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About Rahway
City in Union County, New Jersey, USRahway () is a city in southern Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A bedroom community of New York City, it is centrally located in the Rahway Valley region, in the New York metropolitan area. The city is 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Manhattan and 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Staten Island. Built on the navigable Rahway River, it was an industrial and artisanal craft city for much of its history. The city has increasingly reinvented itself in recent years as a diverse regional hub for the arts and biological sciences, with a new global headquarters for Merck & Co. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 29,556, its highest decennial count ever and an increase…
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Housing in Rahway
The typical Rahway home is worth about $541,000, up 1% in a year, 7% below the New Jersey typical home.
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Safety in Rahway
Safety Grade B
Rahway reports less crime per resident than 59% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. New Jersey has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Rahway sits closer to the middle.
Schools in Rahway
All Rahway schools →School Grade D
The public schools Rahway’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 88% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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