Paramus makes New Jersey’s top 10 on 4 lists
Paramus is ranked on 39 lists against the 468 New Jersey towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 4 and the top quarter on 10.
Paramus is on New Jersey’s podium 3 times
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Paramus marked.
More snow than 98% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Paramus’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Paramus lands in the top half on 18 of 25 lists
Each dot is Paramus’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Paramus does best come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for library borrowing
Lists where Paramus sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Paramus out-ranks 4 of its 9 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.
Every NJ list, and where Paramus lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Princeton · 22.4 per resident
#2
Most library borrowing#1 Ocean City · 31.3 per resident
#6
Best libraries for kids#1 Ocean City · 44.2 per child
#3 Health
Healthiest#1 Millburn · 100 / 100
#161
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#49
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#71
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#213
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#109
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#33
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#2 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#235
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
#54
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#199 People
Most educated#1 Millburn · 90%
#177
Youngest#1 Lakewood · 18.1
#418
Oldest#1 North Wildwood · 65.6
#50
Most residents 65+#1 North Wildwood · 51.5%
#34
Most kids#1 Lakewood · 49.8%
#337 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Long Beach · 81.3%
#220
Most new homes#1 Long Beach · 41.2 per 1,000
#208
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Margate City · +136.0%
#420
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Union · 49.9 per home
#173 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 New Hanover · 13.2 min
#256 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Salem · 0.8 yrs
#416
Cheapest rent#1 Alloway · $749/mo
#441
Lowest property tax#1 Camden · $2,302/yr
#288
Rent easiest to afford#1 Matawan · 29.4%
Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
#276 
The number on the right is Paramus’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.