Top Towns 2010: By County

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Corbin CityAtlantic
109
Folsom BoroughAtlantic
116
Estell Manor CityAtlantic
144
Port Republic CityAtlantic
197
Weymouth TownshipAtlantic
268
Mullica CityAtlantic
274
Hammonton TownshipAtlantic
297
Linwood CityAtlantic
316
Northfield CityAtlantic
319
Galloway TownshipAtlantic
327
Brigantine CityAtlantic
345
Ventnor CityAtlantic
397
Buena Vista TownshipAtlantic
427
Hamilton TownshipAtlantic
435
Buena BoroughAtlantic
442
Margate CityAtlantic
478
Somers Point CityAtlantic
497
Absecon CityAtlantic
523
Egg Harbor TownshipAtlantic
529
Longport CityAtlantic
530
Pleasantville CityAtlantic
535
Egg Harbor CityAtlantic
548
Atlantic CityAtlantic
20
Teterboro BoroughBergen
30
Ho-Ho-Kus BoroughBergen
42
Ridgewood VillageBergen
53
Woodcliff Lake BoroughBergen
58
Mahwah TownshipBergen
67
Demarest BoroughBergen
68
Oradell BoroughBergen
78
Waldwick BoroughBergen
84
Midland Park BoroughBergen
86
Park Ridge BoroughBergen
89
River Vale TownshipBergen
92
Ramsey BoroughBergen
97
Closter BoroughBergen
101
Allendale BoroughBergen
104
North Arlington BoroughBergen
110
Oakland BoroughBergen
125
River Edge BoroughBergen
126
Westwood BoroughBergen
131
Glen Rock BoroughBergen
143
Tenafly BoroughBergen
148
Leonia BoroughBergen
149
Emerson BoroughBergen
151
Fair Lawn BoroughBergen
152
Northvale BoroughBergen
160
Hillsdale BoroughBergen
171
Fort Lee BoroughBergen
172
Lyndhurst TownshipBergen
178
Dumont BoroughBergen
179
Alpine BoroughBergen
184
Haworth BoroughBergen
187
Hasbrouck Heights BoroughBergen
193
Ridgefield Park VillageBergen
196
Wyckoff TownshipBergen
199
Harrington Park BoroughBergen
211
Bergenfield BoroughBergen
213
Wood-Ridge BoroughBergen
216
Montvale BoroughBergen
219
Rutherford BoroughBergen
245
Old Tappan BoroughBergen
251
Englewood Cliffs BoroughBergen
253
Washington TownshipBergen
255
Teaneck TownshipBergen
256
Paramus BoroughBergen
257
Maywood BoroughBergen
259
Edgewater BoroughBergen
299
Little Ferry BoroughBergen
300
Cresskill BoroughBergen
318
Norwood BoroughBergen
323
New Milford BoroughBergen
324
Rockleigh BoroughBergen
361
Lodi BoroughBergen
362
Saddle River BoroughBergen
367
Wallington BoroughBergen
382
Upper Saddle River BoroughBergen
386
Franklin Lakes BoroughBergen
401
Cliffside Park BoroughBergen
405
Garfield CityBergen
406
Ridgefield BoroughBergen
409
Rochelle Park TownshipBergen
418
Moonachie BoroughBergen
426
Bogota BoroughBergen
441
South Hackensack TownshipBergen
444
Carlstadt BoroughBergen
448
Elmwood Park BoroughBergen
463
Saddle Brook TownshipBergen
475
Hackensack CityBergen
509
Englewood CityBergen
517
East Rutherford BoroughBergen
519
Palisades Park BoroughBergen
528
Fairview BoroughBergen
4
New Hanover TownshipBurlington
6
Tabernacle TownshipBurlington
12
Medford TownshipBurlington
13
Shamong TownshipBurlington
35
Mount Laurel TownshipBurlington
36
Evesham TownshipBurlington
49
Medford Lakes BoroughBurlington
57
Riverton BoroughBurlington
94
Pemberton TownshipBurlington
118
Southampton TownshipBurlington
123
Delran TownshipBurlington
135
Bordentown CityBurlington
191
Westampton TownshipBurlington
204
Eastampton TownshipBurlington
224
Riverside TownshipBurlington
254
Woodland TownshipBurlington
271
Moorestown TownshipBurlington
273
Washington TownshipBurlington
281
Mount Holly TownshipBurlington
282
Bordentown TownshipBurlington
283
Pemberton BoroughBurlington
288
Hainesport TownshipBurlington
292
Florence TownshipBurlington
296
Burlington CityBurlington
341
Maple Shade BoroughBurlington
344
Cinnaminson TownshipBurlington
349
Lumberton TownshipBurlington
355
Burlington TownshipBurlington
357
Palmyra BoroughBurlington
373
Springfield TownshipBurlington
398
Bass River TownshipBurlington
424
North Hanover TownshipBurlington
429
Fieldsboro BoroughBurlington
455
Beverly CityBurlington
473
Edgewater Park TownshipBurlington
485
Willingboro TownshipBurlington
496
Mansfield TownshipBurlington
502
Delanco TownshipBurlington
521
Chesterfield TownshipBurlington
536
Wrightstown BoroughBurlington
33
Haddonfield BoroughCamden
56
Stratford BoroughCamden
90
Haddon Heights BoroughCamden
95
Barrington BoroughCamden
103
Gibbsboro BoroughCamden
106
Tavistock BoroughCamden
119
Pine Valley BoroughCamden
120
Waterford TownshipCamden
127
Audubon BoroughCamden
129
Haddon TownshipCamden
166
Bellmawr BoroughCamden
175
Oaklyn BoroughCamden
186
Somerdale BoroughCamden
198
Audubon Park BoroughCamden
215
Cherry Hill TownshipCamden
221
Merchantville BoroughCamden
225
Runnemede BoroughCamden
229
Voorhees TownshipCamden
269
Collingswood BoroughCamden
294
Laurel Springs BoroughCamden
309
Brooklawn BoroughCamden
314
Clementon BoroughCamden
317
Berlin TownshipCamden
320
Gloucester TownshipCamden
330
Hi-Nella BoroughCamden
331
Berlin BoroughCamden
340
Winslow TownshipCamden
365
Magnolia BoroughCamden
377
Lindenwold BoroughCamden
383
Pine Hill BoroughCamden
392
Mount Ephraim BoroughCamden
393
Pennsauken TownshipCamden
428
Gloucester CityCamden
453
Lawnside BoroughCamden
481
Camden CityCamden
518
Woodlynne BoroughCamden
557
Chesilhurst BoroughCamden
5
Upper TownshipCape May
113
Dennis TownshipCape May
117
Cape May Point BoroughCape May
272
Lower TownshipCape May
276
Ocean CityCape May
325
Stone Harbor BoroughCape May
390
Cape May CityCape May
437
Avalon BoroughCape May
456
Middle TownshipCape May
457
Sea Isle CityCape May
479
West Wildwood BoroughCape May
482
Wildwood Crest BoroughCape May
492
West Cape May BoroughCape May
531
Woodbine BoroughCape May
553
North Wildwood CityCape May
566
Wildwood CityCape May
51
Maurice River TownshipCumberland
121
Downe TownshipCumberland
173
Stow Creek TownshipCumberland
231
Greenwich TownshipCumberland
312
Hopewell TownshipCumberland
329
Lawrence TownshipCumberland
350
Commercial TownshipCumberland
381
Vineland CityCumberland
407
Millville CityCumberland
419
Deerfield TownshipCumberland
452
Fairfield BoroughCumberland
491
Upper Deerfield TownshipCumberland
522
Shiloh BoroughCumberland
549
Bridgeton CityCumberland
3
Caldwell TownshipEssex
9
Verona TownshipEssex
10
North Caldwell BoroughEssex
25
Roseland BoroughEssex
38
Glen Ridge BoroughEssex
44
Essex Fells TownshipEssex
47
Cedar Grove TownshipEssex
60
West Caldwell TownshipEssex
62
Millburn TownshipEssex
87
Nutley TownshipEssex
96
Livingston TownshipEssex
99
Maplewood TownshipEssex
156
Montclair TownshipEssex
236
Belleville TownshipEssex
250
West Orange TownshipEssex
290
Fairfield BoroughEssex
351
Bloomfield TownshipEssex
388
South Orange VillageEssex
525
Orange, City ofEssex
544
Newark CityEssex
546
East Orange CityEssex
560
Irvington TownshipEssex
138
Greenwich TownshipGloucester
142
Logan TownshipGloucester
217
West Deptford TownshipGloucester
228
Clayton BoroughGloucester
233
Pitman BoroughGloucester
244
Mantua TownshipGloucester
293
South Harrison TownshipGloucester
307
Newfield BoroughGloucester
333
Wenonah BoroughGloucester
346
Washington TownshipGloucester
353
Woodbury CityGloucester
371
East Greenwich TownshipGloucester
375
Glassboro BoroughGloucester
385
Westville BoroughGloucester
404
Monroe TownshipGloucester
445
Harrison TownshipGloucester
470
Elk TownshipGloucester
471
National Park BoroughGloucester
477
Woodbury Heights BoroughGloucester
493
Franklin TownshipGloucester
500
Deptford TownshipGloucester
532
Paulsboro BoroughGloucester
542
Woolwich TownshipGloucester
551
Swedesboro BoroughGloucester
150
Weehawken TownshipHudson
182
Secaucus TownHudson
237
North Bergen TownshipHudson
246
East Newark BoroughHudson
285
Kearny TownHudson
342
Guttenberg TownHudson
389
Union CityHudson
402
Jersey CityHudson
420
Bayonne CityHudson
476
Hoboken CityHudson
512
Harrison TownHudson
559
West New York TownHudson
15
East Amwell TownshipHunterdon
26
Tewksbury TownshipHunterdon
65
West Amwell TownshipHunterdon
74
Clinton TownHunterdon
81
High Bridge BoroughHunterdon
91
Holland TownshipHunterdon
122
Frenchtown BoroughHunterdon
130
Raritan TownshipHunterdon
136
Bethlehem TownshipHunterdon
146
Califon BoroughHunterdon
155
Readington TownshipHunterdon
157
Clinton TownshipHunterdon
162
Glen Gardner BoroughHunterdon
164
Lebanon TownshipHunterdon
167
Alexandria TownshipHunterdon
174
Union TownshipHunterdon
183
Delaware TownshipHunterdon
214
Franklin TownshipHunterdon
241
Stockton BoroughHunterdon
287
Flemington BoroughHunterdon
295
Bloomsbury BoroughHunterdon
322
Kingwood TownshipHunterdon
356
Lambertville CityHunterdon
413
Lebanon BoroughHunterdon
495
Hampton BoroughHunterdon
514
Milford BoroughHunterdon
43
Princeton TownshipMercer
107
Hopewell BoroughMercer
124
Hopewell TownshipMercer
176
West Windsor TownshipMercer
235
East Windsor TownshipMercer
238
Pennington BoroughMercer
264
Robbinsville TownshipMercer
328
Lawrence TownshipMercer
339
Ewing TownshipMercer
354
Princeton BoroughMercer
472
Hamilton TownshipMercer
526
Hightstown BoroughMercer
539
Trenton CityMercer
7
Plainsboro TownshipMiddlesex
46
Helmetta BoroughMiddlesex
132
Old Bridge TownshipMiddlesex
153
South Brunswick TownshipMiddlesex
190
East Brunswick TownshipMiddlesex
202
Highland Park BoroughMiddlesex
220
Middlesex BoroughMiddlesex
247
Milltown BoroughMiddlesex
280
Edison TownshipMiddlesex
286
Cranbury TownshipMiddlesex
302
Spotswood BoroughMiddlesex
332
Piscataway TownshipMiddlesex
347
Metuchen BoroughMiddlesex
352
South Plainfield BoroughMiddlesex
358
Woodbridge TownshipMiddlesex
399
North Brunswick TownshipMiddlesex
414
South River BoroughMiddlesex
416
Sayreville BoroughMiddlesex
421
South Amboy CityMiddlesex
439
Jamesburg BoroughMiddlesex
466
Monroe TownshipMiddlesex
480
Carteret BoroughMiddlesex
487
Dunellen BoroughMiddlesex
556
New Brunswick CityMiddlesex
564
Perth Amboy CityMiddlesex
18
Colts Neck TownshipMonmouth
41
Farmingdale BoroughMonmouth
45
Spring Lake Heights BoroughMonmouth
48
Englishtown BoroughMonmouth
71
Lake Como BoroughMonmouth
72
Fair Haven BoroughMonmouth
80
Roosevelt BoroughMonmouth
112
Allentown BoroughMonmouth
114
Rumson BoroughMonmouth
134
Middletown TownshipMonmouth
145
Oceanport BoroughMonmouth
159
Wall TownshipMonmouth
165
Holmdel TownshipMonmouth
168
Monmouth Beach BoroughMonmouth
180
Deal BoroughMonmouth
201
Howell TownshipMonmouth
206
Millstone TownshipMonmouth
207
Sea Girt BoroughMonmouth
208
Little Silver BoroughMonmouth
222
Hazlet TownshipMonmouth
227
Sea Bright BoroughMonmouth
230
Marlboro TownshipMonmouth
239
Tinton Falls BoroughMonmouth
240
Spring Lake BoroughMonmouth
243
Shrewsbury TownshipMonmouth
248
Highlands BoroughMonmouth
249
Brielle BoroughMonmouth
262
Aberdeen TownshipMonmouth
291
Manasquan BoroughMonmouth
303
Freehold TownshipMonmouth
311
Manalapan TownshipMonmouth
359
Interlaken BoroughMonmouth
368
Neptune City BoroughMonmouth
370
Belmar BoroughMonmouth
376
Matawan BoroughMonmouth
391
Atlantic Highlands BoroughMonmouth
411
Upper Freehold TownshipMonmouth
417
Allenhurst BoroughMonmouth
422
Keyport BoroughMonmouth
458
Ocean TownshipMonmouth
474
Eatontown BoroughMonmouth
484
Shrewsbury BoroughMonmouth
494
Avon-by-the-Sea BoroughMonmouth
501
Keansburg BoroughMonmouth
504
Union Beach BoroughMonmouth
506
Red Bank BoroughMonmouth
511
Bradley Beach BoroughMonmouth
513
Neptune TownshipMonmouth
520
West Long Branch BoroughMonmouth
538
Freehold BoroughMonmouth
545
Long Branch CityMonmouth
561
Asbury Park CityMonmouth
565
Loch Arbour VillageMonmouth
2
Chatham TownshipMorris
16
Mendham TownshipMorris
21
Kinnelon BoroughMorris
32
Harding TownshipMorris
40
Montville TownshipMorris
52
Long Hill TownshipMorris
54
Chatham BoroughMorris
64
East Hanover TownshipMorris
69
Chester TownshipMorris
79
Lincoln Park BoroughMorris
93
Mendham BoroughMorris
108
Boonton TownshipMorris
111
Morris TownshipMorris
115
Hanover TownshipMorris
137
Denville TownshipMorris
139
Parsippany-Troy Hills TownshipMorris
140
Randolph TownshipMorris
158
Pequannock TownshipMorris
177
Roxbury TownshipMorris
192
Mountain Lakes BoroughMorris
195
Chester BoroughMorris
200
Florham Park BoroughMorris
210
Madison BoroughMorris
218
Jefferson TownshipMorris
223
Rockaway TownshipMorris
226
Mine Hill TownshipMorris
242
Washington TownshipMorris
265
Morris Plains BoroughMorris
306
Butler BoroughMorris
308
Victory Gardens BoroughMorris
336
Rockaway BoroughMorris
343
Mount Arlington BoroughMorris
396
Netcong BoroughMorris
408
Riverdale BoroughMorris
431
Dover TownMorris
436
Mount Olive TownshipMorris
449
Boonton TownMorris
459
Wharton BoroughMorris
510
Morristown TownMorris
63
Lavallette BoroughOcean
133
Lacey TownshipOcean
181
Jackson TownshipOcean
194
Manchester TownshipOcean
260
Barnegat Light BoroughOcean
270
Point Pleasant BoroughOcean
298
Beachwood BoroughOcean
315
Berkeley TownshipOcean
334
Toms River TownshipOcean
335
Barnegat TownshipOcean
348
Point Pleasant Beach BoroughOcean
380
Stafford TownshipOcean
384
Ocean Gate BoroughOcean
403
Brick TownshipOcean
412
Pine Beach BoroughOcean
447
Long Beach TownshipOcean
450
Ship Bottom BoroughOcean
451
Little Egg Harbor TownshipOcean
460
Plumsted TownshipOcean
462
Surf City BoroughOcean
465
Tuckerton BoroughOcean
468
Harvey Cedars BoroughOcean
486
Seaside Park BoroughOcean
488
Ocean TownshipOcean
490
Bay Head BoroughOcean
499
Eagleswood TownshipOcean
508
Island Heights BoroughOcean
515
Mantoloking BoroughOcean
516
South Toms River BoroughOcean
527
Lakehurst BoroughOcean
534
Seaside Heights BoroughOcean
547
Lakewood TownshipOcean
550
Beach Haven BoroughOcean
102
Ringwood BoroughPassaic
161
West Milford TownshipPassaic
203
Bloomingdale BoroughPassaic
205
Wanaque BoroughPassaic
252
North Haledon BoroughPassaic
278
Hawthorne BoroughPassaic
310
Wayne TownshipPassaic
372
Woodland Park BoroughPassaic
387
Little Falls TownshipPassaic
425
Pompton Lakes BoroughPassaic
433
Clifton CityPassaic
469
Totowa BoroughPassaic
537
Passaic CityPassaic
552
Haledon BoroughPassaic
555
Paterson CityPassaic
558
Prospect Park BoroughPassaic
37
Quinton TownshipSalem
39
Elsinboro TownshipSalem
50
Lower Alloways Creek TownshipSalem
105
Elmer BoroughSalem
163
Mannington TownshipSalem
209
Woodstown BoroughSalem
232
Alloway TownshipSalem
261
Pennsville TownshipSalem
266
Pilesgrove TownshipSalem
301
Oldmans TownshipSalem
321
Pittsgrove TownshipSalem
337
Upper Pittsgrove TownshipSalem
541
Carneys Point TownshipSalem
554
Penns Grove BoroughSalem
562
Salem CitySalem
1
Bedminster TownshipSomerset
11
Millstone BoroughSomerset
14
Peapack-Gladstone BoroughSomerset
22
Bernards TownshipSomerset
29
Branchburg TownshipSomerset
31
Hillsborough TownshipSomerset
61
Rocky Hill BoroughSomerset
82
Bernardsville BoroughSomerset
88
Bridgewater TownshipSomerset
147
Warren TownshipSomerset
169
Franklin TownshipSomerset
305
Montgomery TownshipSomerset
360
Far Hills BoroughSomerset
378
South Bound Brook BoroughSomerset
394
Watchung BoroughSomerset
400
North Plainfield BoroughSomerset
415
Green Brook TownshipSomerset
443
Bound Brook BoroughSomerset
464
Raritan BoroughSomerset
483
Somerville BoroughSomerset
489
Manville BoroughSomerset
17
Walpack TownshipSussex
27
Sandyston TownshipSussex
70
Stillwater TownshipSussex
73
Andover BoroughSussex
83
Sparta TownshipSussex
98
Byram TownshipSussex
128
Hampton TownshipSussex
141
Sussex BoroughSussex
170
Fredon TownshipSussex
185
Andover TownshipSussex
212
Ogdensburg BoroughSussex
258
Stanhope BoroughSussex
277
Vernon TownshipSussex
284
Franklin BoroughSussex
304
Hardyston TownshipSussex
338
Green TownshipSussex
363
Montague TownshipSussex
364
Hopatcong BoroughSussex
423
Frankford TownshipSussex
430
Wantage TownshipSussex
446
Branchville BoroughSussex
461
Newton TownSussex
498
Hamburg BoroughSussex
503
Lafayette TownshipSussex
8
Mountainside BoroughUnion
19
Berkeley Heights TownshipUnion
24
Clark TownshipUnion
34
Cranford TownshipUnion
66
New Providence BoroughUnion
75
Scotch Plains TownshipUnion
76
Summit CityUnion
85
Springfield TownshipUnion
154
Westfield TownUnion
188
Garwood BoroughUnion
234
Kenilworth BoroughUnion
313
Fanwood BoroughUnion
326
Winfield TownshipUnion
374
Union TownshipUnion
379
Roselle Park BoroughUnion
467
Rahway CityUnion
507
Hillside TownshipUnion
533
Roselle BoroughUnion
540
Linden CityUnion
543
Plainfield CityUnion
563
Elizabeth CityUnion
23
Hardwick TownshipWarren
28
Frelinghuysen TownshipWarren
55
Independence TownshipWarren
59
Harmony TownshipWarren
100
Allamuchy TownshipWarren
189
Oxford TownshipWarren
263
Blairstown TownshipWarren
267
Liberty TownshipWarren
275
White TownshipWarren
279
Belvidere TownWarren
289
Pohatcong TownshipWarren
366
Lopatcong TownshipWarren
369
Washington TownshipWarren
395
Alpha BoroughWarren
410
Hackettstown TownWarren
432
Phillipsburg TownWarren
434
Greenwich TownshipWarren
438
Mansfield TownshipWarren
440
Washington BoroughWarren
454
Hope TownshipWarren
505
Knowlton TownshipWarren
524
Franklin TownshipWarren
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