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A township of 28,114 people in Somerset County, New Jersey
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Conserved land16%2,526 of 15,480 acres
Trails24 mi1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves1390 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, US
1760Established
27,830Population
24.1 sq miArea
249 ftElevation

Bernards Township () is a township in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 27,830, an increase of 1,178 (+4.4%) from the 2010 census count of 26,652, reflecting an increase of 2,077 (+8.5%) from the 24,575 counted in the 2000 census. Located on the eastern end of the Somerset Hills region, the township is a bedroom suburb of New York City in the much larger New York metropolitan area, located within the Raritan Valley region.

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Safety Grade A+

Bernards reports less crime per resident than 99% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Bernards 0
New Jersey 2
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Bernards 0.7
New Jersey 12.7
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade A

The public schools Bernards’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 93% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#8Best public schoolsof 457 in NJ
DistrictBernards Township School DistrictSchools12

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