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Ranked for Retirees

Best Places to Live in New Jersey for Retirees

Warm winters, low taxes, low crime, clean air, a calmer pace Ranked by how well each place fits the Retirees profile across cost, schools, climate, and safety — see how we score.

Top 25 places

  1. #1Atlantic CityPopulation 38,487 · mixed overall livability26% match
  2. #2KearnyPopulation 41,157 · mixed overall livability23% match
  3. #3WestfieldPopulation 30,839 · mixed overall livability23% match
  4. #4TrentonPopulation 90,055 · mixed overall livability15% match
  5. #5CamdenPopulation 71,799 · mixed overall livability15% match
  6. #6VinelandPopulation 60,796 · mixed overall livability15% match
  7. #7SicklervillePopulation 45,853 · mixed overall livability15% match
  8. #8MillvillePopulation 27,523 · mixed overall livability15% match
  9. #9BridgetonPopulation 26,895 · mixed overall livability15% match
  10. #10Fort LeePopulation 39,799 · mixed overall livability13% match
  11. #11BergenfieldPopulation 28,223 · mixed overall livability13% match
  12. #12ParamusPopulation 26,582 · mixed overall livability13% match
  13. #13NewarkPopulation 307,355 · mixed overall livability10% match
  14. #14Jersey CityPopulation 287,899 · mixed overall livability10% match
  15. #15ElizabethPopulation 135,665 · mixed overall livability10% match
  16. #16CliftonPopulation 89,451 · mixed overall livability10% match
  17. #17PassaicPopulation 70,048 · mixed overall livability10% match
  18. #18East OrangePopulation 68,879 · mixed overall livability10% match
  19. #19Union CityPopulation 67,258 · mixed overall livability10% match
  20. #20Perth AmboyPopulation 55,226 · mixed overall livability10% match
  21. #21PlainfieldPopulation 54,358 · mixed overall livability10% match
  22. #22SayrevillePopulation 45,136 · mixed overall livability10% match
  23. #23LindenPopulation 43,478 · mixed overall livability10% match
  24. #24Long BranchPopulation 31,932 · mixed overall livability10% match
  25. #25CarteretPopulation 25,161 · mixed overall livability10% 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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