Stanhope ranks #39 in New Jersey for safety
Stanhope is ranked on 32 lists against the 468 New Jersey towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 3.
More year-round than 95% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Stanhope’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Stanhope does best on
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Stanhope marked.
Stanhope lands in the top half on 12 of 22 lists
Each dot is Stanhope’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Stanhope does best come first.
Stanhope out-ranks 1 of its 5 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 Stanhope 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.
Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
#39 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#181
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
#51
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#278 Health
Healthiest#1 Millburn · 100 / 100
#195
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#134
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#231
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#143
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#176
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#404
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#257 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Salem · 0.8 yrs
#149
Cheapest rent#1 Alloway · $749/mo
#307
Lowest property tax#1 Camden · $2,302/yr
#234
Rent easiest to afford#1 Matawan · 29.4%
People
Most educated#1 Millburn · 90%
#239
Youngest#1 Lakewood · 18.1
#111
Oldest#1 North Wildwood · 65.6
#361
Most residents 65+#1 North Wildwood · 51.5%
#442
Most kids#1 Lakewood · 49.8%
#55 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Long Beach · 81.3%
#444
Most new homes#1 Long Beach · 41.2 per 1,000
#377
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Margate City · +136.0%
#225
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Union · 49.9 per home
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 New Hanover · 13.2 min
#436 
The number on the right is Stanhope’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.