Madison Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Old Bridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP's population was 8,050, The name "Madison Park" comes from Madison Township, the original name for Old Bridge Township from 1869 until 1975.
Madison Park is the name of a residential development constructed in 1955–1956 by Herbert J. Kendall. The original development is located west of U.S. Route 9 and is bounded by Bordentown Avenue, Cheesequake Road, and Ernston Road. The western side of Madison Park is served by ZIP Code 08859 for Parlin, New Jersey. Madison Park has a fire department (District 4 Old Bridge Township), a volunteer first aid squad, and a school all located within the development. All of the streets in the development are named after prominent universities, with Princeton Road as an oval interior road connecting to the entire development.
Geography
Madison Park is in eastern Middlesex County, along the northern edge of Old Bridge Township. It is bordered to the north by the borough of Sayreville and to the southeast by Cheesequake Creek. U.S. Route 9 crosses the center of the CDP, leading north into Sayreville and south to Freehold.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of , including of land and of water (1.83%). 1960 1970<br> 1980 1990 2000<br> 2010 2020
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|3,395
|3,164
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,038
|49.00%
|44.29%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |37.74%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|909
|907
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,351
|13.12%
|12.70%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16.78%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|3
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10
|0.04%
|0.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|1,380
|1,827
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,072
|19.92%
|25.57%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |25.74%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|8
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.12%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|26
|20
|style='background: #ffffe6; |68
|0.38%
|0.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.84%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|304
|221
|style='background: #ffffe6; |212
|4.39%
|3.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.63%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|904
|994
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,297
|13.05%
|13.91%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16.11%
|-
|Total
|6,929
|7,144
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,050
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Madison Park had a population of 8,050. The median age was 37.3 years. 20.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 11.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 93.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 3,055 households in Madison Park, of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 47.9% were married-couple households, 18.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 28.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
There were 730 households, out of which 39.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.7% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.37.