Berkeley ranks #6 in New Jersey for low property taxes
Berkeley 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 3.
Older than 99% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Berkeley’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Berkeley does best on
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Berkeley marked.
Berkeley lands in the top half on 9 of 22 lists
Each dot is Berkeley’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Berkeley does best come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for low property taxes
Lists where Berkeley sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Berkeley out-ranks 1 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.
Every NJ list, and where Berkeley 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
#88
Cheapest rent#1 Alloway · $749/mo
#174
Lowest property tax#1 Camden · $2,302/yr
#6
Rent easiest to afford#1 Matawan · 29.4%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#39
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
#93
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#334 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Long Beach · 81.3%
#29
Most new homes#1 Long Beach · 41.2 per 1,000
#180
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Margate City · +136.0%
#46
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Union · 49.9 per home
#100 Health
Healthiest#1 Millburn · 100 / 100
#366
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#284
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#342
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#369
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#238
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#188
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#366 Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
#147 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 New Hanover · 13.2 min
#365 People
Most educated#1 Millburn · 90%
#435
Youngest#1 Lakewood · 18.1
#464
Oldest#1 North Wildwood · 65.6
#5
Most residents 65+#1 North Wildwood · 51.5%
#5
Most kids#1 Lakewood · 49.8%
#455 
The number on the right is Berkeley’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.