Bound Brook ranks #22 in New Jersey for growth
Bound Brook is ranked on 35 lists against the 468 New Jersey towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 5.
The lists Bound Brook does best on
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Bound Brook marked.
Bound Brook lands in the top half on 7 of 21 lists
Each dot is Bound Brook’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Bound Brook does best come first.
More homes per newcomer than 94% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Bound Brook’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Bound Brook out-ranks 0 of its 3 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 Bound Brook 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.
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 New Hanover · 13.2 min
#34 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Long Beach · 81.3%
#317
Most new homes#1 Long Beach · 41.2 per 1,000
#39
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Margate City · +136.0%
#130
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Union · 49.9 per home
#230 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#251
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#96 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Salem · 0.8 yrs
#171
Cheapest rent#1 Alloway · $749/mo
#311
Lowest property tax#1 Camden · $2,302/yr
#207
Rent easiest to afford#1 Matawan · 29.4%
#160 Health
Healthiest#1 Millburn · 100 / 100
#376
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#380
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#290
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#412
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#440
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#92
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#383 People
Most educated#1 Millburn · 90%
#388
Youngest#1 Lakewood · 18.1
#73
Oldest#1 North Wildwood · 65.6
#397
Most residents 65+#1 North Wildwood · 51.5%
#386
Most kids#1 Lakewood · 49.8%
#177 
Climate
Snowiest#1 Pohatcong · 41 in
#380
Least snow#1 Berkeley · 10 in
#57
Mildest winters#1 Cape May · 28.1°
#238
Hottest summers#1 Pennsauken · 87.7°
#113
Coolest summers#1 Vernon · 80.7°
#275
Longest growing season#1 Pleasantville · 243 days
#227
Wettest#1 Mount Olive · 52 in
#108 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Princeton · 22.4 per resident
Most library borrowing#1 Ocean City · 31.3 per resident
Best libraries for kids#1 Ocean City · 44.2 per child
Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
The number on the right is Bound Brook’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.