things work

Open the full guide →

About Highlands

Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US
1900Established
4,621Population
1.4 sq miArea
13 ftElevation

See also New York–New Jersey Highlands for the northwestern part of New Jersey. Highlands is a borough in northern Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A historic waterfront community located on the Raritan Bay within the Raritan Valley region, this scenic borough is a commuter town of New York City in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,621, a decrease of 384 (−7.7%) from the 2010 census count of 5,005, which in turn reflected a decline of 92 (−1.8%) from the 5,097 counted in the 2000 census. The eastern part of the town is on a high bluff that overlooks Sandy Hook and Sandy Hook Bay, the entrance to New York Harb…

Official town website ↗

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Living in Highlands

Housing in Highlands

$621K▲ 6.9% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Highlands home is worth about $621,000, up 6.9% in a year, 7% above the New Jersey typical home.

A strong seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market22
Sale-to-list104.7%
Sold in May9
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →

Safety in Highlands

A−

Safety Grade A-

Highlands reports less crime per resident than 75% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Highlands 2.3
New Jersey 2
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Highlands 4.2
New Jersey 12.7
U.S. 15.5
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to policeCrime & safety →

Schools in Highlands

All Highlands schools →
DistrictHenry Hudson Regional School DistrictSchools2

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors.

Famous people from HighlandsWriters, athletes, leaders and more who were born in Highlands.Meet them →

How things work in Highlands

All explainers →
You’re browsing

Highlands

New Jersey · NJ
View town boundary →
Township / city / CDP overlaps possible.
Loading boundary…

Highlands is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01