Clark ranks #6 in New Jersey for affordable rent
Clark is ranked on 40 lists against the 468 New Jersey towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 7.
The lists Clark does best on
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Clark marked.
Clark lands in the top half on 22 of 26 lists
Each dot is Clark’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Clark does best come first.
Steadier prices than 90% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Clark’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for affordable rent
Lists where Clark sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Clark out-ranks 2 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.
Where Clark 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.
Health
Healthiest#1 Millburn · 100 / 100
#140
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#100
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#182
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#103
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#176
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#188
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#29 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Salem · 0.8 yrs
#352
Cheapest rent#1 Alloway · $749/mo
#207
Lowest property tax#1 Camden · $2,302/yr
#335
Rent easiest to afford#1 Matawan · 29.4%
#6 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#115
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
#131
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#144 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Princeton · 22.4 per resident
#50
Most library borrowing#1 Ocean City · 31.3 per resident
#94
Best libraries for kids#1 Ocean City · 44.2 per child
#107 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 New Hanover · 13.2 min
#160 
People
Most educated#1 Millburn · 90%
#214
Youngest#1 Lakewood · 18.1
#272
Oldest#1 North Wildwood · 65.6
#199
Most residents 65+#1 North Wildwood · 51.5%
#108
Most kids#1 Lakewood · 49.8%
#106 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Long Beach · 81.3%
#206
Most new homes#1 Long Beach · 41.2 per 1,000
#271
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Margate City · +136.0%
#385
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Union · 49.9 per home
#203 Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
#244 
The number on the right is Clark’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.