Bottom 100 Places To Live On NJ Monthly List: Is Your Town Here?

Is your town on this list?

If so, is it fair?

New Jersey Monthly released it’s top-to bottom list of nearly every one of the state’s towns, ranking 510 of the state’s 565 municipalities based on home values, property taxes, crime rate, school performance and a lifestyle factor, according to the publication.

New Jersey Monthly’s 2015 list, compiled by researchers at Leflein Associates, an independent research firm based in Ringwood, dropped towns with a population under 1,500 because of the lack of statistically significant data.

Here are the bottom 100, starting from the bottom:

1. PLEASANTVILLE
2. WILLINGBORO
3. ATLANTIC CITY
4. CARNEYS POINT
5. WOODBURY
6. EGG HARBOR CITY
7. BRIDGETON
8. SALEM
9. BURLINGTON CITY
10. WINSLOW
11. BEVERLY
12. ELIZABETH
13. CHESILHURST
14. OAKLYN
15. PENNS GROVE
16. WASHINGTON BOROUGH (Warren)
17. WEST MILFORD
18. CLEMENTON
19. PAULSBORO
20. PATERSON
21. WOODBURY HEIGHTS
22. BELLEVILLE
23. CAMDEN
24. OGDENSBURG
25. EAST ORANGE
26. CLAYTON
27. KEANSBURG
28. GLASSBORO
29. WESTVILLE
30. BERLIN TOWNSHIP
31. IRVINGTON
32. HIGH BRIDGE
33. FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
34. PROSPECT PARK
35. PALMYRA
36. TRENTON
37. LINDEN
38. HACKENSACK
39. BROOKLAWN
40. MONTAGUE
41. BLOOMINGDALE
42. ORANGE (Essex)
43. WOODLYNNE
44. PLAINFIELD
45. HIGHTSTOWN
46. OXFORD TOWNSHIP
47. ALPHA
48. ROSELLE
49. PENNSAUKEN
50. SWEDESBORO
51. WEST DEPTFORD
52. GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP
53. NORTH PLAINFIELD
54. WENONAH
55. UPPER DEERFIELD
56. BELVIDERE
57. LINDENWOLD
58. PHILLIPSBURG
59. HARRISON
60. PASSAIC
61. EAGLESWOOD
62. MILLVILLE
63. LAUREL SPRINGS
64. LAKEWOOD
65. LOPATCONG
66. POHATCONG TOWNSHIP
67. BUENA
68. GALLOWAY
69. BLOOMFIELD
70. ENGLEWOOD
71. DOWNE TOWNSHIP
72. SOMERS POINT
73. MERCHANTVILLE
74. WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP (Warren)
75. HAMILTON TOWNSHIP (Atlantic)
76. MAGNOLIA
77. STANHOPE
78. BELLMAWR
79. RIVERSIDE
80. PINE HILL
81. GREENWICH TOWNSHIP
82. ELK
83. QUINTON TOWNSHIP
84. RAHWAY
85. MULLICA TOWNSHIP
86. DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP
87. FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP (Cumberland)
88. AUDUBON
89. HOPATCONG
90. COMMERCIAL TOWNSHIP
91. MONROE TOWNSHIP (Gloucester)
92. LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP (Cumberland)
93. EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP
94. NATIONAL PARK
95. SOUTH BOUND BROOK
96. FRANKLIN (Sussex)
97. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP (Cumberland)
98. NETCONG
99. GLOUCESTER CITY

100. HILLSIDE

The New Jersey Monthly research team ranked each of the 510 towns based on the following indicators: average residential tax bill in 2014; change in average property tax bill from 2012 to 2014; effective property tax rate for 2014; median home-sales price in 2014; change in median home-sales price from 2012 to 2014; total crime rate in 2013; student proficiency on state-mandated standardized tests for students in grades 4, 8 and 11 in 2014; and a lifestyle factor that considers the number of hospitals, restaurants and live performing-arts theaters within close proximity of the municipality’s main zip code.

Extra weighting was given to the following indicators: average tax bill; change in average tax bill; effective tax rate; and results on standardized tests for students in grades 4 and 8.

The annual crime rate and violent crime rate are based on reported crimes per 1,000 residents.

Here are the top 100:

1. FLORHAM PARK
2. HARDING TOWNSHIP
3. LAVALLETTE
4. PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP
5. AVON-BY-THE-SEA
6. WYCKOFF
7. ROSELAND
8. MADISON
9. MENDHAM TOWNSHIP
10. SADDLE RIVER
11. LONG HILL
12. MONTVALE
13. HANOVER
14. RIDGEWOOD
15. ALLENDALE
16. NORTH CALDWELL
17. MONMOUTH BEACH
18. CHATHAM
19. SECAUCUS
20. SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS
21. ESSEX FELLS
22. FAIRFIELD
23. SUMMIT
24. RIVERDALE
25. WALL
26. PARAMUS
27. EAST HANOVER
28. SHREWSBURY
29. MANASQUAN
30. MAHWAH
31. RIDGEFIELD
32. RAMSEY
33. WEST LONG BRANCH
34. GREEN BROOK
35. SEA ISLE CITY
36. CHATHAM
37. RARITAN
38. OCEAN CITY
39. MILLBURN
40. CLOSTER
41. UPPER SADDLE RIVER
42. HO-HO-KUS
43. WATCHUNG
44. PRINCETON
45. CALDWELL
46. PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS
47. MOORESTOWN
48. NORWOOD
49. FRANKLIN LAKES
50. TENAFLY
51. WILDWOOD CREST
52. CRANFORD
53. PLAINSBORO
54. ALPINE
55. CRANBURY
56. BRIELLE
57. BRIDGEWATER
58. MOUNTAIN LAKES
59. CARLSTADT
60. EAST AMWELL
61. ISLAND HEIGHTS
62. WESTFIELD
63. BERNARDS
64. GLEN ROCK
65. FORT LEE
66. MENDHAM BOROUGH
67. WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP (Bergen)
68. BOONTON
69. NEW PROVIDENCE
70. MOUNTAINSIDE
71. LIVINGSTON
72. MONTVILLE
73. CLARK
74. WEST CALDWELL
75. HAINESPORT
76. CRESSKILL
77. BERKELEY HEIGHTS
78. HAWORTH
79. WESTWOOD
80. PALISADES PARK
81. WALDWICK
82. MORRIS TOWNSHIP
83. CHESTER BOROUGH
84. OCEANPORT
85. DENVILLE
86. RUTHERFORD
87. RUMSON
88. CHESTER TOWNSHIP
89. HILLSBOROUGH
90. HARRINGTON PARK
91. LEONIA
92. POINT PLEASANT BEACH
93. DEMAREST
94. PINE BEACH
95. BELMAR
96. MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP
97. DENNIS TOWNSHIP
98. HOWELL
99. SOUTH HACKENSACK

100. WOODCLIFF LAKE

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