Milltown ranks #27 in New Jersey for cheap rent
Milltown is ranked on 32 lists against the 468 New Jersey towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 2.
The lists Milltown does best on
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Milltown marked.
Milltown lands in the top half on 8 of 23 lists
Each dot is Milltown’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Milltown does best come first.
Fewer seniors than 89% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Milltown’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
2 spots from the top 25 for cheap rent
Lists where Milltown sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Milltown out-ranks 1 of its 2 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 Milltown 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
#241
Cheapest rent#1 Alloway · $749/mo
#27
Lowest property tax#1 Camden · $2,302/yr
#410
Rent easiest to afford#1 Matawan · 29.4%
Health
Healthiest#1 Millburn · 100 / 100
#241
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#349
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#231
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#175
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#176
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#188
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#314 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 New Hanover · 13.2 min
#177 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Princeton · 22.4 per resident
#131
Most library borrowing#1 Ocean City · 31.3 per resident
#122
Best libraries for kids#1 Ocean City · 44.2 per child
#131 People
Most educated#1 Millburn · 90%
#263
Youngest#1 Lakewood · 18.1
#197
Oldest#1 North Wildwood · 65.6
#274
Most residents 65+#1 North Wildwood · 51.5%
#417
Most kids#1 Lakewood · 49.8%
#77 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#460
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#80 
Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
#210 
The number on the right is Milltown’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.