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Best Places To Live - The Complete Top Towns List 1-100

Posted February 21, 2008

 
1 Chatham Township Morris 10,279
1.9%
$797,500
125%
$9,948
36%
96
95
94
4.5
1.4
9
Yes
2 Upper Township Cape May 11,363
-6.2%
$295,000
95%
$3,632
49%
88
85
87
16.9
2.0
3
Yes
3 Verona Township Essex 12,937
-4.4%
$420,000
100%
$8,136
19%
96
86
94
16.4
2.4
18
Yes
4 Oceanport Borough Monmouth 5,751
-1.0%
$510,000
125%
$6,622
10%
91
91
92
7.1
2.2
4
Yes
5 Lincoln Park Borough Morris 10,856
-0.7%
$350,000
115%
$6,271
28%
93
81
83
8.0
3.5
10
Yes
6 Shamong Township Burlington 6,873
6.4%
$372,500
108%
$6,664
59%
95
90
92
5.5
3.0
4
No
7 Millstone Borough Somerset 431
5.1%
$392,500
98%
$5,879
18%
91
88
92
0.0
0.0
3
Yes
8 Lavallette Borough Ocean 2,752
3.3%
$700,000
180%
$4,830
22%
79
95
94
11.6
3.0
3
Yes
9 Mahwah Township Bergen 24,560
2.1%
$425,000
93%
$5,787
48%
94
90
95
6.3
3.9
7
Yes
10 Essex Fells Township Essex 2,071
-4.2%
$1,065,000
113%
$12,705
16%
98
89
93
7.6
2.5
18
Yes
11 Secaucus Town Hudson 15,562
-2.3%
$429,000
133%
$4,709
6%
92
77
85
46.9
2.3
22
Yes
12 Roosevelt Borough Monmouth 913
-2.1%
$240,000
162%
$5,197
23%
92
85
81
4.4
4.0
2
Yes
13 Rockleigh Borough Bergen 393
0.5%
$2,400,000
242%
$10,840
39%
87
89
95
27.8
0.0
6
Yes
14 Roseland Borough Essex 5,400
1.9%
$582,500
99%
$7,087
20%
93
89
93
8.1
3.4
18
Yes
15 Alpine Borough Bergen 2,429
11.3%
$3,100,000
243%
$12,295
48%
86
96
95
3.8
2.9
7
Yes
16 Mountainside Borough Union 6,644
0.6%
$635,000
96%
$7,420
5%
96
95
96
11.0
2.5
14
Yes
17 Cedar Grove Township Essex 12,848
4.5%
$494,000
115%
$6,593
17%
93
80
90
17.2
1.2
16
Yes
18 Walpack Township Sussex 40
-2.4%
n/a
n/a
$800
>75%
96
84
94
n/a
0.0
1
No
19 Folsom Borough Atlantic 1,948
-1.2%
$202,500
182%
$2,627
8%
88
93
83
19.3
2.6
1
Yes
20 Dennis Township Cape May 5,907
-9.0%
$216,200
88%
$2,597
56%
83
85
79
23.2
4.0
1
No
21 Union Township Hunterdon 6,352
3.1%
$319,950
174%
$7,433
31%
91
89
94
6.5
3.4
2
Yes
22 Manasquan Borough Monmouth 6,199
-1.8%
$607,500
179%
$6,586
12%
92
88
91
26.9
2.4
3
Yes
23 Tabernacle Township Burlington 7,337
2.4%
$358,800
110%
$6,666
43%
92
86
92
9.9
2.2
3
No
24 Chatham Borough Morris 8,390
-0.8%
$693,000
86%
$8,780
12%
96
95
94
11.6
2.5
13
Yes
25 North Caldwell Borough Essex 7,207
-2.3%
$760,000
113%
$11,323
7%
90
89
93
7.0
3.0
16
Yes
26 Sandyston Township Sussex 1,924
5.4%
$250,000
113%
$3,794
73%
96
84
94
8.9
4.1
2
No
27 Ogdensburg Borough Sussex 2,623
-0.6%
$273,500
104%
$5,972
29%
86
78
87
2.7
3.7
2
No
28 Spring Lake Heights Borough Monmouth 5,106
-2.3%
$490,000
128%
$5,321
3%
79
92
91
6.6
3.2
4
Yes
29 Summit City Union 21,103
-0.1%
$787,500
88%
$10,665
54%
93
86
94
11.9
2.5
16
Yes
30 West Caldwell Township Essex 10,797
-3.9%
$455,000
78%
$7,619
16%
89
84
93
10.6
3.3
17
Yes
31 Leonia Borough Bergen 8,799
-1.3%
$509,850
105%
$9,162
28%
88
79
83
9.7
2.8
15
Yes
32 Caldwell Township Essex 7,373
-2.8%
$423,650
84%
$8,977
5%
89
84
93
6.8
2.3
17
Yes
33 Clark Township Union 14,650
0.4%
$415,000
108%
$7,627
14%
92
87
81
14.7
2.1
16
Yes
34 Lower Township Cape May 20,785
-9.4%
$225,000
178%
$2,622
27%
85
72
81
24.5
8.4
1
Yes
35 Little Ferry Borough Bergen 10,715
-0.8%
$370,000
155%
$7,095
11%
86
82
82
11.1
4.6
20
Yes
36 Brigantine City Atlantic 12,886
2.3%
$400,000
196%
$4,370
>75%
91
75
58
18.2
4.3
2
Yes
37 Cranford Township Union 22,369
-0.9%
$446,250
95%
$8,119
13%
93
86
95
12.9
2.6
15
Yes
38 Nutley Township Essex 27,011
-1.3%
$409,225
141%
$8,438
8%
90
81
88
17.4
3.9
23
Yes
39 Wood-Ridge Borough Bergen 7,594
-0.7%
$413,250
124%
$6,421
1%
84
84
87
8.1
3.2
23
Yes
40 Stillwater Township Sussex 4,385
2.8%
$247,500
80%
$5,084
34%
98
84
94
6.8
1.7
1
No
41 Ho-Ho-Kus Borough Bergen 4,095
0.9%
$719,000
66%
$10,094
3%
96
90
95
3.4
0.5
10
Yes
42 Cape May Point Borough Cape May 230
-4.6%
$837,500
173%
$3,187
18%
87
72
81
122.9
0.0
1
Yes
43 Linwood City Atlantic 7,354
2.5%
$330,000
146%
$6,420
20%
96
91
91
12.7
3.7
3
Yes
44 Montville Township Morris 21,442
2.9%
$585,000
93%
$9,051
18%
94
91
94
11.2
1.9
13
Yes
45 Shrewsbury Township Monmouth 1,073
-2.3%
$231,000
173%
$4,312
4%
92
85
85
5.6
7.2
4
Yes
46 Teterboro Borough Bergen 18
0.0%
n/a
n/a
$1,599
<1%
80
69
95
n/a
0.0
21
Yes
47 New Hanover Township Burlington 9,479
-2.7%
$325,000
178%
$3,756
<1%
71
65
85
2.2
3.6
1
No
48 Haworth Borough Bergen 3,433
1.3%