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Highlands is a borough in northern Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. An historic marina community located upon the Raritan Bay within the Raritan Valley region, this scenic borough is a commuter town of New York City in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough’s population was 4,621, a decline of 384 (−7.7%) from the 2010 census intensify of 5,005, which in viewpoint reflected a decrease of 92 (−1.8%) from the 5,097 counted in the 2000 census. The eastern part of the town is upon a high bluff that overlooks Sandy Hook Bay, the edit to New York Harbor, and the Atlantic Ocean, from which the borough derives its name. Atop this bluff are the Navesink Twin Lights.

Highlands was incorporated as a borough by an warfare of the New Jersey Legislature upon March 22, 1900, from parts of Middletown Township. Additional parts of Middletown Township were annexed in 1914.

Highlands is part of the Bayshore Regional Strategic Plan, an effort by nine municipalities in northern Monmouth County to reinvigorate the area’s economy by emphasizing the customary downtowns, residential neighborhoods, maritime history, and the natural setting of the Raritan Bayshore coastline.