Teaneck ranks #7 in New Jersey for a top hospital nearby
Teaneck is ranked on 40 lists against the 468 New Jersey towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 7.
The lists Teaneck does best on
Each list ranks every NJ town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Teaneck marked.
Teaneck lands in the top half on 17 of 26 lists
Each dot is Teaneck’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NJ, the right end is last. Areas where Teaneck does best come first.
Longer growing season than 87% of New Jersey
Not better or worse, just Teaneck’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
4 spots from the top 3 for a top hospital nearby
Lists where Teaneck sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Teaneck out-ranks 5 of its 8 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 Teaneck 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
#187
Lowest obesity#1 West Windsor · 17%
#171
Fewest smokers#1 West Windsor · 5%
#71
Most active#1 Fair Haven · 13%
#213
Fewest uninsured#1 Spring Lake · 4%
#292
Lowest depression#1 Palisades Park · 11%
#33
Closest to a top hospital#1 Englewood · 0.0 mi
#7 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Montague · 68.2%
#149
Most trails#1 Cedar Grove · 6.4 mi / sq mi
#82
Most walkable#1 Union City · 295 / sq mi
#40 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Long Beach · 81.3%
#260
Most new homes#1 Long Beach · 41.2 per 1,000
#101
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Margate City · +136.0%
#264
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Union · 49.9 per home
#151 People
Most educated#1 Millburn · 90%
#142
Youngest#1 Lakewood · 18.1
#76
Oldest#1 North Wildwood · 65.6
#388
Most residents 65+#1 North Wildwood · 51.5%
#240
Most kids#1 Lakewood · 49.8%
#146 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Salem · 0.8 yrs
#307
Cheapest rent#1 Alloway · $749/mo
#256
Lowest property tax#1 Camden · $2,302/yr
#267
Rent easiest to afford#1 Matawan · 29.4%
#25 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Princeton · 22.4 per resident
#125
Most library borrowing#1 Ocean City · 31.3 per resident
#87
Best libraries for kids#1 Ocean City · 44.2 per child
#101 
Safety
Safest#1 Emerson · 1.5
#149 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 New Hanover · 13.2 min
#377 
The number on the right is Teaneck’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.