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About Manalapan
Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, USManalapan Township (, mə-NAL-ə-pin) is a township in western Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is centrally located within the Raritan Valley region and is a part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 40,905, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 2,033 (+5.2%) from the 2010 census count of 38,872, which in turn reflected an increase of 5,449 (+16.3%) from the 33,423 counted in the 2000 census. The name "Manalapan" is derived from a word in the Lenape language that would mean either "land of good bread", "good land to settle upon", "good bread" or "covered swamp with edible roots".
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Housing in Manalapan
The typical Manalapan home is worth about $813,000, up 4.4% in a year, 40% above the New Jersey typical home.
Safety in Manalapan
Safety Grade A
Manalapan reports less crime per resident than 85% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Schools in Manalapan
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The public schools Manalapan’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 84% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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