Top Towns—Alphabetical List

For your convenience, we've put all 514 New Jersey municipalities in alphabetical order, along with their county and overall rank.

To help you find your town in our Best Places to Live list, we’ve placed all the municipalities in alphabetical order to make things easy.

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2013 RankMunicipalityCounty
240Aberdeen townshipMonmouth
302Absecon cityAtlantic
70Alexandria townshipHunterdon
275Allamuchy townshipWarren
115Allendale boroughBergen
279Allentown boroughMonmouth
392Alloway townshipSalem
366Alpha boroughWarren
50Alpine boroughBergen
225Andover townshipSussex
471Asbury Park cityMonmouth
511Atlantic CityAtlantic
171Atlantic Highlands boroughMonmouth
337Audubon boroughCamden
162Avon-by-the-Sea boroughMonmouth
312Barnegat townshipOcean
391Barrington boroughCamden
439Bayonne cityHudson
346Beachwood boroughOcean
60Bedminster townshipSomerset
288Belleville townshipEssex
479Bellmawr boroughCamden
204Belmar boroughMonmouth
505Belvidere townWarren
258Bergenfield boroughBergen
85Berkeley Heights townshipUnion
283Berkeley townshipOcean
288Berlin boroughCamden
496Berlin townshipCamden
47Bernards townshipSomerset
27Bernardsville boroughSomerset
28Bethlehem townshipHunterdon
510Beverly cityBurlington
155Blairstown townshipWarren
417Bloomfield townshipEssex
406Bloomingdale boroughPassaic
459Bogota boroughBergen
268Boonton townMorris
149Boonton townshipMorris
216Bordentown cityBurlington
427Bordentown townshipBurlington
487Bound Brook boroughSomerset
365Bradley Beach boroughMonmouth
37Branchburg townshipSomerset
307Brick townshipOcean
456Bridgeton cityCumberland
120Bridgewater townshipSomerset
54Brielle boroughMonmouth
298Brigantine cityAtlantic
509Brooklawn boroughCamden
445Buena boroughAtlantic
497Buena Vista townshipAtlantic
480Burlington cityBurlington
340Burlington townshipBurlington
370Butler boroughMorris
364Byram townshipSussex
107Caldwell boroughEssex
436Camden cityCamden
397Cape May cityCape May
282Carlstadt boroughBergen
447Carneys Point townshipSalem
425Carteret boroughMiddlesex
170Cedar Grove townshipEssex
41Chatham boroughMorris
11Chatham townshipMorris
308Cherry Hill townshipCamden
501Chesilhurst boroughCamden
40Chester boroughMorris
25Chester townshipMorris
284Chesterfield townshipBurlington
142Cinnaminson townshipBurlington
452City of Orange townshipEssex
174Clark townshipUnion
369Clayton boroughGloucester
482Clementon boroughCamden
296Cliffside Park boroughBergen
426Clifton cityPassaic
87Clinton townHunterdon
42Clinton townshipHunterdon
33Closter boroughBergen
394Collingswood boroughCamden
102Colts Neck townshipMonmouth
449Commercial townshipCumberland
55Cranbury townshipMiddlesex
141Cranford townshipUnion
148Cresskill boroughBergen
383Deerfield townshipCumberland
305Delanco townshipBurlington
127Delaware townshipHunterdon
338Delran townshipBurlington
8Demarest boroughBergen
161Dennis townshipCape May
113Denville townshipMorris
316Deptford townshipGloucester
306Dover townMorris
508Downe townshipCumberland
222Dumont boroughBergen
323Dunellen boroughMiddlesex
178Eagleswood townshipOcean
35East Amwell townshipHunterdon
243East Brunswick townshipMiddlesex
343East Greenwich townshipGloucester
19East Hanover townshipMorris
483East Newark boroughHudson
503East Orange cityEssex
219East Rutherford boroughBergen
239East Windsor townshipMercer
303Eastampton townshipBurlington
358Eatontown boroughMonmouth
57Edgewater boroughBergen
403Edgewater Park townshipBurlington
236Edison townshipMiddlesex
514Egg Harbor CityAtlantic
388Egg Harbor townshipAtlantic
450Elizabeth cityUnion
329Elk townshipGloucester
420Elmwood Park boroughBergen
101Emerson boroughBergen
313Englewood cityBergen
45Englewood Cliffs boroughBergen
274Englishtown boroughMonmouth
72Essex Fells boroughEssex
198Estell Manor cityAtlantic
88Evesham townshipBurlington
463Ewing townshipMercer
22Fair Haven boroughMonmouth
207Fair Lawn boroughBergen
164Fairfield townshipEssex
327Fairfield townshipCumberland
347Fairview boroughBergen
99Fanwood boroughUnion
227Flemington boroughHunterdon
328Florence townshipBurlington
64Florham Park boroughMorris
290Folsom boroughAtlantic
213Fort Lee boroughBergen
318Frankford townshipSussex
407Franklin boroughSussex
30Franklin Lakes boroughBergen
84Franklin townshipHunterdon
238Franklin townshipGloucester
252Franklin townshipWarren
399Franklin townshipSomerset
317Fredon townshipSussex
349Freehold boroughMonmouth
139Freehold townshipMonmouth
359Frelinghuysen townshipWarren
354Galloway townshipAtlantic
331Garfield cityBergen
163Garwood boroughUnion
395Gibbsboro boroughCamden
463Glassboro boroughGloucester
181Glen Gardner boroughHunterdon
94Glen Ridge boroughEssex
63Glen Rock boroughBergen
454Gloucester CityCamden
311Gloucester townshipCamden
93Green Brook townshipSomerset
109Green townshipSussex
338Greenwich townshipWarren
433Greenwich townshipGloucester
498Guttenberg townHudson
334Hackensack cityBergen
212Hackettstown townWarren
86Haddon Heights boroughCamden
210Haddon townshipCamden
103Haddonfield boroughCamden
266Hainesport townshipBurlington
485Haledon boroughPassaic
270Hamburg boroughSussex
254Hamilton townshipAtlantic
348Hamilton townshipMercer
273Hammonton townAtlantic
221Hampton townshipSussex
48Hanover townshipMorris
18Harding townshipMorris
242Hardwick townshipWarren
208Hardyston townshipSussex
247Harmony townshipWarren
92Harrington Park boroughBergen
507Harrison townHudson
246Harrison townshipGloucester
200Hasbrouck Heights boroughBergen
74Haworth boroughBergen
373Hawthorne boroughPassaic
259Hazlet townshipMonmouth
71Helmetta boroughMiddlesex
310High Bridge boroughHunterdon
361Highland Park boroughMiddlesex
325Highlands boroughMonmouth
156Hightstown boroughMercer
10Hillsborough townshipSomerset
108Hillsdale boroughBergen
484Hillside townshipUnion
23Ho-Ho-Kus boroughBergen
202Hoboken cityHudson
117Holland townshipHunterdon
100Holmdel townshipMonmouth
413Hopatcong boroughSussex
291Hope townshipWarren
147Hopewell boroughMercer
106Hopewell townshipMercer
216Hopewell townshipCumberland
167Howell townshipMonmouth
379Independence townshipWarren
495Irvington townshipEssex
330Island Heights boroughOcean
276Jackson townshipOcean
442Jamesburg boroughMiddlesex
143Jefferson townshipMorris
465Jersey CityHudson
443Keansburg boroughMonmouth
467Kearny townHudson
388Kenilworth boroughUnion
385Keyport boroughMonmouth
160Kingwood townshipHunterdon
43Kinnelon boroughMorris
131Knowlton townshipWarren
277Lacey townshipOcean
400Lafayette townshipSussex
110Lake Como boroughMonmouth
260Lakehurst boroughOcean
264Lakewood townshipOcean
121Lambertville cityHunterdon
384Laurel Springs boroughCamden
128Lavallette boroughOcean
475Lawnside boroughCamden
281Lawrence townshipMercer
414Lawrence townshipCumberland
36Lebanon BoroughHunterdon
58Lebanon townshipHunterdon
232Leonia boroughBergen
197Liberty townshipWarren
137Lincoln Park boroughMorris
488Linden cityUnion
489Lindenwold boroughCamden
241Linwood cityAtlantic
458Little Egg Harbor townshipOcean
255Little Falls townshipPassaic
187Little Ferry boroughBergen
69Little Silver boroughMonmouth
68Livingston townshipEssex
352Lodi boroughBergen
199Logan townshipGloucester
226Long Beach townshipOcean
375Long Branch cityMonmouth
104Long Hill townshipMorris
265Lopatcong townshipWarren
154Lower Alloways Creek townshipSalem
151Lower townshipCape May
272Lumberton townshipBurlington
313Lyndhurst townshipBergen
17Madison boroughMorris
461Magnolia boroughCamden
26Mahwah townshipBergen
153Manalapan townshipMonmouth
186Manasquan boroughMonmouth
437Manchester townshipOcean
278Mannington townshipSalem
165Mansfield townshipBurlington
374Mansfield townshipWarren
190Mantua townshipGloucester
444Manville boroughSomerset
438Maple Shade townshipBurlington
179Maplewood townshipEssex
112Margate CityAtlantic
152Marlboro townshipMonmouth
286Matawan boroughMonmouth
421Maurice River townshipCumberland
157Maywood boroughBergen
206Medford Lakes boroughBurlington
177Medford townshipBurlington
1Mendham boroughMorris
32Mendham townshipMorris
435Merchantville boroughCamden
185Metuchen boroughMiddlesex
150Middle townshipCape May
320Middlesex boroughMiddlesex
158Middletown townshipMonmouth
205Midland Park boroughBergen
62Millburn townshipEssex
77Millstone townshipMonmouth
168Milltown boroughMiddlesex
411Millville cityCumberland
299Mine Hill townshipMorris
75Monmouth Beach boroughMonmouth
319Monroe townshipGloucester
377Monroe townshipMiddlesex
404Montague townshipSussex
116Montclair townshipEssex
53Montgomery townshipSomerset
76Montvale boroughBergen
15Montville townshipMorris
446Moonachie boroughBergen
56Moorestown townshipBurlington
123Morris Plains boroughMorris
129Morris townshipMorris
114Morristown townMorris
166Mount Arlington boroughMorris
468Mount Ephraim boroughCamden
418Mount Holly townshipBurlington
73Mount Laurel townshipBurlington
132Mount Olive townshipMorris
20Mountain Lakes boroughMorris
44Mountainside boroughUnion
262Mullica townshipAtlantic
411National Park boroughGloucester
469Neptune City boroughMonmouth
363Neptune townshipMonmouth
408Netcong boroughMorris
462New Brunswick cityMiddlesex
415New Hanover townshipBurlington
342New Milford boroughBergen
59New Providence boroughUnion
506Newark cityEssex
250Newfield boroughGloucester
432Newton townSussex
333North Arlington boroughBergen
434North Bergen townshipHudson
430North Brunswick townshipMiddlesex
3North Caldwell boroughEssex
172North Haledon boroughPassaic
90North Hanover townshipBurlington
477North Plainfield boroughSomerset
182North Wildwood cityCape May
351Northfield cityAtlantic
193Northvale boroughBergen
4Norwood boroughBergen
144Nutley townshipEssex
15Oakland boroughBergen
416Oaklyn boroughCamden
98Ocean CityCape May
371Ocean Gate boroughOcean
119Ocean townshipOcean
223Ocean townshipMonmouth
60Oceanport boroughMonmouth
441Ogdensburg boroughSussex
280Old Bridge townshipMiddlesex
24Old Tappan boroughBergen
211Oldmans townshipSalem
97Oradell boroughBergen
124Oxford townshipWarren
140Palisades Park boroughBergen
422Palmyra boroughBurlington
21Paramus boroughBergen
51Park Ridge boroughBergen
126Parsippany-Troy Hills townshipMorris
429Passaic cityPassaic
504Paterson cityPassaic
474Paulsboro boroughGloucester
184Peapack and Gladstone boroughSomerset
335Pemberton townshipBurlington
34Pennington boroughMercer
466Penns Grove boroughSalem
486Pennsauken townshipCamden
427Pennsville townshipSalem
14Pequannock townshipMorris
440Perth Amboy cityMiddlesex
481Phillipsburg townWarren
237Pilesgrove townshipSalem
355Pine Beach boroughOcean
470Pine Hill boroughCamden
350Piscataway townshipMiddlesex
321Pitman boroughGloucester
362Pittsgrove townshipSalem
492Plainfield cityUnion
67Plainsboro townshipMiddlesex
513Pleasantville cityAtlantic
192Plumsted townshipOcean
476Pohatcong townshipWarren
176Point Pleasant Beach boroughOcean
180Point Pleasant boroughOcean
341Pompton Lakes boroughPassaic
52Princeton boroughMercer
9Princeton townshipMercer
493Prospect Park boroughPassaic
372Quinton townshipSalem
500Rahway cityUnion
135Ramsey boroughBergen
80Randolph townshipMorris
96Raritan boroughSomerset
38Raritan townshipHunterdon
29Readington townshipHunterdon
300Red Bank boroughMonmouth
194Ridgefield boroughBergen
134Ridgefield Park villageBergen
81Ridgewood villageBergen
231Ringwood boroughPassaic
95River Edge boroughBergen
49River Vale townshipBergen
326Riverdale boroughMorris
453Riverside townshipBurlington
393Riverton boroughBurlington
158Robbinsville townshipMercer
227Rochelle Park townshipBergen
402Rockaway boroughMorris
196Rockaway townshipMorris
146Roseland boroughEssex
448Roselle boroughUnion
248Roselle Park boroughUnion
215Roxbury townshipMorris
13Rumson boroughMonmouth
491Runnemede boroughCamden
250Rutherford boroughBergen
360Saddle Brook townshipBergen
65Saddle River boroughBergen
478Salem citySalem
385Sandyston townshipSussex
405Sayreville boroughMiddlesex
82Scotch Plains townshipUnion
39Sea Girt boroughMonmouth
125Sea Isle CityCape May
344Seaside Heights boroughOcean
203Seaside Park boroughOcean
294Secaucus townHudson
175Shamong townshipBurlington
220Shrewsbury boroughMonmouth
396Somerdale boroughCamden
382Somers Point cityAtlantic
471Somerville boroughSomerset
331South Amboy cityMiddlesex
398South Bound Brook boroughSomerset
122South Brunswick townshipMiddlesex
410South Hackensack townshipBergen
261South Harrison townshipGloucester
233South Orange Village townshipEssex
304South Plainfield boroughMiddlesex
223South River boroughMiddlesex
424South Toms River boroughOcean
229Southampton townshipBurlington
195Sparta townshipSussex
271Spotswood boroughMiddlesex
12Spring Lake boroughMonmouth
209Spring Lake Heights boroughMonmouth
269Springfield townshipUnion
356Springfield townshipBurlington
315Stafford townshipOcean
145Stanhope boroughSussex
111Stillwater townshipSussex
419Stratford boroughCamden
133Summit cityUnion
285Sussex boroughSussex
301Swedesboro boroughGloucester
66Tabernacle townshipBurlington
256Teaneck townshipBergen
7Tenafly boroughBergen
31Tewksbury townshipHunterdon
91Tinton Falls boroughMonmouth
235Toms River townshipOcean
387Totowa boroughPassaic
499Trenton cityMercer
409Tuckerton boroughOcean
455Union Beach boroughMonmouth
502Union CityHudson
5Union townshipHunterdon
460Union townshipUnion
423Upper Deerfield townshipCumberland
245Upper Freehold townshipMonmouth
169Upper Pittsgrove townshipSalem
82Upper Saddle River boroughBergen
230Upper townshipCape May
457Ventnor CityAtlantic
291Vernon townshipSussex
78Verona townshipEssex
293Victory Gardens boroughMorris
380Vineland cityCumberland
188Voorhees townshipCamden
138Waldwick boroughBergen
214Wall townshipMonmouth
357Wallington boroughBergen
297Wanaque boroughPassaic
295Wantage townshipSussex
2Warren townshipSomerset
451Washington boroughWarren
46Washington townshipMorris
105Washington townshipBergen
249Washington townshipGloucester
473Washington townshipWarren
173Watchung boroughSomerset
490Waterford townshipCamden
253Wayne townshipPassaic
234Weehawken townshipHudson
336Wenonah boroughGloucester
201West Amwell townshipHunterdon
118West Caldwell townshipEssex
287West Deptford townshipGloucester
183West Long Branch boroughMonmouth
324West Milford townshipPassaic
390West New York townHudson
309West Orange townshipEssex
79West Windsor townshipMercer
136Westampton townshipBurlington
89Westfield townUnion
368Westville boroughGloucester
257Westwood boroughBergen
266Weymouth townshipAtlantic
401Wharton boroughMorris
218White townshipWarren
321Wildwood cityCape May
263Wildwood Crest boroughCape May
378Willingboro townshipBurlington
494Winslow townshipCamden
244Wood-Ridge boroughBergen
345Woodbine boroughCape May
381Woodbridge townshipMiddlesex
367Woodbury cityGloucester
189Woodbury Heights boroughGloucester
6Woodcliff Lake boroughBergen
431Woodland Park boroughPassaic
191Woodland townshipBurlington
512Woodlynne boroughCamden
376Woodstown boroughSalem
352Woolwich townshipGloucester
130Wyckoff townshipBergen

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