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A township of 53,793 people in Essex County, New Jersey
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Map of Bloomfield: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land6.3%214 of 3,412 acres
Trails4.6 mi0.9 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves114 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Bloomfield

Township in Essex County, New Jersey, US
53,105Population
5.3 sq miArea
174 ftElevation

Bloomfield is a township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and an inner-ring suburb of Newark. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 53,105, an increase of 5,790 (+12.2%) from the 2010 census count of 47,315, which in turn reflected a decline of 368 (-0.8%) from the 47,683 counted in the 2000 census. It is the location of the Bloomfield Green Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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Living in Bloomfield

Housing in Bloomfield

$612K▲ 2.7% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Bloomfield home is worth about $612,000, up 2.7% in a year, 5% above the New Jersey typical home.

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Safety in Bloomfield

B−

Safety Grade B-

Bloomfield reports less crime per resident than 52% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. New Jersey has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Bloomfield sits closer to the middle.

Violent crime per 1,000
Bloomfield 0.8
New Jersey 2
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Bloomfield 13.3
New Jersey 12.7
U.S. 15.5
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Health in Bloomfield

Compared with New Jersey

7better than NJ·1worse

of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 24 are too close to call.

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Care nearby

Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair · 1.6 mi · ER
Hope & Esperanza Community Health CenterNewark · 2.4 mi · sliding-scale fees
Primary careNo shortage
DentalNo shortage
Mental healthNo shortage
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · ZIP code 07003 · CMS · HRSAHealth in Bloomfield →

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School Grade C+

The public schools Bloomfield’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 57% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

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DistrictBloomfield Township School DistrictSchools16

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NJ. Ratings are from neighbors.

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Locator map of Bloomfield
Wikimedia Commons · Map: No machine-readable author provided. JimIrwin assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY 2.5

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