Best Places to Live in New Jersey for Affordable Living

Top 25 places

1. #1TrentonPopulation 90,055 · mixed overall livability23% match
2. #2CamdenPopulation 71,799 · mixed overall livability23% match
3. #3BridgetonPopulation 26,895 · mixed overall livability23% match
4. #4Cliffside ParkPopulation 25,546 · mixed overall livability23% match
5. #5NewarkPopulation 307,355 · mixed overall livability11% match
6. #6Jersey CityPopulation 287,899 · mixed overall livability11% match
7. #7PatersonPopulation 157,864 · mixed overall livability11% match
8. #8ElizabethPopulation 135,665 · mixed overall livability11% match
9. #9Toms RiverPopulation 92,827 · mixed overall livability11% match
10. #10CliftonPopulation 89,451 · mixed overall livability11% match
11. #11BayonnePopulation 70,497 · mixed overall livability11% match
12. #12PassaicPopulation 70,048 · mixed overall livability11% match
13. #13East OrangePopulation 68,879 · mixed overall livability11% match
14. #14LakewoodPopulation 68,555 · mixed overall livability11% match
15. #15Union CityPopulation 67,258 · mixed overall livability11% match
16. #16VinelandPopulation 60,796 · mixed overall livability11% match
17. #17HobokenPopulation 58,754 · mixed overall livability11% match
18. #18New BrunswickPopulation 55,718 · mixed overall livability11% match
19. #19Perth AmboyPopulation 55,226 · mixed overall livability11% match
20. #20PlainfieldPopulation 54,358 · mixed overall livability11% match
21. #21West New YorkPopulation 52,438 · mixed overall livability11% match
22. #22SicklervillePopulation 45,853 · mixed overall livability11% match
23. #23HackensackPopulation 45,758 · mixed overall livability11% match
24. #24SayrevillePopulation 45,136 · mixed overall livability11% match
25. #25LindenPopulation 43,478 · mixed overall livability11% match

Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.

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