Manville, NJ Real Estate & Homes For Sale

"It's a nice town. Quiet in some parts. The children in the neighborhood are generally very friendly with each other. "

"You'll see people walk their dogs every now and then. It's not uncommon, but it isn't an every day occurence. Of course it depends on where in Manville you live. I for example live in the valley. "

"I am a local real estate agent, but I also live in Manville with my family. My son attends the middle school. My extended family lives in a home on the Northside that my husband grew up in. Manville was incorporated as a Municipality in 1929 and is comprised of 2.1 square miles in Somerset County, New Jersey. The area is located midway between two of the Country's greatest metopolitan areas - New York City and Philadelphia. Manville has a population of ~10,000 people. Manville was named after the Johns-Manville Corporation, which maintained a large manufacturing facility in the borough for decades. Historically, many of Manville's residents are of Slavic — mostly eastern Polish (23.1% of the borough's population) and western Ukrainian - descent. The Manville School District serves public school students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district are Weston Elementary School (grades K-3; 398 students), Roosevelt Intermediate School (4&5; 188), Alexander Batcho Intermediate School (6-8; 281) and Manville High School (9-12,378). This is 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics. Christ the King School, a Catholic school, serves Pre-K - 8th grade. Main Street, Manville includes many businesses including several pizza places, Dunkin Donuts, a local diner, Walmart, Reading Cinemas and an ice cream parlor just to name a few. Manville is also the home of the American Legion, the VFW and the Hillsborough / Manville Elks. "