Woodbridge, NJ: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Woodbridge Township is a township in northern Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is a regional hub of transportation and commerce for central New Jersey and a major bedroom suburb of New York City, within the New York metropolitan area. Located within the core of the Raritan Valley region, Woodbridge Township hosts the junction of the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway, the two busiest highways in the state, and also serves as the headquarters for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which operates both highways. As of the 2020 United States census, the township was the state's seventh-most-populous municipality, with a population of 103,639, its hig…

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How Woodbridge ranks

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#66Rent easiest to afford in NJ #203Fastest growing in NJ #211Most affordable in NJ All NJ rankings →

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Living in Woodbridge

Housing in Woodbridge

$486K▲ 2.5% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Woodbridge home is worth about $486,000, up 2.5% in a year, 16% below the New Jersey typical home.

A seller's market

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Days on market66

Sale-to-list101.5%

Sold in May24

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Safety in Woodbridge

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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Woodbridge's police department reported only 2023 and 2025, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.

Violent crime per 1,000

Woodbridge 1.4

New Jersey 2

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Woodbridge 11.6

New Jersey 12.7

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Woodbridge

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School Grade B-

The public schools Woodbridge’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 51% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

#211Best public schoolsof 457 in NJ

DistrictWoodbridge Township School DistrictSchools31

Lafayette Estates Elementary School C+Elementary · Grades K–5 · 705 students Ross Street Elementary School C-Elementary · Grades K–5 · 633 students Indiana Avenue Elementary School B+Elementary · Grades K–5 · 485 students Matthew Jago Elementary School CElementary · Grades PK–5 · 425 students Oak Tree Road Elementary School AElementary · Grades K–5 · 425 students Avenel Street Elementary School CElementary · Grades K–5 · 403 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NJ. Ratings are from neighbors.