State profile · NJ

Largest Cities in New Jersey

Name: New Jersey Cities: Population, Income & Housing Data
Creator: PlainCities
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Ranked by resident population across 686 tracked cities and towns in New Jersey, using Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023). This compares cities and Census-designated places, not metropolitan areas, and carries the same rows into the chart, table, and downloadable CSV below.

Compiled by PlainCities

686
Cities: 6.1M
Combined city pop.: $115,386
Avg median income: 5.2%
Avg poverty rate

Data updated August 2026

The headline finding

Newark is the largest of 686 tracked cities in New Jersey, which ranks #2 of 52 nationally on avg median income.

Newark
largest tracked city (307,188 people): #2
national rank, avg median income: 686
cities tracked in this state

Every figure here is read live from the same table rendered below.

77% of New Jersey's 686 tracked cities are small towns under 10,000 people -- none crosses the 1-million-resident mark.

<10K

529
10K-99K

153
100K-999K

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What this shows Small towns under 10,000 residents are the largest group in PlainCities' New Jersey coverage, with 529 of 686 tracked places. This is a count of profiled places, not a share of the state's population.

How we calculate this mix & the national home-value percentile below

Every tracked city in New Jersey is bucketed by population: small town under 10,000; mid-size 10,000–99,999; large 100,000–999,999; megacity 1,000,000+. The national home-value comparison below plots New Jersey's average tracked-city home value against all 52 US states/territories, ranked the same way as the per-city percentiles: the state's percentile is the share of states with a lower average home value. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.

Newark

307,188
Jersey City

289,691
Paterson

157,660
Elizabeth

135,887
Toms River

93,915
Trenton

89,966
Clifton

89,247
Camden

71,471
Bayonne

70,468
Lakewood

69,884
Passaic

69,651
East Orange

69,183

What this shows Newark, NJ is the most populous city profiled in New Jersey; the top 100 rows are listed below and the complete 686-row record is available as a CSV.

How New Jersey ranks nationally

Avg median income

$115,386

#2 of 52 · highest income

Avg home value

$471,197

#6 of 52 · highest values

Avg poverty rate

5.2%

#2 of 52 · lowest poverty

Tracked cities

686

#15 of 52 · most tracked cities

New Jersey ranks #2 of 52 nationally on average median income and #2 of 52 on average poverty rate, derived live by comparing it against every other tracked state. Averages are computed only across the cities PlainCities tracks in each state, not full state populations.

How New Jersey's home values compare nationally

Average tracked-city home value vs. all 52 US states/territories

$471,197 12th percentile more affordable than 12% of 52 US states

Show national distribution

Each bar is a $50K-wide band; taller bars hold more US states. 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

Largest cities in New Jersey

Showing the 100 most-populous tracked places, ordered by population. Download the CSV for every one of the 686 city records and their source-backed fields.

#	City	Population	Median Income	Home Value	Poverty
1	Newark	307,188	$48,416	$337,800	21.0%
2	Jersey City	289,691	$94,813	$534,500	12.1%
3	Paterson	157,660	$53,766	$335,400	20.9%
4	Elizabeth	135,887	$63,874	$393,500	11.6%
5	Toms River	93,915	$95,759	$377,800	3.7%
6	Trenton	89,966	$47,102	$122,500	20.7%
7	Clifton	89,247	$99,003	$444,300	6.1%
8	Camden	71,471	$40,450	$100,400	25.6%
9	Bayonne	70,468	$81,285	$446,100	10.7%
10	Lakewood	69,884	$57,576	$618,400	25.3%
11	Passaic	69,651	$56,780	$406,500	22.0%
12	East Orange	69,183	$59,872	$315,500	13.8%
13	Union City	66,375	$65,369	$446,800	16.6%
14	Vineland	60,692	$65,854	$218,200	11.3%
15	Hoboken	58,340	$176,943	$872,100	1.9%
16	New Brunswick	55,744	$60,248	$316,800	25.4%
17	Perth Amboy	55,278	$58,490	$339,200	18.1%
18	Plainfield	54,515	$80,334	$383,300	12.5%
19	West New York	51,683	$67,139	$410,200	15.8%
20	Hackensack	45,768	$82,212	$370,300	7.6%
21	Sayreville	45,237	$98,629	$407,600	4.9%
22	Sicklerville	44,500	$102,881	$256,600	6.5%
23	Linden	43,614	$91,036	$387,200	7.0%
24	Kearny	40,570	$83,212	$431,700	8.9%
25	Fort Lee	39,818	$105,535	$422,200	6.0%
26	Atlantic City	38,486	$36,220	$189,600	32.5%
27	Fair Lawn	35,153	$147,952	$532,700	3.9%
28	Garfield	32,502	$75,701	$454,300	13.0%
29	Long Branch	32,184	$73,381	$519,000	11.7%
30	Westfield	30,760	$212,700	$930,500	1.3%
31	Princeton	30,451	$184,113	$1,040,400	4.5%
32	Rahway	29,748	$90,852	$362,300	3.9%
33	Englewood	29,342	$101,398	$497,500	7.6%
34	Bergenfield	28,269	$124,083	$469,200	6.0%
35	Old Bridge	28,015	$106,934	$457,800	5.3%
36	Millville	27,432	$67,190	$199,300	9.7%
37	Bridgeton	26,836	$46,124	$134,400	28.4%
38	Paramus	26,500	$139,707	$736,000	3.1%
39	Ridgewood	26,076	$217,250	$882,700	2.5%
40	Lodi	25,946	$84,570	$449,200	14.3%
41	Cliffside Park	25,580	$94,960	$577,200	7.6%
42	Carteret	25,187	$87,553	$370,200	8.1%
43	South Plainfield	24,231	$126,063	$443,900	3.0%
44	Somerset	23,851	$113,603	$408,600	4.0%
45	Glassboro	23,375	$80,388	$276,900	8.5%
46	North Plainfield	22,667	$83,529	$350,700	7.9%
47	Summit	22,512	$199,107	$969,900	1.9%
48	Roselle	22,455	$82,967	$336,500	6.3%
49	Hillsborough	22,302	$142,275	$411,400	1.4%
50	Parsippany	21,869	$102,152	$540,800	5.6%
51	Lindenwold	21,534	$55,099	$168,300	21.2%
52	Secaucus	21,437	$134,746	$557,800	2.6%
53	Elmwood Park	21,287	$100,852	$456,000	7.6%
54	Pleasantville	20,604	$52,403	$177,700	21.2%
55	Morristown	20,256	$115,409	$552,800	8.1%
56	Palisades Park	20,192	$101,295	$704,400	7.3%
57	Woodbridge	20,086	$99,718	$361,200	4.8%
58	Harrison	19,599	$82,290	$450,800	8.7%
59	Hawthorne	19,472	$118,093	$499,200	2.5%
60	Tinton Falls	19,252	$113,844	$458,300	4.9%
61	Point Pleasant	19,158	$108,713	$523,400	2.0%
62	Iselin	19,151	$112,615	$394,200	5.0%
63	Rutherford	18,748	$136,069	$580,800	4.8%
64	Ocean Acres	18,689	$117,739	$359,200	0.6%
65	Preakness	18,538	$133,168	$603,200	1.6%
66	Dover	18,420	$70,519	$347,100	9.4%
67	Colonia	18,294	$134,301	$473,200	3.4%
68	Dumont	18,072	$125,585	$469,900	4.6%
69	Avenel	17,143	$95,935	$351,200	7.6%
70	New Milford	16,882	$113,513	$554,800	4.9%
71	Madison	16,464	$168,469	$882,900	1.1%
72	North Arlington	16,368	$101,493	$464,700	2.1%
73	South River	16,007	$101,853	$382,500	9.5%
74	Springdale	15,672	$179,531	$454,200	5.1%
75	Princeton Meadows	15,382	$124,065	$636,300	1.7%
76	Tenafly	15,252	$208,088	$974,300	3.7%
77	Phillipsburg	15,251	$67,782	$180,700	18.2%
78	Asbury Park	15,239	$71,080	$508,800	13.0%
79	Metuchen	14,982	$157,779	$565,400	2.4%
80	Highland Park	14,981	$101,991	$463,600	5.2%
81	Fairview	14,920	$64,152	$512,100	15.0%
82	Williamstown	14,855	$87,021	$255,000	3.0%
83	Cherry Hill Mall	14,827	$117,535	$313,000	7.3%
84	Hammonton	14,746	$83,044	$324,200	7.9%
85	Ramsey	14,722	$164,767	$665,700	2.3%
86	Edgewater	14,544	$137,847	$723,400	4.7%
87	Moorestown-Lenola	14,523	$134,167	$533,400	6.9%
88	Middlesex	14,518	$107,063	$414,600	8.7%
89	Hopatcong	14,470	$114,057	$318,600	3.0%
90	Short Hills	14,398	$250,000+	$1,621,200	2.8%
91	Bradley Gardens	14,315	$177,590	$508,800	3.6%
92	West Freehold	14,233	$120,570	$507,600	2.8%
93	Collingswood	14,163	$83,917	$346,300	10.3%
94	Roselle Park	13,965	$104,418	$405,800	3.3%
95	Westmont	13,870	$111,589	$374,300	2.7%
96	Mercerville	13,693	$125,678	$330,500	1.8%
97	Echelon	13,577	$81,808	$288,000	1.6%
98	New Providence	13,577	$162,877	$734,300	1.3%
99	Eatontown	13,537	$90,174	$454,300	3.6%
100	Franklin Park	13,327	$111,508	$326,800	6.6%

What to do with New Jersey's city data

686 cities is a lot to browse, here's where to start.

Newark is New Jersey's largest tracked city by population, start there if you want the fullest picture of a major NJ metro. Newark profile
11 tracked cities in New Jersey sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income. Browse the city table by income column instead of trusting a single crown. All New Jersey cities
See how New Jersey's cities stack up nationally, not just against each other. National rankings

City counts and averages on this page cover only the 686 places with sufficient Census ACS data, smaller towns below the reporting threshold are not included.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.

Compare beyond this state

Nationwide similar states

Other states closest to New Jersey on two ACS statewide axes: tracked-city population sum and mean of city median household incomes. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a claim that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar statewide population

Nearest 50-state peers by ACS population of tracked cities. This state: 6,073,618.

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Similar mean household income

Nearest peers by mean of city median household incomes. This state: $115,386. Population peers are excluded.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many cities does PlainCities track in New Jersey?

PlainCities profiles 686 cities and towns in New Jersey, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2023).

What is the largest city in New Jersey?

Newark is the largest tracked city in New Jersey, with a population of 307,188.

What is the average household income in New Jersey?

Across the 686 tracked cities in New Jersey, the average median household income is $115,386. Individual cities vary widely - 11 tracked cities in New Jersey sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income.

What is the average poverty rate in New Jersey?

The average poverty rate across New Jersey's tracked cities is 5.2%, based on Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023).

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