Mount Laurel ranks #43 in New Jersey for kids’ library use
Mount Laurel 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 7.
The lists Mount Laurel does best on
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Mount Laurel marked.
Mount Laurel lands in the top half on 21 of 26 lists
Each dot is Mount Laurel’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Mount Laurel does best come first.
Hotter summers than 92% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Mount Laurel’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Mount Laurel out-ranks 6 of its 7 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 Mount Laurel 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
#155
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#171
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#133
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#143
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#45
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#92
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#385 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Long Beach · 81.3%
#214
Most new homes#1 Long Beach · 41.2 per 1,000
#91
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Margate City · +136.0%
#179
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Union · 49.9 per home
#190 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Princeton · 22.4 per resident
#84
Most library borrowing#1 Ocean City · 31.3 per resident
#54
Best libraries for kids#1 Ocean City · 44.2 per child
#43 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Salem · 0.8 yrs
#125
Cheapest rent#1 Alloway · $749/mo
#357
Lowest property tax#1 Camden · $2,302/yr
#105
Rent easiest to afford#1 Matawan · 29.4%
#69 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 New Hanover · 13.2 min
#124 People
Most educated#1 Millburn · 90%
#137
Youngest#1 Lakewood · 18.1
#273
Oldest#1 North Wildwood · 65.6
#194
Most residents 65+#1 North Wildwood · 51.5%
#133
Most kids#1 Lakewood · 49.8%
#344 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#223
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
#296
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#268 Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
#245 
The number on the right is Mount Laurel’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.