Pothole Problems: NJ Is 9th Worst For Potholes In Country, Study Says

NEW JERSEY — It’s a common complaint among New Jersey drivers: there are far too many potholes on the road! And studies from AAA and QuoteWizard show that American drivers spend close to $3 billion a year in total, just fixing damage potholes have done to their vehicles.

If you had to shell out money for your vehicle after hitting a particularly deep crater on one of New Jersey's roads, you are certainly not alone. According to AAA, drivers pay an average of $600 every time they have to take their cars into the shop for a pothole repair. And, QuoteWizard's study shows that New Jersey is the ninth-worst state in the country for potholes.

QuoteWizard came to these determinations by analyzing search data for pothole repairs and pothole-related complaints in the state so far in 2023. They combined them into a search index average for both states and individual cities.

Minnesota was the worst state for potholes by far, the study shows, with Minneapolis ranked as the second-worst. California was the second-worst state, with Los Angeles coming in first on the list of worst cities and San Francisco coming in third.

And as hard as it may be for some New Jersey drivers to believe, no cities in the Garden State were in the study's top 50 worst states for potholes.