Midland Park is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 6,970 people and two associated neighborhoods, Midland Park is the 264th largest community in New Jersey.

Housing costs in Midland Park are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that Midland Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.39% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Midland Park is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Midland Park is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Midland Park really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Midland Park perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Despite being a small borough, Midland Park has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Midland Park, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Midland Park is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 55.22% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Midland Park in 2022 was $73,397, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $293,588 for a family of four.

Midland Park is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Midland Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Midland Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Midland Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.06% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Midland Park include Italian, Irish, English, German, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Midland Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Russian.