Alloway is #1 in New Jersey for cheap rent
Alloway is ranked on 33 lists against the 468 New Jersey towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 5.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Alloway marked.
More year-round than 96% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Alloway’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Alloway lands in the top half on 5 of 19 lists
Each dot is Alloway’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Alloway does best come first.
Alloway out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Every NJ list, and where Alloway lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Salem · 0.8 yrs
#96
Cheapest rent#1 Alloway · $749/mo
#1
Lowest property tax#1 Camden · $2,302/yr
#101
Rent easiest to afford#1 Matawan · 29.4%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Long Beach · 81.3%
#449
Most new homes#1 Long Beach · 41.2 per 1,000
#110
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Margate City · +136.0%
#147
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Union · 49.9 per home
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 New Hanover · 13.2 min
#257 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#58
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#460 
People
Most educated#1 Millburn · 90%
#326
Youngest#1 Lakewood · 18.1
#413
Oldest#1 North Wildwood · 65.6
#57
Most residents 65+#1 North Wildwood · 51.5%
#90
Most kids#1 Lakewood · 49.8%
#200 Health
Healthiest#1 Millburn · 100 / 100
#403
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#399
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#413
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#369
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#377
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#357
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#439 Climate
Snowiest#1 Pohatcong · 41 in
#431
Least snow#1 Berkeley · 10 in
#10
Mildest winters#1 Cape May · 28.1°
#66
Hottest summers#1 Pennsauken · 87.7°
#92
Coolest summers#1 Vernon · 80.7°
#298
Longest growing season#1 Pleasantville · 243 days
#128
Wettest#1 Mount Olive · 52 in
#358 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Princeton · 22.4 per resident
Most library borrowing#1 Ocean City · 31.3 per resident
Best libraries for kids#1 Ocean City · 44.2 per child
Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
The number on the right is Alloway’s spot. All of New Jersey’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every NJ list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.