A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Middlesex$3,920/mo

Typical home $551K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.24%+ · or rent about $1,416/mo · Housing →

Hammonton$2,630/mo

Typical home $385K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.92% · or rent about $1,611/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,290 a month, about $15,400 a year, between Middlesex and Hammonton.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value; “+” means the Census top-codes that town’s bill at $10,000, so its real rate is higher.

Report cards

Middlesex places higher on 12 of 20 NJ lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every New Jersey ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

–MiddlesexNot graded BHammontonSafer than 58% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−MiddlesexBetter than 50% of districts in the state C+HammontonBetter than 42% of districts in the state

Health

B+MiddlesexHealthier than 72% of U.S. towns B+HammontonHealthier than 70% of U.S. towns

12Middlesex

6Hammonton

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 467 towns #454#32 Most walkableOutdoors · 469 towns #122#412 Highest graduation rateSchools · 385 towns #51#278 Lowest property taxCost of living · 469 towns #346#75 Fastest growingGrowth · 469 towns #102#341 Lowest depressionHealth · 469 towns #92#295 Shortest commuteGetting around · 469 towns #106#244 Highest incomeIncome · 469 towns #275#413

Left end = #1 in New Jersey. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Middlesex’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

MiddlesexHammonton

Snow a year21″19″

January low—24°F

July high—87°F

Growing season (days)—196d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)86th 44th

Outdoors & history

MiddlesexHammonton

Trails1 mi 41 mi

Conserved land0.9%38.8%

Settled1913 —

National Register places—1

Archive photos12 12

Famous people born here3 14

Community

MiddlesexHammonton

Library hours a week49 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

65 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MiddlesexNJ HammontonNJ

Middlesex ↔ Hammonton65 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs New Jersey average

MiddlesexHammonton

People

Population 14,645Lowest 14,840Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.3%Highest NJ: +5.7% -0.5%Lowest NJ: +5.7%

Median age 44.3±3.7Highest 10% above NJ 41.4±3.1Lowest 3% above NJ

Middlesex and Hammonton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 20.9%±4.2Lowest NJ: 21.8% 22.5%±3.1Highest NJ: 21.8%

Hammonton and Middlesex are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 19.6%±3.4Lowest NJ: 17.2% 22.2%±3.7Highest NJ: 17.2%

Hammonton and Middlesex are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 36.9%Highest NJ: 43.6% 33.8%Lowest NJ: 43.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.2%±1.6Highest NJ: 6.4% 3.3%±1.3Lowest NJ: 6.4%

Middlesex and Hammonton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $105,000±$13kHighest about the NJ average $78,087±$10kLowest 25% below NJ

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $446,400±$12kHighest about the NJ average $349,800±$29kLowest 23% below NJ

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,416±$58Lowest 18% below NJ $1,611±$157Highest 6% below NJ

Hammonton and Middlesex are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $10,000+Highest at least 4% above NJ $6,731Lowest 30% below NJ

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 44.3%±12.6Lowest NJ: 51.6% 61.2%±16.2Highest NJ: 51.6%

Hammonton and Middlesex are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 11.3%Highest NJ: 9.7% 9.6%Lowest NJ: 9.7%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.9%Highest NJ: 63.8% 70.8%Lowest NJ: 63.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1965Lowest 5 yrs older than NJ 1973Highest 3 yrs newer than NJ

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 14% below NJ 31 minHighest about the NJ average

Work from home 9.4%±2.7Lowest NJ: 16.8% 10.6%±4.2Highest NJ: 16.8%

Hammonton and Middlesex are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 7.2%Lowest 24.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miLowest 17.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.72Lowest 1.12Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Bridgewater Township (5%)Atlantic City (5%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HammontonFew work in Middlesex

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.9%Lowest 38.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 40.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 5Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 112Highest 10.2Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #385 of 458 in NJ #278 of 458 in NJ

School district Middlesex Borough School DistrictHammonton School District

High school in town Middlesex High SchoolHammonton High School

Students per teacherat that high school 10.9Lowest 13.9Highest

New Jersey average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Middlesex vs Hammonton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,290 more a month in Middlesex

Middlesex places higher on 12 of 20 NJ lists

What daily life feels like in each

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