Port Monmouth is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Middletown Township, situated on the Raritan Bayshore of northern Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. At the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 3,745,
Geography
Port Monmouth is in northern Monmouth County, in the northwestern part of Middletown Township. It is bordered to the east by Belford and to the west by North Middletown. Its northern boundary is the shore of Sandy Hook Bay, part of the larger Raritan Bay. New Jersey Route 36 forms the southern border of the community. Route 36 leads east to Atlantic Highlands and west to Keyport.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Port Monmouth has an area of , including of land and of water (3.06%). 1900-2010 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)
|3,392
|3,334
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,987
|90.65%
|87.32%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |79.76%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|47
|74
|style='background: #ffffe6; |91
|1.26%
|1.94%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.43%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|3
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.08%
|0.16%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.19%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|15
|75
|style='background: #ffffe6; |98
|0.40%
|1.96%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.62%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13
|0.00%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.35%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|25
|26
|style='background: #ffffe6; |132
|0.67%
|0.68%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.52%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|260
|302
|style='background: #ffffe6; |415
|6.95%
|7.91%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11.08%
|-
|Total
|3,742
|3,818
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,745
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Port Monmouth had a population of 3,745. The median age was 40.0 years. 22.2% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.8% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 87.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.3 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,396 households in Port Monmouth, of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 50.6% were married-couple households, 15.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 25.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 24.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Of the 1,289 households 38.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.7% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.2% were non-families. 21.1% of households were one person and 11.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.39. 99% of the population in Port Monmouth.
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 community was mentioned in a 1990 episode of Saturday Night Live during a Weekend Update sketch featuring Al Franken covering a cocaine deal in Port Monmouth. 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 Franken 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), professional basketball player who played power forward for Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. of the Israeli Basketball Premier League from 1984 to 1987