Port Monmouth, New Jersey facts for kids

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Census-designated place
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Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Monmouth
Township	Middletown
Area
• Total	1.34 sq mi (3.48 km2)
• Land	1.30 sq mi (3.37 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2)  3.04%
Elevation	10 ft (3 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	3,745
• Density	2,878.55/sq mi (1,111.46/km2)
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code	07758
Area code(s)	732/848
FIPS code	34-60360
GNIS feature ID	02389696

Port Monmouth is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) within Middletown Township, situated on the Raritan Bayshore of northern Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. At the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 3,745, a decrease of 73 (−1.9%) from the 2010 census count of 3,818, which in turn had reflected an increase of 76 (+2.0%) from the 3,742 counted at the 2000 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Port Monmouth had a total area of 1.343 square miles (3.477 km²), including 1.302 square miles (3.371 km²) of land and 0.041 square miles (0.106 km²) of water (3.04%).

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 3,818 people, 1,368 households, and 997 families in the CDP. The population density was 2,933.4 per square mile (1,132.6/km²). There were 1,441 housing units at an average density of 1,107.1 per square mile (427.5/km²). The racial makeup was 92.95% (3,549) White, 2.15% (82) Black or African American, 0.21% (8) Native American, 1.99% (76) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 1.49% (57) from other races, and 1.20% (46) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.91% (302) of the population.

Of the 1,368 households, 34.6% had children under the age of 18; 56.0% were married couples living together; 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present and 27.1% were non-families. Of all households, 22.4% were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.29.

24.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 30.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.7 years. For every 100 females, the population had 95.1 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 91.7 males.

Transportation

NJ Transit offers bus service to Newark on the 61 route and local bus service on the 817 route.

Emergency services

Port Monmouth is served by the Port Monmouth Fire Company #1 and Port Monmouth First Aid Squad which are both located in the CDP.

In media

..... The tugboats Ocean Prince and Newport can be seen in the footage suggesting it was actually filmed locally in New York City for the show as Port Monmouth and neighboring Belford Harbor are home to fishing vessels - which is noted by Al during the sketch. At the time of filming those tugboats were under the Amerada Hess Corporation which had a storage facility and pier in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

Notable people

People who were born in, are residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Port Monmouth include:

• Mike Largey (born 1960), former professional basketball player who played power forward for Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. of the Israeli Basketball Premier League from 1984 to 1987.

See also

In Spanish: Port Monmouth para niños