Berkeley Heights ranks #7 in New Jersey for staying active
Berkeley Heights is ranked on 38 lists against the 468 New Jersey towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 14.
The lists Berkeley Heights does best on
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Berkeley Heights marked.
3 spots from the top 25 for college degrees
Lists where Berkeley Heights sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Berkeley Heights lands in the top half on 19 of 25 lists
Each dot is Berkeley Heights’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Berkeley Heights does best come first.
Steadier prices than 94% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Berkeley Heights’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Berkeley Heights out-ranks 6 of its 8 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 Berkeley Heights 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
#16
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#28
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#25
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#7
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#45
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#33
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#162 People
Most educated#1 Millburn · 90%
#28
Youngest#1 Lakewood · 18.1
#356
Oldest#1 North Wildwood · 65.6
#111
Most residents 65+#1 North Wildwood · 51.5%
#145
Most kids#1 Lakewood · 49.8%
#157 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Long Beach · 81.3%
#309
Most new homes#1 Long Beach · 41.2 per 1,000
#35
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Margate City · +136.0%
#402
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Union · 49.9 per home
Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
#65 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#189
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
#75
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#252 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Princeton · 22.4 per resident
#94
Most library borrowing#1 Ocean City · 31.3 per resident
#74
Best libraries for kids#1 Ocean City · 44.2 per child
#89 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Salem · 0.8 yrs
#407
Cheapest rent#1 Alloway · $749/mo
#368
Lowest property tax#1 Camden · $2,302/yr
#353
Rent easiest to afford#1 Matawan · 29.4%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 New Hanover · 13.2 min
#420 
The number on the right is Berkeley Heights’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.