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10,011people live here $165,958median household income▲ 106% above US $590,300median home value▲ 77% above US

Kendall Park is an unincorporated community in Middlesex County, NJ. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Kendall Park

Kendall Park is an unincorporated community in New Jersey with household incomes running above the national average, air quality that stays clean most of the year, a highly educated workforce, and schools with smaller class sizes than the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Kendall Park deals with home prices well above the national average, commute times longer than most cities, and cold winters.

The good

Higher-than-average incomes
Clean air
Highly educated workforce
Low student-teacher ratio

The not so good

High home prices
Above-average commute times
Cold winters

How Kendall Park compares

Median household income

Kendall Park$165,958

New Jersey avg$103,556

US$80,734

Median home value

Kendall Park$590,300

New Jersey avg$454,400

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Kendall Park

Based on Kendall Park's median rent, home value and household income

To buy

$118,060

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $59,030
Homes cost 3.6× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Job market

5.2% county unemployment

Unemployment in Middlesex County is 5.2%, somewhat above the national average of 4.3%. Lining up work before the move is the safer route. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Middlesex County (county-wide)

Safety

121 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Kendall Park doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the South Brunswick Township Police Department jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 616/100k · Policed by South Brunswick Township Police Department (township-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 20% above US

31 min average commute

Traffic is a real factor here. The 31.3 minute average means plenty of commuters are pushing 45 to 60 minutes on a bad day. Proximity to work matters more here than it might elsewhere. 7 in 10 workers drive to work; 5% take public transit; 21% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

68%

Work from home

21%

Carpool

5.2%

Public transit

5.2%

Other

1.2%

Walk

0.1%

Climate

Summers are warm, with highs around 84°F, and winters are cold, with lows around 25°F and snow a regular occurrence. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▲ 70% above US

61% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a highly educated city, with over half the adult population holding a college degree. That tends to shape the job market and the broader culture, and it's a solid indicator of a strong professional scene.

Schools

3 public schools inside the boundary

There are 3 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 11:1, well below the national average of 16:1. Smaller class sizes are generally a positive sign for a district.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River (22 miles away). There are 8 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Kendall Park's strongest points are household incomes running above the national average and air quality that stays clean most of the year; the main tradeoffs are home prices well above the national average and commute times longer than most cities. It tends to suit remote workers (21% of workers here already work from home) and college-educated professionals.

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