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Place dossier plate
SheetNJ-FLEMINGTON-NJ · Flemington, NJ 4,887 pop · income 55th pct · 30 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Flemington
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Flemington on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Chula Vista C… · lowest
33,750
Chula Vista C… · lowest
33,750 median HH income
18.7% of the leader · rank #1
Plainfield · near
74,205
Plainfield · near
74,205 median HH income
41.1% of the leader · rank #2
Eleanor · near
74,211
Eleanor · near
74,211 median HH income
41.1% of the leader · rank #3
Flemington · this city
74,213
Flemington · this city
74,213 median HH income
41.1% of the leader · rank #4
Illiopolis · near
74,219
Illiopolis · near
74,219 median HH income
41.1% of the leader · rank #5
Hixton · near
74,219
Hixton · near
74,219 median HH income
41.1% of the leader · rank #6
Harrington Pa… · highest
180,515
Harrington Pa… · highest
180,515 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Flemington on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 4,887.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Flemington - the verdict
Flemington ranks in the 55th percentile for household income and the 20th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
55th
percentile, household income
75th
percentile, home value
94th
percentile, median rent
20th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Flemington, NJ
4,887 people live in Flemington, New Jersey - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Flemington report a median income of $74,213 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 10.7%. Home values in Flemington run a median of $372,700, and the median resident age is 33.9 years. 35.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 69.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 110 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Rapid Growth), up 25% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 2645.5 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, near the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). The annual average temperature per NOAA climate normals runs 52.1°F with 50.9 inches of precipitation per year and 27.1 inches of snowfall.
New Jersey carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 108.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,132 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts New Jersey's average monthly utility costs around $275 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 90.8 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Flemington's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from climate and hazard context to comparison shortlist to within-city variation to housing and income to schools and households to reported crime to work and mobility to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Flemington, city-specific coverage includes within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares, local building permits, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
What physical conditions frame life in Flemington?
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 52.1°F, with 50.9 inches of precipitation and 27.1 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for New Jersey is 90.8 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
Which cities make useful reference points for Flemington?
Within New Jersey, the closest population matches are Harrington Park (4,883 residents, $180,515 income); Golden Triangle (4,893 residents, $101,411 income); Spring Lake Heights (4,866 residents, $102,829 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Farmers Loop, AK (4,887 residents); Reidland, KY (4,887 residents); Hinton, OK (4,886 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
What can 30 Census tracts reveal inside Flemington?
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
PlainCities matches 30 Census tracts to this city.
How far does income reach against housing in Flemington?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 10.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Flemington?
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 35.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
Matched public schools
2
Bachelor's degree+
35.3%
Poverty estimate
10.7%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Flemington?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2645.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 16% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
2584.5
Violent rate
61.1
Total reported rate
2645.5
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
What does the journey to work look like in Flemington?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 52.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.9%
Work from home
22.0%
Drive alone
52.7%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 2,632 workers age 16+.
Is Flemington growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -16 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 110 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
-0.3%
2025 estimate
4,856
2020 estimate
4,872
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Above median income · poverty 10.7% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
108.8 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New Jersey average
D
City profile score · Flemington, NJ
49/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Violent crime A-
61 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B-
35.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C-
$74,213
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
10.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
108.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Flemington profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 81/100 (A-) · 61 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 67/100 (B-) · 35.3%
Household income: 54/100 (C-) · $74,213
Poverty rate: 37/100 (F) · 10.7%
Cost of living: 10/100 (F) · 108.8 index
Where Flemington sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Flemington's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Flemington highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Flemington, NJ (this city): home $372,700, crime 2,646/100k
Hinton, OK : home $173,600, crime 408/100k
Wahoo, NE : home $227,100, crime 635/100k
Harrington Park, NJ : home $709,200, crime 212/100k
Spring Lake Heights, NJ : home $648,500, crime 145/100k
Penns Grove, NJ : home $170,100, crime 2,114/100k
Demarest, NJ : home $965,400, crime 529/100k
Franklin, NJ : home $253,100, crime 515/100k
How does Flemington compare to other US cities?
Flemington measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income55% higher than other cities
Home value75% pricier than other cities
Median rent94% pricier than other cities
Safety20% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to New Jersey alone, Flemington ranks #210 of 238 New Jersey cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Flemington against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New Jersey only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New Jersey-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Flemington near the bottom of New Jersey's cities
Among the 686 New Jersey cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Flemington ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Flemington only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#555 of 659
16th percentile in New Jersey
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 686
0th percentile in New Jersey
Median Home Value
#373 of 672
44th percentile in New Jersey
Poverty Rate
#90 of 680
87th percentile in New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#416 of 686
39th percentile in New Jersey
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within New Jersey only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
55th percentile nationally for median household income · 20th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Flemington's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Flemington's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Flemington's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$372,70025th percentilemore affordable than 25% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Flemington's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#12,925 of 15,516
More affordable than 17% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,779 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.0×, Flemington sits in the pressured band:
national rank #12,925 of 15,516 and #9,779 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$74,213Flemington, NJ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Flemington, NJ median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Flemington, NJ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)35.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)10.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)69.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,887
Median Income
$74,213
Median Home Value
$372,700
Median Age
33.9
Poverty Rate
10.7%
Labor force participation
69.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
35.3%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2645.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
61.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2584.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
52.1°F
Annual Precipitation
50.9"
Annual Snowfall
27.1"
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Flemington's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
4,872 residents
2021
4,915 residents
2022
4,899 residents
2023
4,913 residents
2024
4,888 residents
2025
4,856 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Rapid Growth
Total Permits (2024)
110
housing units authorized
Single-Family
1
detached homes
Multifamily
109
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
22.5
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
88
10
78
$4.1M
2020
7
1
6
$0.3M
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
210
0
210
$4.0M
2023
87
1
86
$2.0M
2024
110
1
109
$2.1M
Permit volume increased 25% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
52.7%
Carpool
15.0%
Public Transit
0.9%
Walk
8.1%
Work from Home
22.0%
Other
1.3%
Based on 2,632 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New Jersey statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New Jersey at $275 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are New Jersey statewide averages, not a meter reading for Flemington. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New Jersey's BEA cost-of-living index is 108.8 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Flemington is $2,132/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New Jersey statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New Jersey statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Flemington sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Flemington compares to similar-size New Jersey cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.