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Montville, NJ
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Montville profile


Living in Montville



Montville is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 10,024 people and two associated neighborhoods, Montville is the 196th largest community in New Jersey.

Montville home prices are not only among the most expensive in New Jersey, but Montville real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 18.55% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Because of many things, Montville 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, Montville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Montville 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.

One downside of living in Montville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Montville, the average commute to work is 31.46 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

In Montville, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Montville is a relatively small town. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Montville, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Montville is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 67.94% 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 Montville in 2018 was $80,018, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $320,072 for a family of four.

Montville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Montville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Montville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Montville include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and Russian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Montville's cultural character, accounting for 28.58% of the town’s population.

The most common language spoken in Montville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Korean.