Dover ranks #33 in New Jersey for low depression
Dover is ranked on 39 lists against the 468 New Jersey towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 4.
The lists Dover does best on
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Dover marked.
Dover lands in the top half on 6 of 25 lists
Each dot is Dover’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Dover does best come first.
Wetter than 94% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Dover’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Dover out-ranks 0 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 Dover 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
#110 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Salem · 0.8 yrs
#141
Cheapest rent#1 Alloway · $749/mo
#253
Lowest property tax#1 Camden · $2,302/yr
#91
Rent easiest to afford#1 Matawan · 29.4%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#199
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
#236
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#55 Health
Healthiest#1 Millburn · 100 / 100
#417
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#320
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#290
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#441
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#459
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#33
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#272 Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
#152 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Long Beach · 81.3%
#286
Most new homes#1 Long Beach · 41.2 per 1,000
#308
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Margate City · +136.0%
#290
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Union · 49.9 per home
#198 
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Princeton · 22.4 per resident
#150
Most library borrowing#1 Ocean City · 31.3 per resident
#211
Best libraries for kids#1 Ocean City · 44.2 per child
#189 
The number on the right is Dover’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.