Hackettstown ranks #14 in New Jersey for a top hospital nearby
Hackettstown is ranked on 40 lists against the 468 New Jersey towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 5.
Wetter than 98% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Hackettstown’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Hackettstown does best on
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Hackettstown marked.
Hackettstown lands in the top half on 13 of 26 lists
Each dot is Hackettstown’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Hackettstown does best come first.
4 spots from the top 10 for a top hospital nearby
Lists where Hackettstown sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Hackettstown out-ranks 1 of its 5 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 Hackettstown 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.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Long Beach · 81.3%
#339
Most new homes#1 Long Beach · 41.2 per 1,000
#70
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Margate City · +136.0%
#277
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Union · 49.9 per home
#224 Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
#54 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#129
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
#40
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#227 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Salem · 0.8 yrs
#133
Cheapest rent#1 Alloway · $749/mo
#102
Lowest property tax#1 Camden · $2,302/yr
#205
Rent easiest to afford#1 Matawan · 29.4%
#46 Health
Healthiest#1 Millburn · 100 / 100
#312
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#349
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#231
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#346
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#332
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#357
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#14 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 New Hanover · 13.2 min
#249 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Princeton · 22.4 per resident
#177
Most library borrowing#1 Ocean City · 31.3 per resident
#139
Best libraries for kids#1 Ocean City · 44.2 per child
#133 
The number on the right is Hackettstown’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.