Brielle ranks #10 in New Jersey for health insurance
Brielle is ranked on 29 lists against the 468 New Jersey towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 10.
The lists Brielle does best on
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Brielle marked.
Brielle lands in the top half on 17 of 22 lists
Each dot is Brielle’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Brielle does best come first.
More vacation homes than 91% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Brielle’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
4 spots from the top 10 for library visits
Lists where Brielle sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Brielle out-ranks 3 of its 4 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 Brielle lands
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
#94
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#244
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#71
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#21
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#10
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#92
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#145 Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
#40 
People
Most educated#1 Millburn · 90%
#79
Youngest#1 Lakewood · 18.1
#347
Oldest#1 North Wildwood · 65.6
#126
Most residents 65+#1 North Wildwood · 51.5%
#100
Most kids#1 Lakewood · 49.8%
#87 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Princeton · 22.4 per resident
#14
Most library borrowing#1 Ocean City · 31.3 per resident
#109
Best libraries for kids#1 Ocean City · 44.2 per child
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Long Beach · 81.3%
#42
Most new homes#1 Long Beach · 41.2 per 1,000
#185
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Margate City · +136.0%
#113
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Union · 49.9 per home
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 New Hanover · 13.2 min
#219 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#452
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#183 
The number on the right is Brielle’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.