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About Monroe
Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USMonroe Township is a township located in southern Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is centrally located within the Raritan Valley region and is an outer-ring suburb of New York City within the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 48,594, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 9,462 (+24.2%) from the 39,132 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 11,133 (+39.8%) from the 27,999 counted in the 2000 census. Monroe Township also comprises the largest land area of any municipality in Middlesex County, at approximately 42 square miles (110 km2). Monroe Township was inc…
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Housing in Monroe
The typical Monroe home is worth about $631,000, up 1.9% in a year, 9% above the New Jersey typical home.
Schools in Monroe
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The public schools Monroe’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 80% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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