Bedminster ranks #5 in New Jersey for library visits
Bedminster is ranked on 36 lists against the 468 New Jersey towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 12.
The lists Bedminster does best on
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Bedminster marked.
Bedminster lands in the top half on 17 of 24 lists
Each dot is Bedminster’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Bedminster does best come first.
Fewer kids than 93% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Bedminster’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for library visits
Lists where Bedminster sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Bedminster out-ranks 2 of its 5 ranked neighbors
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.
Where Bedminster lands in every NJ ranking
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Millburn · 100 / 100
#89
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#134
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#25
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#68
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#45
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#188
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#391 Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
#33 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Princeton · 22.4 per resident
#5
Most library borrowing#1 Ocean City · 31.3 per resident
#80
Best libraries for kids#1 Ocean City · 44.2 per child
#54 People
Most educated#1 Millburn · 90%
#94
Youngest#1 Lakewood · 18.1
#419
Oldest#1 North Wildwood · 65.6
#51
Most residents 65+#1 North Wildwood · 51.5%
#38
Most kids#1 Lakewood · 49.8%
#437 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Salem · 0.8 yrs
#227
Cheapest rent#1 Alloway · $749/mo
#389
Lowest property tax#1 Camden · $2,302/yr
#34
Rent easiest to afford#1 Matawan · 29.4%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#89
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
#217
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#394 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 New Hanover · 13.2 min
#329 
The number on the right is Bedminster’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.