Passaic ranks #19 in New Jersey for walkable streets
Passaic is ranked on 35 lists against the 468 New Jersey towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 3.
Younger than 98% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Passaic’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Passaic does best on
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Passaic marked.
Passaic lands in the top half on 6 of 25 lists
Each dot is Passaic’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Passaic does best come first.
Passaic out-ranks 0 of its 4 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 Passaic 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.
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 New Hanover · 13.2 min
#70 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Salem · 0.8 yrs
#207
Cheapest rent#1 Alloway · $749/mo
#100
Lowest property tax#1 Camden · $2,302/yr
#251
Rent easiest to afford#1 Matawan · 29.4%
#136 Health
Healthiest#1 Millburn · 100 / 100
#454
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#427
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#434
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#464
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#467
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#188
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#150 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#458
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#19 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Long Beach · 81.3%
#190
Most new homes#1 Long Beach · 41.2 per 1,000
#301
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Margate City · +136.0%
#398
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Union · 49.9 per home
#196 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Princeton · 22.4 per resident
#210
Most library borrowing#1 Ocean City · 31.3 per resident
#174
Best libraries for kids#1 Ocean City · 44.2 per child
#165 
Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
#285 
The number on the right is Passaic’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.