State place rankings
Best Places in New Jersey
Compare places by General Quality score or population. Each place links to its sourced facts, scores, and local summary.
General Quality score
Best overall places
- st
Old Tappan, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 6,686
- Median home value
- $951,300
- nd
Tenafly, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 15,237
- Median home value
- $1,002,600
- rd
Mountain Lakes, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 4,649
- Median home value
- $917,000
- th
Little Silver, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 6,124
- Median home value
- $955,900
- th
Ridgewood, NJ
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 26,527
- Median home value
- $891,200
- th
Glen Rock, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 12,288
- Median home value
- $856,900
- th
Glen Ridge, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 8,259
- Median home value
- $836,600
- th
Rumson, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 7,157
- Median home value
- $1,679,300
- th
River Edge, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 12,159
- Median home value
- $660,300
- th
Fair Lawn, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 37,128
- Median home value
- $564,700
- th
Fort Lee, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 40,345
- Median home value
- $448,000
- th
Mendham, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 4,985
- Median home value
- $819,800
- th
Chatham, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 10,027
- Median home value
- $984,900
- th
Westfield, NJ
Town
- General Quality
- Population
- 32,595
- Median home value
- $953,400
- th
Rutherford, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 19,132
- Median home value
- $603,600
- th
Haworth, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 3,422
- Median home value
- $845,300
- th
Mountainside, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 7,346
- Median home value
- $810,300
- th
Fair Haven, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 6,096
- Median home value
- $992,200
- th
New Providence, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 14,092
- Median home value
- $769,900
- th
Woodcliff Lake, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 6,193
- Median home value
- $946,400
- st
Haddonfield, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 12,740
- Median home value
- $755,300
- nd
Harrington Park, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 5,052
- Median home value
- $776,900
- rd
Upper Saddle River, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 8,650
- Median home value
- $1,108,700
- th
Fanwood, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 8,035
- Median home value
- $635,200
- th
Madison, NJ
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 16,607
- Median home value
- $943,200
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by General Quality score. General Quality is a balanced livability composite spanning safety, affordability, healthcare, climate, education, jobs, mobility, outdoors, taxes, and other core factors.
Largest to smallest
Population-ranked places
- st
Newark, NJ
City
- Population
- 323,808
- Median home value
- $373,700
- Median rent
- $1,392
- nd
Jersey City, NJ
City
- Population
- 302,013
- Median home value
- $566,900
- Median rent
- $2,007
- rd
Paterson, NJ
City
- Population
- 161,793
- Median home value
- $360,100
- Median rent
- $1,548
- th
Elizabeth, NJ
City
- Population
- 141,675
- Median home value
- $449,300
- Median rent
- $1,523
- th
Toms River, NJ
Census-designated place
- Population
- 94,956
- Median home value
- $403,600
- Median rent
- $1,731
- th
Trenton, NJ
City
- Population
- 91,506
- Median home value
- $160,700
- Median rent
- $1,294
- th
Clifton, NJ
City
- Population
- 91,127
- Median home value
- $461,900
- Median rent
- $1,711
- th
Bayonne, NJ
City
- Population
- 74,744
- Median home value
- $460,100
- Median rent
- $1,682
- th
East Orange, NJ
City
- Population
- 72,159
- Median home value
- $365,900
- Median rent
- $1,441
- th
Camden, NJ
City
- Population
- 71,430
- Median home value
- $112,000
- Median rent
- $1,226
- th
Passaic, NJ
City
- Population
- 71,337
- Median home value
- $429,900
- Median rent
- $1,465
- th
Lakewood, NJ
Census-designated place
- Population
- 69,585
- Median home value
- $715,500
- Median rent
- $1,718
- th
Union City, NJ
City
- Population
- 66,656
- Median home value
- $471,600
- Median rent
- $1,537
- th
Vineland, NJ
City
- Population
- 62,703
- Median home value
- $240,700
- Median rent
- $1,233
- th
Hoboken, NJ
City
- Population
- 59,027
- Median home value
- $895,100
- Median rent
- $2,938
- th
Plainfield, NJ
City
- Population
- 57,141
- Median home value
- $410,800
- Median rent
- $1,767
- th
- Population
- 57,133
- Median home value
- $353,800
- Median rent
- $1,814
- th
Perth Amboy, NJ
City
- Population
- 56,739
- Median home value
- $370,600
- Median rent
- $1,688
- th
- Population
- 53,192
- Median home value
- $465,600
- Median rent
- $1,716
- th
Sayreville, NJ
Borough
- Population
- 46,787
- Median home value
- $444,100
- Median rent
- $1,711
- st
Hackensack, NJ
City
- Population
- 46,380
- Median home value
- $393,700
- Median rent
- $1,911
- nd
Linden, NJ
City
- Population
- 45,752
- Median home value
- $419,700
- Median rent
- $1,731
- rd
Sicklerville, NJ
Census-designated place
- Population
- 44,998
- Median home value
- $278,900
- Median rent
- $1,566
- th
Kearny, NJ
Town
- Population
- 40,862
- Median home value
- $459,400
- Median rent
- $1,720
- th
Fort Lee, NJ
Borough
- Population
- 40,345
- Median home value
- $448,000
- Median rent
- $2,270
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by their latest available population estimate. Incorporated places and census-designated places are both eligible when they appear in the published location data.
Annual Census population estimates are used where available; ACS place estimates fill coverage gaps.