Lawnside ranks #11 in New Jersey for cheap rent
Lawnside is ranked on 28 lists against the 468 New Jersey towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 4.
More year-round than 97% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Lawnside’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Lawnside does best on
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Lawnside marked.
Lawnside lands in the top half on 6 of 20 lists
Each dot is Lawnside’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Lawnside does best come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for cheap rent
Lists where Lawnside sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Lawnside out-ranks 0 of its 6 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 Lawnside 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.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Salem · 0.8 yrs
#42
Cheapest rent#1 Alloway · $749/mo
#11
Lowest property tax#1 Camden · $2,302/yr
#69
Rent easiest to afford#1 Matawan · 29.4%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 New Hanover · 13.2 min
#179 Health
Healthiest#1 Millburn · 100 / 100
#448
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#449
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#413
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#446
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#377
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#92
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#292 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#375
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#195 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Long Beach · 81.3%
#452
Most new homes#1 Long Beach · 41.2 per 1,000
#329
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Margate City · +136.0%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Union · 49.9 per home
People
Most educated#1 Millburn · 90%
#427
Youngest#1 Lakewood · 18.1
#365
Oldest#1 North Wildwood · 65.6
#110
Most residents 65+#1 North Wildwood · 51.5%
#78
Most kids#1 Lakewood · 49.8%
#375 Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
#321 
The number on the right is Lawnside’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.