Secaucus makes New Jersey’s top 10 on 2 lists
Secaucus is ranked on 40 lists against the 468 New Jersey towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 10.
Steadier prices than 96% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Secaucus’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Secaucus does best on
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Secaucus marked.
Secaucus out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
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.
1 spot from the top 10 for low depression
Lists where Secaucus sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Secaucus lands in the top half on 18 of 26 lists
Each dot is Secaucus’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Secaucus does best come first.
Where Secaucus 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
#113
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#28
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#71
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#213
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#238
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#11
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#151 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Salem · 0.8 yrs
#328
Cheapest rent#1 Alloway · $749/mo
#402
Lowest property tax#1 Camden · $2,302/yr
#106
Rent easiest to afford#1 Matawan · 29.4%
#9 People
Most educated#1 Millburn · 90%
#99
Youngest#1 Lakewood · 18.1
#83
Oldest#1 North Wildwood · 65.6
#385
Most residents 65+#1 North Wildwood · 51.5%
#340
Most kids#1 Lakewood · 49.8%
#282 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#186
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
#164
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#247 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Princeton · 22.4 per resident
#111
Most library borrowing#1 Ocean City · 31.3 per resident
#133
Best libraries for kids#1 Ocean City · 44.2 per child
#99 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 New Hanover · 13.2 min
#316 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Long Beach · 81.3%
#144
Most new homes#1 Long Beach · 41.2 per 1,000
#402
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Margate City · +136.0%
#408
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Union · 49.9 per home
#181 Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
#268 
The number on the right is Secaucus’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.