Northvale ranks #11 in New Jersey for graduation rate
Northvale is ranked on 37 lists against the 468 New Jersey towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 7.
More snow than 98% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Northvale’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Northvale does best on
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Northvale marked.
Northvale lands in the top half on 18 of 24 lists
Each dot is Northvale’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Northvale does best come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for graduation rate
Lists where Northvale sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Northvale out-ranks 0 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 Northvale 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
#134
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#49
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#133
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#175
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#176
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#33
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#146 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Long Beach · 81.3%
#420
Most new homes#1 Long Beach · 41.2 per 1,000
#66
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Margate City · +136.0%
#419
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Union · 49.9 per home
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 New Hanover · 13.2 min
#94 Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
#75 People
Most educated#1 Millburn · 90%
#176
Youngest#1 Lakewood · 18.1
#311
Oldest#1 North Wildwood · 65.6
#161
Most residents 65+#1 North Wildwood · 51.5%
#190
Most kids#1 Lakewood · 49.8%
#127 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Princeton · 22.4 per resident
#109
Most library borrowing#1 Ocean City · 31.3 per resident
#115
Best libraries for kids#1 Ocean City · 44.2 per child
#104 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#402
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#90 
The number on the right is Northvale’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.