Monmouth County Borough Named Best NJ Suburb, New Study Finds

RUMSON, NJ - If you’re one of the scores of folks looking to move from Northeast cities to the suburbs, take note: Rumson in Monmouth County was recently named the best New Jersey suburb to call home, according to a new report from 24/7 Wall Street.

The analysis, released earlier this week, is based on a ranking of 11 measurements including crime rates, income levels, affordability and home size.

Rumson is considered a part of the New York Metropolitan region and has a median household income of $177,857. It has a homeownership rate of 91.9 percent, a population of 6,805 and an average commute time of 45.2 minutes.

“Rumson is an affluent coastal community located directly south of Brooklyn, across the Lower and Sandy Hook Bays. Homes in the area are large, with most having more than nine rooms. For reference, the typical U.S. home has fewer than six rooms. A safe community, Rumson is one of a small minority of places nationwide to report no incidents of violent crime in 2019,” the business site says.

The borough also boasts a relatively low unemployment rate, with an average 2.9 percent of local laborers listed as unemployed in the last five years. That’s less than half of the 5.9 percent national unemployment rate, according to the analysis.

The ranking rated Scarsdale as New York’s finest suburb, alongside Pennsylvania’s Swarthmore in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

You can read the full report here.