Edgewater ranks #8 in New Jersey for growth
Edgewater is ranked on 34 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 Edgewater does best on
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Edgewater marked.
Edgewater lands in the top half on 14 of 25 lists
Each dot is Edgewater’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Edgewater does best come first.
Fewer kids than 87% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Edgewater’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for low depression
Lists where Edgewater sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Edgewater out-ranks 2 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 Edgewater 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
#32
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#49
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#25
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#68
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#109
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#11
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#74 People
Most educated#1 Millburn · 90%
#45
Youngest#1 Lakewood · 18.1
#168
Oldest#1 North Wildwood · 65.6
#301
Most residents 65+#1 North Wildwood · 51.5%
#375
Most kids#1 Lakewood · 49.8%
#405 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Long Beach · 81.3%
#136
Most new homes#1 Long Beach · 41.2 per 1,000
#147
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Margate City · +136.0%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Union · 49.9 per home
#106 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Princeton · 22.4 per resident
#107
Most library borrowing#1 Ocean City · 31.3 per resident
#105
Best libraries for kids#1 Ocean City · 44.2 per child
#114 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#289
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
#223
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#239 Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
#183 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Salem · 0.8 yrs
#390
Cheapest rent#1 Alloway · $749/mo
#417
Lowest property tax#1 Camden · $2,302/yr
#344
Rent easiest to afford#1 Matawan · 29.4%
#123 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 New Hanover · 13.2 min
#437 
The number on the right is Edgewater’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.