Poverty Status in 1999: Monmouth County
Individuals Individuals 18 and over Related Chlidren under 18
Number for Number Percent Number for Number Percent Number for Number Percent
Whom Poverty Below Below Whom Poverty Below Below Whom Poverty Below Below
Status is Poverty Poverty Status is Poverty Poverty Status is Poverty Poverty
Determined Level Level Determined Level Level Determined Level Level
Monmouth County 605,698 38,242 6.3 447,440 26,026 5.8 157,805 11,842 7.5
Aberdeen township 17,197 807 4.7 13,138 517 3.9 4,059 290 7.1
Allenhurst borough 719 27 3.8 592 25 4.2 127 2 1.6
Allentown borough 1,874 44 2.3 1,370 29 2.1 502 13 2.6
Asbury Park city 16,612 5,006 30.1 11,754 3,024 25.7 4,810 1,947 40.5
Atlantic Highlands borough 4,705 231 4.9 3,697 181 4.9 1,008 50 5.0
Avon-by-the-Sea borough 2,230 61 2.7 1,830 49 2.7 400 12 3.0
Belmar borough 6,029 520 8.6 5,008 395 7.9 1,003 113 11.3
Bradley Beach borough 4,785 439 9.2 3,934 304 7.7 841 125 14.9
Brielle borough 4,893 193 3.9 3,755 163 4.3 1,130 22 1.9
Colts Neck township 11,116 308 2.8 7,511 229 3.0 3,599 79 2.2
Deal borough 1,067 120 11.2 845 89 10.5 222 31 14.0
Eatontown borough 13,618 777 5.7 10,519 631 6.0 3,079 133 4.3
Englishtown borough 1,761 126 7.2 1,253 96 7.7 507 29 5.7
Fair Haven borough 5,937 139 2.3 3,969 98 2.5 1,968 41 2.1
Farmingdale borough 1,584 90 5.7 1,158 60 5.2 426 30 7.0
Freehold borough 10,926 1,314 12.0 8,263 913 11.0 2,619 361 13.8
Freehold township 29,909 1,155 3.9 22,067 773 3.5 7,835 375 4.8
Hazlet township 21,138 727 3.4 15,789 590 3.7 5,349 137 2.6
Highlands borough 5,085 625 12.3 4,175 434 10.4 899 180 20.0
Holmdel township 15,287 518 3.4 10,824 335 3.1 4,460 180 4.0
Howell township 48,751 2,049 4.2 33,902 1,393 4.1 14,815 629 4.2
Interlaken borough 900 27 3.0 738 21 2.8 162 6 3.7
Keansburg borough 10,559 1,874 17.7 7,641 1,188 15.5 2,918 686 23.5
Keyport borough 7,553 587 7.8 5,932 504 8.5 1,609 76 4.7
Little Silver borough 6,170 48 0.8 4,477 48 1.1 1,693 0 0.0
Loch Arbour village 273 13 4.8 220 9 4.1 49 0 0.0
Long Branch city 31,106 5,208 16.7 23,832 3,495 14.7 7,252 1,691 23.3
Manalapan township 33,249 1,259 3.8 23,147 721 3.1 10,077 517 5.1
Manasquan borough 6,290 195 3.1 4,809 153 3.2 1,481 42 2.8
Marlboro township 36,212 1,256 3.5 25,288 848 3.4 10,884 368 3.4
Matawan borough 8,962 485 5.4 6,821 331 4.9 2,134 147 6.9
Middletown township 65,889 2,049 3.1 48,650 1,484 3.1 17,231 557 3.2
Millstone township 8,897 434 4.9 5,960 253 4.2 2,931 175 6.0
Monmouth Beach borough 3,595 68 1.9 2,859 50 1.7 736 18 2.4
Neptune township 26,996 3,150 11.7 20,768 2,059 9.9 6,203 1,066 17.2
Neptune City borough 5,102 279 5.5 3,971 209 5.3 1,126 65 5.8
Ocean township 26,938 1,350 5.0 20,113 934 4.6 6,812 416 6.1
Oceanport borough 5,549 149 2.7 4,122 111 2.7 1,419 30 2.1
Red Bank borough 11,403 1,363 12.0 9,334 1,013 10.9 2,043 338 16.5
Roosevelt borough 923 40 4.3 646 29 4.5 277 11 4.0
Rumson borough 7,129 228 3.2 4,856 173 3.6 2,273 55 2.4
Sea Bright borough 1,825 138 7.6 1,616 97 6.0 205 37 18.0
Sea Girt borough 2,148 75 3.5 1,719 41 2.4 429 34 7.9
Shrewsbury borough 3,590 37 1.0 2,498 37 1.5 1,092 0 0.0
Shrewsbury township 1,097 96 8.8 868 67 7.7 229 29 12.7
South Belmar borough 1,792 134 7.5 1,416 103 7.3 376 31 8.2
Spring Lake borough 3,548 91 2.6 2,789 81 2.9 749 0 0.0
Spring Lake Heights borough 5,227 392 7.5 4,345 279 6.4 873 104 11.9
Tinton Falls borough 14,844 577 3.9 11,151 419 3.8 3,693 158 4.3
Union Beach borough 6,641 319 4.8 4,719 200 4.2 1,910 107 5.6
Upper Freehold township 4,282 173 4.0 3,087 157 5.1 1,195 16 1.3
Wall township 24,986 569 2.3 18,653 404 2.2 6,328 160 2.5
West Long Branch borough 6,800 303 4.5 5,042 180 3.6 1,758 123 7.0
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.