List of municipalities in New Jersey
This is a list of the 564[1] municipalities in the U.S. state of New Jersey, ordered by population. There are five types of municipality in the state:
New Jersey covers 8,722 square miles (22,590 km2). That makes the average land size of a municipality in the state about 15 square miles (39 km2). However, but note in the map at right that the sizes are very different.
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All land within New Jersey is in a municipality.
List of municipalities[change | change source]
- Largest municipalities in New Jersey by population
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Newark, New Jersey's largest city by population
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Jersey City, New Jersey's second-largest city by population
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Paterson, New Jersey's third-largest city by population
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Elizabeth, New Jersey's fourth-largest city by population
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Trenton, the state capital of New Jersey
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Camden, the largest city in South Jersey by population
Name | Type | County | Population (2020)[2] | Population (2010)[3] | Change | Land area[2] | Population density[2] | Form of government | Incorporated[4] | |
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sq mi | km2 | |||||||||
Newark | City | Essex | 311,549 | 277,140 | +12.4% | 24.144 | 62.53 | 12,903.8/sq mi (4,982.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1693[note 1] |
Jersey City | City | Hudson | 292,449 | 247,597 | +18.1% | 14.744 | 38.19 | 19,835.1/sq mi (7,658.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1838 |
Paterson | City | Passaic | 159,732 | 146,199 | +9.3% | 8.413 | 21.79 | 18,986.3/sq mi (7,330.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1831[note 2] |
Elizabeth | City | Union | 137,298 | 124,969 | +9.9% | 12.319 | 31.91 | 11,145.2/sq mi (4,303.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1855 |
Lakewood Township | Township | Ocean | 135,158 | 92,843 | +45.6% | 24.681 | 63.92 | 5,476.2/sq mi (2,114.4/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1892 |
Edison | Township | Middlesex | 107,588 | 99,967 | +7.6% | 30.068 | 77.88 | 3,578.2/sq mi (1,381.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1870[note 3] |
Woodbridge Township | Township | Middlesex | 103,639 | 99,585 | +4.1% | 23.258 | 60.24 | 4,456.1/sq mi (1,720.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
Toms River | Township | Ocean | 95,438 | 91,239 | +4.6% | 40.541 | 105.00 | 2,354.1/sq mi (908.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798[note 4] |
Hamilton Township | Township | Mercer | 92,297 | 88,464 | +4.3% | 39.438 | 102.14 | 2,340.3/sq mi (903.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1842 |
Trenton | City | Mercer | 90,871 | 84,913 | +7.0% | 7.579 | 19.63 | 11,989.8/sq mi (4,629.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1792 |
Clifton | City | Passaic | 90,296 | 84,136 | +7.3% | 11.275 | 29.20 | 8,008.5/sq mi (3,092.1/km2) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1917 |
Cherry Hill Township | Township | Camden | 74,553 | 71,045 | +4.9% | 24.072 | 62.35 | 3,097.1/sq mi (1,195.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1844[note 5] |
Brick Township | Township | Ocean | 73,620 | 75,072 | −1.9% | 25.587 | 66.27 | 2,877.2/sq mi (1,110.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1850 |
Camden | City | Camden | 71,791 | 77,344 | −7.2% | 8.921 | 23.11 | 8,047.4/sq mi (3,107.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1828 |
Bayonne | City | Hudson | 71,686 | 63,024 | +13.7% | 5.821 | 15.08 | 12,315.1/sq mi (4,754.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1861[note 6] |
Passaic | City | Passaic | 70,537 | 69,781 | +1.1% | 3.133 | 8.11 | 22,514.2/sq mi (8,692.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1873 |
East Orange | City | Essex | 69,612 | 64,270 | +8.3% | 3.928 | 10.17 | 17,722.0/sq mi (6,842.5/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1863 |
Union City | City | Hudson | 68,589 | 66,455 | +3.2% | 1.287 | 3.33 | 53,293.7/sq mi (20,576.8/km2) | Walsh Act | 1925 |
Franklin Township | Township | Somerset | 68,364 | 62,300 | +9.7% | 46.170 | 119.58 | 1,480.7/sq mi (571.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
Middletown Township | Township | Monmouth | 67,106 | 66,522 | +0.9% | 40.949 | 106.06 | 1,638.8/sq mi (632.7/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1798 |
Old Bridge Township | Township | Middlesex | 66,876 | 65,375 | +2.3% | 38.181 | 98.89 | 1,751.6/sq mi (676.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1869[note 7] |
Gloucester Township | Township | Camden | 66,034 | 64,634 | +2.2% | 22.954 | 59.45 | 2,876.8/sq mi (1,110.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
North Bergen | Township | Hudson | 63,361 | 60,773 | +4.3% | 5.136 | 13.30 | 12,336.6/sq mi (4,763.2/km2) | Walsh Act | 1843 |
Irvington | Township | Essex | 61,176 | 53,926 | +13.4% | 2.914 | 7.55 | 20,993.8/sq mi (8,105.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1874 |
Piscataway | Township | Middlesex | 60,804 | 56,044 | +8.5% | 18.794 | 48.68 | 3,235.3/sq mi (1,249.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
Vineland | City | Cumberland | 60,780 | 60,724 | +0.1% | 68.393 | 177.14 | 888.7/sq mi (343.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1952 |
Hoboken | City | Hudson | 60,419 | 50,005 | +20.8% | 1.250 | 3.24 | 48,335.2/sq mi (18,662.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1849 |
Union Township | Township | Union | 59,728 | 56,642 | +5.4% | 9.051 | 23.44 | 6,599.0/sq mi (2,547.9/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1808 |
Jackson Township | Township | Ocean | 58,544 | 54,856 | +6.7% | 99.174 | 256.86 | 590.3/sq mi (227.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1844 |
Parsippany-Troy Hills | Township | Morris | 56,162 | 53,238 | +5.5% | 23.632 | 61.21 | 2,376.5/sq mi (917.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1928 |
Perth Amboy | City | Middlesex | 55,436 | 50,814 | +9.1% | 4.662 | 12.07 | 11,891.0/sq mi (4,591.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1718 |
New Brunswick | City | Middlesex | 55,266 | 55,181 | +0.2% | 5.233 | 13.55 | 10,561.1/sq mi (4,077.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1784 |
Wayne | Township | Passaic | 54,838 | 54,717 | +0.2% | 23.722 | 61.44 | 2,311.7/sq mi (892.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1847 |
Plainfield | City | Union | 54,586 | 49,808 | +9.6% | 5.959 | 15.43 | 9,160.3/sq mi (3,536.8/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1869 |
Howell Township | Township | Monmouth | 53,537 | 51,075 | +4.8% | 60.271 | 156.10 | 888.3/sq mi (343.0/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1801 |
Bloomfield | Township | Essex | 53,105 | 47,315 | +12.2% | 5.337 | 13.82 | 9,950.3/sq mi (3,841.8/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1812 |
West New York | Town | Hudson | 52,912 | 49,708 | +6.4% | 0.994 | 2.57 | 53,231.4/sq mi (20,552.8/km2) | Walsh Act | 1898 |
East Brunswick | Township | Middlesex | 49,715 | 47,512 | +4.6% | 21.784 | 56.42 | 2,282.2/sq mi (881.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1860 |
West Orange | Township | Essex | 48,843 | 46,207 | +5.7% | 12.003 | 31.09 | 4,069.2/sq mi (1,571.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1863 |
Washington Township | Township | Gloucester | 48,677 | 48,559 | +0.2% | 21.346 | 55.29 | 2,280.4/sq mi (880.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1836 |
Monroe Township | Township | Middlesex | 48,594 | 39,132 | +24.2% | 41.943 | 108.63 | 1,158.6/sq mi (447.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1838 |
Egg Harbor Township | Township | Atlantic | 47,842 | 43,323 | +10.4% | 67.047 | 173.65 | 713.6/sq mi (275.5/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1798 |
South Brunswick | Township | Middlesex | 47,043 | 43,417 | +8.4% | 40.614 | 105.19 | 1,158.3/sq mi (447.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
Evesham Township | Township | Burlington | 46,826 | 45,538 | +2.8% | 29.156 | 75.51 | 1,606.1/sq mi (620.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
Hackensack | City | Bergen | 46,030 | 43,010 | +7.0% | 4.191 | 10.85 | 10,983.1/sq mi (4,240.6/km2) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1693[note 8] |
Bridgewater Township | Township | Somerset | 45,977 | 44,464 | +3.4% | 31.888 | 82.59 | 1,441.8/sq mi (556.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
Sayreville | Borough | Middlesex | 45,345 | 42,704 | +6.2% | 15.830 | 41.00 | 2,864.5/sq mi (1,106.0/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1876[note 9] |
Manchester Township | Township | Ocean | 45,115 | 43,070 | +4.7% | 81.417 | 210.87 | 554.1/sq mi (213.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1865 |
Mount Laurel | Township | Burlington | 44,633 | 41,864 | +6.6% | 21.724 | 56.26 | 2,054.5/sq mi (793.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1872 |
North Brunswick | Township | Middlesex | 43,905 | 40,742 | +7.8% | 12.032 | 31.16 | 3,649.0/sq mi (1,408.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council–administrator) | 1798 |
Berkeley Township | Township | Ocean | 43,754 | 41,255 | +6.1% | 42.710 | 110.62 | 1,024.4/sq mi (395.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1875 |
Linden | City | Union | 43,738 | 40,499 | +8.0% | 10.688 | 27.68 | 4,092.3/sq mi (1,580.0/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1925 |
Hillsborough Township | Township | Somerset | 43,276 | 38,303 | +13.0% | 54.614 | 141.45 | 792.4/sq mi (305.9/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1771 |
Kearny | Town | Hudson | 41,999 | 40,684 | +3.2% | 8.844 | 22.91 | 4,748.9/sq mi (1,833.6/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1867 |
Marlboro Township | Township | Monmouth | 41,502 | 40,191 | +3.3% | 30.340 | 78.58 | 1,367.9/sq mi (528.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1848 |
Teaneck | Township | Bergen | 41,246 | 39,776 | +3.7% | 6.041 | 15.65 | 6,827.7/sq mi (2,636.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1895 |
Montclair | Township | Essex | 40,921 | 37,669 | +8.6% | 6.238 | 16.16 | 6,560.0/sq mi (2,532.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1868 |
Manalapan Township | Township | Monmouth | 40,905 | 38,872 | +5.2% | 30.651 | 79.39 | 1,334.5/sq mi (515.3/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1848 |
Fort Lee | Borough | Bergen | 40,191 | 35,345 | +13.7% | 2.518 | 6.52 | 15,961.5/sq mi (6,162.8/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1904 |
Winslow Township | Township | Camden | 39,907 | 39,499 | +1.0% | 57.417 | 148.71 | 695.0/sq mi (268.3/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1845 |
Atlantic City | City | Atlantic | 38,497 | 39,558 | −2.7% | 10.760 | 27.87 | 3,577.8/sq mi (1,381.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1854 |
Belleville | Township | Essex | 38,222 | 35,926 | +6.4% | 3.296 | 8.54 | 11,596.5/sq mi (4,477.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1839 |
Galloway Township | Township | Atlantic | 37,813 | 37,349 | +1.2% | 88.668 | 229.65 | 426.5/sq mi (164.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
Ewing Township | Township | Mercer | 37,264 | 35,790 | +4.1% | 15.206 | 39.38 | 2,450.6/sq mi (946.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1834 |
Monroe Township | Township | Gloucester | 37,117 | 36,129 | +2.7% | 46.421 | 120.23 | 799.6/sq mi (308.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1859 |
Pennsauken Township | Township | Camden | 37,074 | 35,885 | +3.3% | 10.479 | 27.14 | 3,537.9/sq mi (1,366.0/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1892 |
Freehold Township | Township | Monmouth | 35,369 | 36,184 | −2.3% | 38.653 | 100.11 | 915.0/sq mi (353.3/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1798 |
Fair Lawn | Borough | Bergen | 34,927 | 32,457 | +7.6% | 5.135 | 13.30 | 6,801.8/sq mi (2,626.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1924 |
Orange | Township | Essex | 34,447 | 30,134 | +14.3% | 2.213 | 5.73 | 15,565.7/sq mi (6,010.0/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1806 |
Lawrence Township | Township | Mercer | 33,077 | 33,472 | −1.2% | 21.725 | 56.27 | 1,522.5/sq mi (587.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798[note 10] |
Garfield | City | Bergen | 32,655 | 30,487 | +7.1% | 2.111 | 5.47 | 15,469.0/sq mi (5,972.6/km2) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1898[note 11] |
Deptford Township | Township | Gloucester | 31,977 | 30,561 | +4.6% | 17.331 | 44.89 | 1,845.1/sq mi (712.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
Willingboro Township | Township | Burlington | 31,889 | 31,629 | +0.8% | 7.725 | 20.01 | 4,128.0/sq mi (1,593.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
Long Branch | City | Monmouth | 31,667 | 30,719 | +3.1% | 5.124 | 13.27 | 6,180.1/sq mi (2,386.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1867[note 12] |
Livingston | Township | Essex | 31,330 | 29,366 | +6.7% | 13.785 | 35.70 | 2,272.8/sq mi (877.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1813 |
Voorhees Township | Township | Camden | 31,069 | 29,131 | +6.7% | 11.471 | 29.71 | 2,708.5/sq mi (1,045.8/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1899 |
Westfield | Town | Union | 31,032 | 30,316 | +2.4% | 6.724 | 17.42 | 4,615.1/sq mi (1,781.9/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1798[note 13] |
Princeton | Borough | Mercer | 30,681 | 28,400 | +8.0% | 17.946 | 46.48 | 1,709.6/sq mi (660.1/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1813/2013[note 14] |
Nutley | Township | Essex | 30,143 | 28,117 | +7.2% | 3.372 | 8.73 | 8,939.2/sq mi (3,451.4/km2) | Walsh Act | 1874[note 15] |
East Windsor Township | Township | Mercer | 30,045 | 27,165 | +10.6% | 15.567 | 40.32 | 1,930.0/sq mi (745.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
Rahway | City | Union | 29,556 | 27,291 | +8.3% | 3.896 | 10.09 | 7,586.2/sq mi (2,929.0/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1858 |
West Windsor | Township | Mercer | 29,518 | 27,147 | +8.7% | 25.549 | 66.17 | 1,155.3/sq mi (446.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
Englewood | City | Bergen | 29,308 | 26,764 | +9.5% | 4.925 | 12.76 | 5,950.9/sq mi (2,297.7/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1899 |
Mount Olive Township | Township | Morris | 28,886 | 27,935 | +3.4% | 29.617 | 76.71 | 975.3/sq mi (376.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1871 |
Lacey Township | Township | Ocean | 28,655 | 27,346 | +4.8% | 83.248 | 215.61 | 344.2/sq mi (132.9/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1871 |
Stafford Township | Township | Ocean | 28,617 | 26,503 | +8.0% | 46.114 | 119.43 | 620.6/sq mi (239.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1798 |
Bergenfield | Borough | Bergen | 28,321 | 26,652 | +6.3% | 2.904 | 7.52 | 9,752.4/sq mi (3,765.4/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1894 |
Neptune Township | Township | Monmouth | 28,061 | 27,912 | +0.5% | 8.127 | 21.05 | 3,452.8/sq mi (1,333.1/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1879 |
Bernards Township | Township | Somerset | 27,830 | 26,535 | +4.9% | 24.201 | 62.68 | 1,150.0/sq mi (444.0/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1798 |
Ocean Township | Township | Monmouth | 27,672 | 27,190 | +1.8% | 10.867 | 28.15 | 2,546.4/sq mi (983.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1849 |
Millville | City | Cumberland | 27,491 | 28,370 | −3.1% | 41.999 | 108.78 | 654.6/sq mi (252.7/km2) | Walsh Act | 1801[note 16] |
Hamilton Township | Township | Atlantic | 27,484 | 26,342 | +4.3% | 110.895 | 287.22 | 247.8/sq mi (95.7/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1813 |
Bridgeton | City | Cumberland | 27,263 | 24,958 | +9.2% | 6.228 | 16.13 | 4,377.5/sq mi (1,690.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1865 |
Pemberton Township | Township | Burlington | 26,903 | 27,644 | −2.7% | 61.556 | 159.43 | 437.0/sq mi (168.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1846 |
Paramus | Borough | Bergen | 26,698 | 26,164 | +2.0% | 10.445 | 27.05 | 2,556.1/sq mi (986.9/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1922 |
Wall Township | Township | Monmouth | 26,525 | 25,890 | +2.5% | 30.659 | 79.41 | 865.2/sq mi (334.1/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1851 |
Randolph | Township | Morris | 26,504 | 25,349 | +4.6% | 20.905 | 54.14 | 1,267.8/sq mi (489.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1806 |
Lodi | Borough | Bergen | 26,206 | 23,943 | +9.5% | 2.272 | 5.88 | 11,534.3/sq mi (4,453.4/km2) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1894 |
Ridgewood | Village | Bergen | 25,979 | 24,156 | +7.5% | 5.742 | 14.87 | 4,524.4/sq mi (1,746.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1894 |
Cliffside Park | Borough | Bergen | 25,693 | 23,510 | +9.3% | 0.956 | 2.48 | 26,875.5/sq mi (10,376.7/km2) | 1895 | |
Maplewood | Township | Essex | 25,684 | 23,594 | +8.9% | 3.874 | 10.03 | 6,629.8/sq mi (2,559.8/km2) | 1861[note 17] | |
Mahwah | Township | Bergen | 25,487 | 25,850 | −1.4% | 25.392 | 65.76 | 1,003.7/sq mi (387.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1849[note 18] |
Rockaway Township | Township | Morris | 25,341 | 24,136 | +5.0% | 41.733 | 108.09 | 607.2/sq mi (234.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1844 |
Carteret | Borough | Middlesex | 25,326 | 22,625 | +11.9% | 4.391 | 11.37 | 5,767.7/sq mi (2,226.9/km2) | 1906[note 19] | |
Scotch Plains | Township | Union | 24,968 | 23,385 | +6.8% | 9.021 | 23.36 | 2,767.8/sq mi (1,068.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1878[note 20] |
West Milford | Township | Passaic | 24,862 | 25,734 | −3.4% | 75.932 | 196.66 | 327.4/sq mi (126.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council–administrator) | 1834 |
Medford | Township | Burlington | 24,497 | 22,999 | +6.5% | 38.799 | 100.49 | 631.4/sq mi (243.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1847 |
South Plainfield | Borough | Middlesex | 24,338 | 23,324 | +4.3% | 8.296 | 21.49 | 2,933.7/sq mi (1,132.7/km2) | 1926 | |
Barnegat Township | Township | Ocean | 24,296 | 20,726 | +17.2% | 34.239 | 88.68 | 709.6/sq mi (274.0/km2) | 1846[note 21] | |
Plainsboro Township | Township | Middlesex | 24,084 | 22,866 | +5.3% | 11.738 | 30.40 | 2,051.8/sq mi (792.2/km2) | 1919 | |
Burlington Township | Township | Burlington | 23,983 | 22,306 | +7.5% | 13.476 | 34.90 | 1,779.7/sq mi (687.1/km2) | 1798 | |
Cranford | Township | Union | 23,847 | 22,594 | +5.5% | 4.835 | 12.52 | 4,932.2/sq mi (1,904.3/km2) | 1871 | |
Montgomery Township | Township | Somerset | 23,690 | 22,185 | +6.8% | 32.300 | 83.66 | 733.4/sq mi (283.2/km2) | 1798 | |
Raritan Township | Township | Hunterdon | 23,447 | 21,936 | +6.9% | 37.482 | 97.08 | 625.6/sq mi (241.5/km2) | 1838 | |
Glassboro | Borough | Gloucester | 23,149 | 18,533 | +24.9% | 9.320 | 24.14 | 2,483.8/sq mi (959.0/km2) | 1878 | |
Morris Township | Township | Morris | 22,974 | 22,254 | +3.2% | 15.682 | 40.62 | 1,465.0/sq mi (565.6/km2) | 1798 | |
Roxbury | Township | Morris | 22,950 | 23,033 | −0.4% | 20.852 | 54.01 | 1,100.6/sq mi (424.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
North Plainfield | Borough | Somerset | 22,808 | 21,677 | +5.2% | 2.807 | 7.27 | 8,125.4/sq mi (3,137.2/km2) | 1885 | |
Summit | City | Union | 22,719 | 21,404 | +6.1% | 5.994 | 15.52 | 3,790.3/sq mi (1,463.4/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1899 |
Roselle | Borough | Union | 22,695 | 20,936 | +8.4% | 2.635 | 6.82 | 8,612.9/sq mi (3,325.5/km2) | 1894 | |
Lyndhurst | Township | Bergen | 22,519 | 20,334 | +10.7% | 4.584 | 11.87 | 4,912.5/sq mi (1,896.7/km2) | Walsh Act | 1852[note 22] |
Hillside | Township | Union | 22,456 | 21,314 | +5.4% | 2.767 | 7.17 | 8,115.6/sq mi (3,133.5/km2) | 1913 | |
Montville | Township | Morris | 22,450 | 21,457 | +4.6% | 18.627 | 48.24 | 1,205.2/sq mi (465.3/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1867 |
Vernon Township | Township | Sussex | 22,358 | 23,867 | −6.3% | 67.595 | 175.07 | 330.8/sq mi (127.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council)[6] | 1798 |
West Deptford Township | Township | Gloucester | 22,197 | 21,528 | +3.1% | 15.357 | 39.77 | 1,445.4/sq mi (558.1/km2) | 1871 | |
Secaucus | Town | Hudson | 22,181 | 16,198 | +36.9% | 5.826 | 15.09 | 3,807.2/sq mi (1,470.0/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1900 |
Lower Township | Township | Cape May | 22,057 | 22,844 | −3.4% | 27.378 | 70.91 | 805.6/sq mi (311.0/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
Millburn | Township | Essex | 21,710 | 20,065 | +8.2% | 9.333 | 24.17 | 2,326.2/sq mi (898.2/km2) | 1857 | |
Lindenwold | Borough | Camden | 21,641 | 17,479 | +23.8% | 3.902 | 10.11 | 5,546.1/sq mi (2,141.4/km2) | 1929 | |
Elmwood Park | Borough | Bergen | 21,422 | 19,131 | +12.0% | 2.643 | 6.85 | 8,105.2/sq mi (3,129.4/km2) | 1916[note 23] | |
Moorestown | Township | Burlington | 21,355 | 20,554 | +3.9% | 14.729 | 38.15 | 1,449.9/sq mi (559.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1922 |
Little Egg Harbor Township | Township | Ocean | 20,784 | 19,722 | +5.4% | 47.346 | 122.63 | 439.0/sq mi (169.5/km2) | 1798 | |
Pleasantville | City | Atlantic | 20,629 | 20,149 | +2.4% | 5.721 | 14.82 | 3,605.8/sq mi (1,392.2/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1889 |
Jefferson Township | Township | Morris | 20,538 | 21,085 | −2.6% | 38.903 | 100.76 | 527.9/sq mi (203.8/km2) | 1804 | |
Middle Township | Township | Cape May | 20,380 | 18,791 | +8.5% | 70.238 | 181.92 | 290.2/sq mi (112.0/km2) | 1798 | |
Palisades Park | Borough | Bergen | 20,292 | 19,403 | +4.6% | 1.239 | 3.21 | 16,377.7/sq mi (6,323.5/km2) | 1899 | |
Morristown | Town | Morris | 20,180 | 18,392 | +9.7% | 2.909 | 7.53 | 6,937.1/sq mi (2,678.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1865 |
Hazlet | Township | Monmouth | 20,125 | 20,249 | −0.6% | 5.569 | 14.42 | 3,613.8/sq mi (1,395.3/km2) | 1848[note 24] | |
Maple Shade Township | Township | Burlington | 19,980 | 18,911 | +5.7% | 3.827 | 9.91 | 5,220.8/sq mi (2,015.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798[note 25] |
Hawthorne | Borough | Passaic | 19,637 | 18,579 | +5.7% | 3.318 | 8.59 | 5,918.3/sq mi (2,285.1/km2) | 1898 | |
Sparta | Township | Sussex | 19,600 | 19,622 | −0.1% | 36.788 | 95.28 | 532.8/sq mi (205.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1845 |
Harrison | Town | Hudson | 19,450 | 13,574 | +43.3% | 1.211 | 3.14 | 16,061.1/sq mi (6,201.2/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1840 |
Aberdeen Township | Township | Monmouth | 19,329 | 18,157 | +6.5% | 5.444 | 14.10 | 3,550.5/sq mi (1,370.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1857[note 26] |
Tinton Falls | Borough | Monmouth | 19,181 | 17,613 | +8.9% | 15.475 | 40.08 | 1,239.5/sq mi (478.6/km2) | 1950[note 27] | |
Point Pleasant | Borough | Ocean | 18,941 | 18,210 | +4.0% | 3.491 | 9.04 | 5,425.7/sq mi (2,094.9/km2) | 1920 | |
Rutherford | Borough | Bergen | 18,834 | 17,892 | +5.3% | 2.781 | 7.20 | 6,772.4/sq mi (2,614.8/km2) | 1881 | |
South Orange | Township | Essex | 18,484 | 16,126 | +14.6% | 2.846 | 7.37 | 6,494.7/sq mi (2,507.6/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1869 |
Dover | Town | Morris | 18,460 | 18,061 | +2.2% | 2.676 | 6.93 | 6,898.4/sq mi (2,663.5/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1896 |
Washington Township | Township | Morris | 18,197 | 18,411 | −1.2% | 44.582 | 115.47 | 408.2/sq mi (157.6/km2) | 1798 | |
Delran Township | Township | Burlington | 17,882 | 16,820 | +6.3% | 6.630 | 17.17 | 2,697.1/sq mi (1,041.4/km2) | 1880 | |
Dumont | Borough | Bergen | 17,863 | 17,304 | +3.2% | 1.949 | 5.05 | 9,165.2/sq mi (3,538.7/km2) | 1894 | |
Hopewell Township | Township | Mercer | 17,491 | 16,896 | +3.5% | 58.071 | 150.40 | 301.2/sq mi (116.3/km2) | 1798 | |
Holmdel Township | Township | Monmouth | 17,400 | 16,696 | +4.2% | 17.847 | 46.22 | 975.0/sq mi (376.4/km2) | 1857 | |
Weehawken | Township | Hudson | 17,197 | 12,417 | +38.5% | 0.784 | 2.03 | 21,934.9/sq mi (8,469.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1859 |
Springfield Township | Township | Union | 17,178 | 15,569 | +10.3% | 5.157 | 13.36 | 3,331.0/sq mi (1,286.1/km2) | 1798 | |
Denville Township | Township | Morris | 17,107 | 16,341 | +4.7% | 11.992 | 31.06 | 1,426.5/sq mi (550.8/km2) | 1913 | |
Cinnaminson Township | Township | Burlington | 17,064 | 15,540 | +9.8% | 7.424 | 19.23 | 2,298.5/sq mi (887.5/km2) | 1860 | |
Madison | Borough | Morris | 16,937 | 15,817 | +7.1% | 4.313 | 11.17 | 3,927.0/sq mi (1,516.2/km2) | 1889 | |
New Milford | Borough | Bergen | 16,923 | 16,264 | +4.1% | 2.283 | 5.91 | 7,412.6/sq mi (2,862.0/km2) | 1922 | |
Wyckoff | Township | Bergen | 16,585 | 16,635 | −0.3% | 6.591 | 17.07 | 2,516.3/sq mi (971.5/km2) | 1926 | |
North Arlington | Borough | Bergen | 16,457 | 15,311 | +7.5% | 2.484 | 6.43 | 6,625.2/sq mi (2,558.0/km2) | 1896 | |
Franklin Township | Township | Gloucester | 16,380 | 16,773 | −2.3% | 55.830 | 144.60 | 293.4/sq mi (113.3/km2) | 1820 | |
Readington Township | Township | Hunterdon | 16,128 | 16,116 | +0.1% | 47.558 | 123.17 | 339.1/sq mi (130.9/km2) | 1798 | |
South River | Borough | Middlesex | 16,118 | 15,845 | +1.7% | 2.785 | 7.21 | 5,787.4/sq mi (2,234.5/km2) | 1898 | |
Warren Township | Township | Somerset | 15,923 | 15,217 | +4.6% | 19.566 | 50.68 | 813.8/sq mi (314.2/km2) | 1806 | |
Pequannock Township | Township | Morris | 15,571 | 15,392 | +1.2% | 6.787 | 17.58 | 2,294.2/sq mi (885.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
Clark | Township | Union | 15,544 | 14,707 | +5.7% | 4.273 | 11.07 | 3,637.7/sq mi (1,404.5/km2) | 1864 | |
Robbinsville Township | Township | Mercer | 15,476 | 13,635 | +13.5% | 20.441 | 52.94 | 757.1/sq mi (292.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1859[note 28] |
Tenafly | Borough | Bergen | 15,409 | 14,473 | +6.5% | 4.586 | 11.88 | 3,360.0/sq mi (1,297.3/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1894 |
Haddon Township | Township | Camden | 15,407 | 14,488 | +6.3% | 2.692 | 6.97 | 5,723.3/sq mi (2,209.8/km2) | Walsh Act | 1865 |
Phillipsburg | Town | Warren | 15,249 | 14,791 | +3.1% | 3.191 | 8.26 | 4,778.8/sq mi (1,845.1/km2) | 1861 | |
Mantua Township | Township | Gloucester | 15,235 | 15,147 | +0.6% | 16.005 | 41.45 | 951.9/sq mi (367.5/km2) | 1853 | |
Asbury Park | City | Monmouth | 15,188 | 16,008 | −5.1% | 1.429 | 3.70 | 10,628.4/sq mi (4,103.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1874 |
Highland Park | Borough | Middlesex | 15,072 | 13,926 | +8.2% | 1.821 | 4.72 | 8,276.8/sq mi (3,195.7/km2) | 1905 | |
Metuchen | Borough | Middlesex | 15,049 | 13,478 | +11.7% | 2.849 | 7.38 | 5,282.2/sq mi (2,039.5/km2) | 1900 | |
Fairview | Borough | Bergen | 15,025 | 13,712 | +9.6% | 0.844 | 2.19 | 17,802.1/sq mi (6,873.4/km2) | 1894 | |
Branchburg | Township | Somerset | 14,940 | 14,432 | +3.5% | 20.071 | 51.98 | 744.4/sq mi (287.4/km2) | 1845 | |
Ramsey | Borough | Bergen | 14,798 | 14,459 | +2.3% | 5.503 | 14.25 | 2,689.1/sq mi (1,038.3/km2) | 1908 | |
Hammonton | Town | Atlantic | 14,711 | 14,756 | −0.3% | 40.749 | 105.54 | 361.0/sq mi (139.4/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1866 |
Hanover Township | Township | Morris | 14,677 | 13,659 | +7.5% | 10.513 | 27.23 | 1,396.1/sq mi (539.0/km2) | 1740 | |
Middlesex | Borough | Middlesex | 14,636 | 13,620 | +7.5% | 3.488 | 9.03 | 4,196.1/sq mi (1,620.1/km2) | 1913 | |
Verona | Township | Essex | 14,572 | 13,297 | +9.6% | 2.794 | 7.24 | 5,215.5/sq mi (2,013.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1907 |
Hopatcong | Borough | Sussex | 14,362 | 14,950 | −3.9% | 10.889 | 28.20 | 1,318.9/sq mi (509.2/km2) | 1898[note 29] | |
Edgewater | Borough | Bergen | 14,336 | 11,513 | +24.5% | 0.971 | 2.51 | 14,764.2/sq mi (5,700.5/km2) | 1894[note 30] | |
Saddle Brook | Township | Bergen | 14,294 | 13,642 | +4.8% | 2.692 | 6.97 | 5,309.8/sq mi (2,050.1/km2) | 1716[note 31] | |
Collingswood | Borough | Camden | 14,186 | 13,835 | +2.5% | 1.830 | 4.74 | 7,751.9/sq mi (2,993.0/km2) | Walsh Act | 1888 |
Roselle Park | Borough | Union | 13,967 | 13,183 | +5.9% | 1.225 | 3.17 | 11,401.6/sq mi (4,402.2/km2) | 1901 | |
New Providence | Borough | Union | 13,650 | 12,171 | +12.2% | 3.688 | 9.55 | 3,701.2/sq mi (1,429.0/km2) | 1899 | |
Harrison Township | Township | Gloucester | 13,641 | 12,411 | +9.9% | 18.932 | 49.03 | 720.5/sq mi (278.2/km2) | 1844[note 32] | |
Eatontown | Borough | Monmouth | 13,597 | 12,559 | +8.3% | 5.841 | 15.13 | 2,327.9/sq mi (898.8/km2) | 1873 | |
Clinton Township | Township | Hunterdon | 13,505 | 13,409 | +0.7% | 29.869 | 77.36 | 452.1/sq mi (174.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1841 |
Woodland Park | Borough | Passaic | 13,484 | 11,819 | +14.1% | 2.939 | 7.61 | 4,588.0/sq mi (1,771.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1914[note 33] |
Little Falls | Township | Passaic | 13,360 | 13,982 | −4.4% | 2.795 | 7.24 | 4,780.0/sq mi (1,845.6/km2) | 1868 | |
Berkeley Heights | Township | Union | 13,285 | 12,754 | +4.2% | 6.220 | 16.11 | 2,135.9/sq mi (824.7/km2) | 1809[note 34] | |
Ridgefield Park | Village | Bergen | 13,224 | 12,729 | +3.9% | 1.705 | 4.42 | 7,756.0/sq mi (2,994.6/km2) | 1892 | |
Cedar Grove | Township | Essex | 12,980 | 12,373 | +4.9% | 4.237 | 10.97 | 3,063.5/sq mi (1,182.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1892[note 35] |
Red Bank | Borough | Monmouth | 12,936 | 12,206 | +6.0% | 1.746 | 4.52 | 7,408.9/sq mi (2,860.6/km2) | 1870 | |
Florence Township | Township | Burlington | 12,812 | 12,109 | +5.8% | 9.769 | 25.30 | 1,311.5/sq mi (506.4/km2) | 1872 | |
Lumberton | Township | Burlington | 12,803 | 12,554 | +2.0% | 12.881 | 33.36 | 993.9/sq mi (383.7/km2) | 1860 | |
Oakland | Borough | Bergen | 12,748 | 12,754 | 0.0% | 8.502 | 22.02 | 1,499.4/sq mi (578.9/km2) | 1902 | |
Pennsville Township | Township | Salem | 12,684 | 13,332 | −4.9% | 21.266 | 55.08 | 596.4/sq mi (230.3/km2) | 1798[note 36] | |
Florham Park | Borough | Morris | 12,585 | 11,696 | +7.6% | 7.308 | 18.93 | 1,722.1/sq mi (664.9/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1899 |
Woolwich Township | Township | Gloucester | 12,577 | 10,200 | +23.3% | 21.072 | 54.58 | 596.9/sq mi (230.5/km2) | 1798 | |
Haddonfield | Borough | Camden | 12,550 | 11,593 | +8.3% | 2.796 | 7.24 | 4,488.6/sq mi (1,733.1/km2) | Walsh Act | 1875 |
Upper Township | Township | Cape May | 12,539 | 12,307 | +1.9% | 62.027 | 160.65 | 202.2/sq mi (78.1/km2) | 1798 | |
Freehold Borough | Borough | Monmouth | 12,538 | 12,052 | +4.0% | 1.932 | 5.00 | 6,489.6/sq mi (2,505.6/km2) | 1869 | |
Somerville | Borough | Somerset | 12,346 | 12,098 | +2.0% | 2.338 | 6.06 | 5,280.6/sq mi (2,038.9/km2) | 1863 | |
Glen Rock | Borough | Bergen | 12,133 | 11,601 | +4.6% | 2.703 | 7.00 | 4,488.7/sq mi (1,733.1/km2) | 1894 | |
Hasbrouck Heights | Borough | Bergen | 12,125 | 11,842 | +2.4% | 1.523 | 3.94 | 7,961.3/sq mi (3,073.9/km2) | 1894 | |
River Edge | Borough | Bergen | 12,049 | 11,340 | +6.3% | 1.833 | 4.75 | 6,573.4/sq mi (2,538.0/km2) | 1894 | |
Guttenberg | Town | Hudson | 12,017 | 11,176 | +7.5% | 0.193 | 0.50 | 62,264.2/sq mi (24,040.3/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1859 |
Bound Brook | Borough | Somerset | 11,988 | 10,402 | +15.2% | 1.661 | 4.30 | 7,217.3/sq mi (2,786.6/km2) | 1891 | |
Wallington | Borough | Bergen | 11,868 | 11,335 | +4.7% | 0.994 | 2.57 | 11,939.6/sq mi (4,609.9/km2) | 1894 | |
Bordentown Township | Township | Burlington | 11,791 | 11,367 | +3.7% | 8.663 | 22.44 | 1,361.1/sq mi (525.5/km2) | 1852 | |
Ringwood | Borough | Passaic | 11,735 | 12,228 | −4.0% | 25.588 | 66.27 | 458.6/sq mi (177.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1918 |
Bellmawr | Borough | Camden | 11,707 | 11,583 | +1.1% | 2.984 | 7.73 | 3,923.3/sq mi (1,514.8/km2) | 1926 | |
East Greenwich Township | Township | Gloucester | 11,706 | 9,555 | +22.5% | 14.443 | 37.41 | 810.5/sq mi (312.9/km2) | 1881 | |
Ridgefield | Borough | Bergen | 11,501 | 11,032 | +4.3% | 2.543 | 6.59 | 4,522.6/sq mi (1,746.2/km2) | Walsh Act | 1892 |
Gloucester City | City | Camden | 11,484 | 11,456 | +0.2% | 2.315 | 6.00 | 4,960.7/sq mi (1,915.3/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1868 |
Wanaque | Borough | Passaic | 11,317 | 11,116 | +1.8% | 8.066 | 20.89 | 1,403.0/sq mi (541.7/km2) | 1918 | |
Westwood | Borough | Bergen | 11,282 | 10,908 | +3.4% | 2.259 | 5.85 | 4,994.2/sq mi (1,928.3/km2) | 1894 | |
Ocean City | City | Cape May | 11,229 | 11,701 | −4.0% | 6.753 | 17.49 | 1,662.8/sq mi (642.0/km2) | 1884 | |
Pompton Lakes | Borough | Passaic | 11,127 | 11,097 | +0.3% | 2.887 | 7.48 | 3,854.2/sq mi (1,488.1/km2) | 1895 | |
East Hanover Township | Township | Morris | 11,105 | 11,157 | −0.5% | 7.875 | 20.40 | 1,410.2/sq mi (544.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1928 |
Franklin Lakes | Borough | Bergen | 11,079 | 10,590 | +4.6% | 9.414 | 24.38 | 1,176.9/sq mi (454.4/km2) | 1922 | |
Totowa | Borough | Passaic | 11,065 | 10,804 | +2.4% | 4.000 | 10.36 | 2,766.3/sq mi (1,068.1/km2) | 1898 | |
West Caldwell | Township | Essex | 11,012 | 10,759 | +2.4% | 5.097 | 13.20 | 2,160.5/sq mi (834.2/km2) | 1904 | |
Little Ferry | Borough | Bergen | 10,987 | 10,626 | +3.4% | 1.477 | 3.83 | 7,438.7/sq mi (2,872.1/km2) | 1894 | |
Chatham Township | Township | Morris | 10,983 | 10,452 | +5.1% | 9.078 | 23.51 | 1,209.8/sq mi (467.1/km2) | 1806 | |
Manville | Borough | Somerset | 10,953 | 10,344 | +5.9% | 2.361 | 6.11 | 4,639.1/sq mi (1,791.2/km2) | 1929 | |
Lincoln Park | Borough | Morris | 10,915 | 10,521 | +3.7% | 6.398 | 16.57 | 1,706.0/sq mi (658.7/km2) | 1922 | |
Beachwood | Borough | Ocean | 10,859 | 11,045 | −1.7% | 2.763 | 7.16 | 3,930.1/sq mi (1,517.4/km2) | 1917 | |
Wantage Township | Township | Sussex | 10,811 | 11,358 | −4.8% | 66.760 | 172.91 | 161.9/sq mi (62.5/km2) | 1798 | |
Pine Hill | Borough | Camden | 10,764 | 10,245 | +5.1% | 4.866 | 12.60 | 2,212.1/sq mi (854.1/km2) | 1929[note 37] | |
Somers Point | City | Atlantic | 10,469 | 10,795 | −3.0% | 4.010 | 10.39 | 2,610.7/sq mi (1,008.0/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1886 |
Waterford Township | Township | Camden | 10,421 | 10,649 | −2.1% | 36.002 | 93.24 | 289.5/sq mi (111.8/km2) | 1798 | |
Millstone Township | Township | Monmouth | 10,376 | 10,566 | −1.8% | 36.607 | 94.81 | 283.4/sq mi (109.4/km2) | 1844 | |
Southampton Township | Township | Burlington | 10,317 | 10,464 | −1.4% | 43.957 | 113.85 | 234.7/sq mi (90.6/km2) | 1845 | |
Hackettstown | Town | Warren | 10,248 | 9,724 | +5.4% | 3.612 | 9.36 | 2,837.2/sq mi (1,095.4/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1853 |
Hillsdale | Borough | Bergen | 10,143 | 10,219 | −0.7% | 2.902 | 7.52 | 3,495.2/sq mi (1,349.5/km2) | 1898 | |
Wood-Ridge | Borough | Bergen | 10,137 | 7,626 | +32.9% | 1.114 | 2.89 | 9,099.6/sq mi (3,513.4/km2) | 1894 | |
Maywood | Borough | Bergen | 10,080 | 9,555 | +5.5% | 1.287 | 3.33 | 7,832.2/sq mi (3,024.0/km2) | 1894 | |
Waldwick | Borough | Bergen | 10,058 | 9,625 | +4.5% | 2.046 | 5.30 | 4,915.9/sq mi (1,898.0/km2) | 1919 | |
East Rutherford | Borough | Bergen | 10,022 | 8,913 | +12.4% | 3.712 | 9.61 | 2,699.9/sq mi (1,042.4/km2) | 1889 | |
Mount Holly | Township | Burlington | 9,981 | 9,536 | +4.7% | 2.824 | 7.31 | 3,534.3/sq mi (1,364.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798[note 38] |
Kinnelon | Borough | Morris | 9,966 | 10,248 | −2.8% | 18.029 | 46.69 | 552.8/sq mi (213.4/km2) | 1922 | |
Woodbury | City | Gloucester | 9,963 | 10,174 | −2.1% | 2.020 | 5.23 | 4,932.2/sq mi (1,904.3/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1854 |
Colts Neck Township | Township | Monmouth | 9,957 | 10,142 | −1.8% | 30.715 | 79.55 | 324.2/sq mi (125.2/km2) | 1847[note 39] | |
River Vale | Township | Bergen | 9,909 | 9,659 | +2.6% | 4.070 | 10.54 | 2,434.6/sq mi (940.0/km2) | 1906 | |
Keansburg | Borough | Monmouth | 9,755 | 10,105 | −3.5% | 1.072 | 2.78 | 9,099.8/sq mi (3,513.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1917 |
Burlington City | City | Burlington | 9,743 | 9,920 | −1.8% | 3.035 | 7.86 | 3,210.2/sq mi (1,239.5/km2) | 1784 | |
Matawan | Borough | Monmouth | 9,565 | 8,810 | +8.6% | 2.266 | 5.87 | 4,221.1/sq mi (1,629.8/km2) | 1895 | |
Chesterfield Township | Township | Burlington | 9,422 | 7,699 | +22.4% | 21.311 | 55.20 | 442.1/sq mi (170.7/km2) | 1798 | |
South Amboy | City | Middlesex | 9,411 | 8,631 | +9.0% | 1.538 | 3.98 | 6,119.0/sq mi (2,362.6/km2) | 1798 | |
Leonia | Borough | Bergen | 9,304 | 8,937 | +4.1% | 1.523 | 3.94 | 6,109.0/sq mi (2,358.7/km2) | 1894 | |
Washington Township | Township | Bergen | 9,285 | 9,102 | +2.0% | 2.953 | 7.65 | 3,144.3/sq mi (1,214.0/km2) | 1840 | |
Chatham Borough | Borough | Morris | 9,212 | 8,962 | +2.8% | 2.347 | 6.08 | 3,925.0/sq mi (1,515.5/km2) | 1892 | |
Ventnor City | City | Atlantic | 9,210 | 10,650 | −13.5% | 1.955 | 5.06 | 4,711.0/sq mi (1,818.9/km2) | Walsh Act | 1903 |
Cresskill | Borough | Bergen | 9,155 | 8,573 | +6.8% | 2.065 | 5.35 | 4,433.4/sq mi (1,711.7/km2) | 1894 | |
Absecon | City | Atlantic | 9,137 | 8,411 | +8.6% | 5.468 | 14.16 | 1,671.0/sq mi (645.2/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1872 |
Westampton | Township | Burlington | 9,121 | 8,813 | +3.5% | 10.974 | 28.42 | 831.1/sq mi (320.9/km2) | 1850 | |
Haledon | Borough | Passaic | 9,052 | 8,318 | +8.8% | 1.215 | 3.15 | 7,450.2/sq mi (2,876.5/km2) | 1908 | |
Caldwell | Borough | Essex | 9,027 | 7,822 | +15.4% | 1.178 | 3.05 | 7,663.0/sq mi (2,958.7/km2) | 1892 | |
Edgewater Park | Township | Burlington | 8,930 | 8,881 | +0.6% | 2.919 | 7.56 | 3,059.3/sq mi (1,181.2/km2) | 1924 | |
North Haledon | Borough | Passaic | 8,927 | 8,417 | +6.1% | 3.464 | 8.97 | 2,577.1/sq mi (995.0/km2) | 1901 | |
Mansfield Township | Township | Burlington | 8,897 | 8,544 | +4.1% | 21.733 | 56.29 | 409.4/sq mi (158.1/km2) | 1798 | |
Park Ridge | Borough | Bergen | 8,883 | 8,645 | +2.8% | 2.607 | 6.75 | 3,407.4/sq mi (1,315.6/km2) | 1894 | |
Ocean Township | Township | Ocean | 8,835 | 8,332 | +6.0% | 20.866 | 54.04 | 423.4/sq mi (163.5/km2) | 1876 | |
Boonton Town | Town | Morris | 8,815 | 8,347 | +5.6% | 2.335 | 6.05 | 3,775.2/sq mi (1,457.6/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1866 |
Clayton | Borough | Gloucester | 8,807 | 8,179 | +7.7% | 7.075 | 18.32 | 1,244.8/sq mi (480.6/km2) | 1858 | |
Pitman | Borough | Gloucester | 8,780 | 9,011 | −2.6% | 2.218 | 5.74 | 3,958.5/sq mi (1,528.4/km2) | 1905 | |
Bogota | Borough | Bergen | 8,778 | 8,187 | +7.2% | 0.755 | 1.96 | 11,626.5/sq mi (4,489.0/km2) | 1894 | |
Pittsgrove Township | Township | Salem | 8,777 | 9,393 | −6.6% | 44.899 | 116.29 | 195.5/sq mi (75.5/km2) | 1798 | |
Lopatcong Township | Township | Warren | 8,776 | 8,014 | +9.5% | 7.316 | 18.95 | 1,199.6/sq mi (463.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1851 |
Audubon | Borough | Camden | 8,707 | 8,819 | −1.3% | 1.482 | 3.84 | 5,875.2/sq mi (2,268.4/km2) | Walsh Act | 1905 |
Carneys Point Township | Township | Salem | 8,637 | 8,049 | +7.3% | 16.912 | 43.80 | 510.7/sq mi (197.2/km2) | 1798[note 40] | |
Long Hill Township | Township | Morris | 8,629 | 8,702 | −0.8% | 11.797 | 30.55 | 731.5/sq mi (282.4/km2) | 1866[note 41] | |
Closter | Borough | Bergen | 8,594 | 8,373 | +2.6% | 3.160 | 8.18 | 2,719.6/sq mi (1,050.0/km2) | 1904 | |
West Long Branch | Borough | Monmouth | 8,587 | 8,097 | +6.1% | 2.856 | 7.40 | 3,006.7/sq mi (1,160.9/km2) | 1908 | |
Montvale | Borough | Bergen | 8,436 | 7,844 | +7.5% | 4.023 | 10.42 | 2,096.9/sq mi (809.6/km2) | 1894 | |
Northfield | City | Atlantic | 8,434 | 8,624 | −2.2% | 3.582 | 9.28 | 2,354.6/sq mi (909.1/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1905 |
Kenilworth | Borough | Union | 8,427 | 7,914 | +6.5% | 2.147 | 5.56 | 3,925.0/sq mi (1,515.5/km2) | 1907 | |
Newton | Town | Sussex | 8,374 | 7,997 | +4.7% | 3.360 | 8.70 | 2,492.3/sq mi (962.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1864 |
Upper Saddle River | Borough | Bergen | 8,353 | 8,208 | +1.8% | 5.253 | 13.61 | 1,590.1/sq mi (613.9/km2) | 1894 | |
Runnemede | Borough | Camden | 8,324 | 8,468 | −1.7% | 2.051 | 5.31 | 4,058.5/sq mi (1,567.0/km2) | 1926 | |
Bedminster | Township | Somerset | 8,272 | 8,165 | +1.3% | 26.123 | 67.66 | 316.7/sq mi (122.3/km2) | 1798 | |
Oradell | Borough | Bergen | 8,244 | 7,978 | +3.3% | 2.411 | 6.24 | 3,419.3/sq mi (1,320.2/km2) | 1894[note 42] | |
Spotswood | Borough | Middlesex | 8,163 | 8,257 | −1.1% | 2.307 | 5.98 | 3,538.4/sq mi (1,366.2/km2) | 1908 | |
Hardyston Township | Township | Sussex | 8,125 | 8,213 | −1.1% | 31.985 | 82.84 | 254.0/sq mi (98.1/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1798 |
Plumsted Township | Township | Ocean | 8,072 | 8,421 | −4.1% | 39.137 | 101.36 | 206.2/sq mi (79.6/km2) | 1845 | |
Butler | Borough | Morris | 8,047 | 7,539 | +6.7% | 2.034 | 5.27 | 3,956.2/sq mi (1,527.5/km2) | 1901 | |
Byram Township | Township | Sussex | 8,028 | 8,350 | −3.9% | 21.531 | 55.77 | 372.9/sq mi (144.0/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
Riverside Township | Township | Burlington | 8,003 | 8,079 | −0.9% | 1.484 | 3.84 | 5,392.9/sq mi (2,082.2/km2) | 1895 | |
North Hanover Township | Township | Burlington | 7,963 | 7,678 | +3.7% | 17.368 | 44.98 | 458.5/sq mi (177.0/km2) | 1905 | |
Bernardsville | Borough | Somerset | 7,893 | 7,707 | +2.4% | 12.836 | 33.25 | 614.9/sq mi (237.4/km2) | 1924 | |
Fairfield | Township | Essex | 7,872 | 7,466 | +5.4% | 10.128 | 26.23 | 777.3/sq mi (300.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1798[note 43] |
Raritan | Borough | Somerset | 7,835 | 6,881 | +13.9% | 1.992 | 5.16 | 3,933.2/sq mi (1,518.6/km2) | 1868[note 44] | |
Glen Ridge | Borough | Essex | 7,802 | 7,527 | +3.7% | 1.275 | 3.30 | 6,119.2/sq mi (2,362.6/km2) | 1895 | |
Mansfield Township | Township | Warren | 7,781 | 7,725 | +0.7% | 29.586 | 76.63 | 263.0/sq mi (101.5/km2) | 1798 | |
Bloomingdale | Borough | Passaic | 7,777 | 7,656 | +1.6% | 8.801 | 22.79 | 883.6/sq mi (341.2/km2) | 1918 | |
Fanwood | Borough | Union | 7,774 | 7,318 | +6.2% | 1.340 | 3.47 | 5,801.5/sq mi (2,240.0/km2) | 1895 | |
Brigantine | City | Atlantic | 7,716 | 9,450 | −18.3% | 6.522 | 16.89 | 1,183.1/sq mi (456.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1890 |
Chester Township | Township | Morris | 7,713 | 7,838 | −1.6% | 29.132 | 75.45 | 264.8/sq mi (102.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1799 |
Upper Deerfield Township | Township | Cumberland | 7,645 | 7,660 | −0.2% | 31.241 | 80.91 | 244.7/sq mi (94.5/km2) | 1922 | |
Dunellen | Borough | Middlesex | 7,637 | 7,227 | +5.7% | 1.062 | 2.75 | 7,191.1/sq mi (2,776.5/km2) | 1887 | |
Haddon Heights | Borough | Camden | 7,495 | 7,473 | +0.3% | 1.566 | 4.06 | 4,786.1/sq mi (1,847.9/km2) | 1904 | |
Berlin Borough | Borough | Camden | 7,489 | 7,588 | −1.3% | 3.594 | 9.31 | 2,083.8/sq mi (804.6/km2) | 1927 | |
Palmyra | Borough | Burlington | 7,438 | 7,398 | +0.5% | 1.849 | 4.79 | 4,022.7/sq mi (1,553.2/km2) | 1894 | |
Rumson | Borough | Monmouth | 7,343 | 7,122 | +3.1% | 5.067 | 13.12 | 1,449.2/sq mi (559.5/km2) | 1907 | |
Washington Borough | Borough | Warren | 7,299 | 6,461 | +13.0% | 1.965 | 5.09 | 3,714.5/sq mi (1,434.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1868 |
Emerson | Borough | Bergen | 7,290 | 7,401 | −1.5% | 2.231 | 5.78 | 3,267.6/sq mi (1,261.6/km2) | 1903[note 45] | |
Green Brook Township | Township | Somerset | 7,281 | 7,203 | +1.1% | 4.407 | 11.41 | 1,652.1/sq mi (637.9/km2) | 1872[note 46] | |
Upper Freehold Township | Township | Monmouth | 7,273 | 6,902 | +5.4% | 46.476 | 120.37 | 156.5/sq mi (60.4/km2) | 1798 | |
Wharton | Borough | Morris | 7,241 | 6,522 | +11.0% | 2.072 | 5.37 | 3,494.7/sq mi (1,349.3/km2) | 1895[note 47] | |
Keyport | Borough | Monmouth | 7,204 | 7,240 | −0.5% | 1.381 | 3.58 | 5,216.5/sq mi (2,014.1/km2) | 1908 | |
Barrington | Borough | Camden | 7,075 | 6,983 | +1.3% | 1.581 | 4.09 | 4,475.0/sq mi (1,727.8/km2) | 1917 | |
Milltown | Borough | Middlesex | 7,037 | 6,893 | +2.1% | 1.554 | 4.02 | 4,528.3/sq mi (1,748.4/km2) | 1889 | |
Buena Vista Township | Township | Atlantic | 7,033 | 7,570 | −7.1% | 41.080 | 106.40 | 171.2/sq mi (66.1/km2) | 1867 | |
Mountainside | Borough | Union | 7,020 | 6,685 | +5.0% | 3.996 | 10.35 | 1,756.8/sq mi (678.3/km2) | 1895 | |
Midland Park | Borough | Bergen | 7,014 | 7,128 | −1.6% | 1.571 | 4.07 | 4,464.7/sq mi (1,723.8/km2) | 1894 | |
Stratford | Borough | Camden | 6,981 | 7,040 | −0.8% | 1.570 | 4.07 | 4,446.5/sq mi (1,716.8/km2) | 1925 | |
Linwood | City | Atlantic | 6,971 | 7,092 | −1.7% | 3.811 | 9.87 | 1,829.2/sq mi (706.3/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1889[note 48] |
Allendale | Borough | Bergen | 6,848 | 6,505 | +5.3% | 3.097 | 8.02 | 2,211.2/sq mi (853.7/km2) | 1894 | |
Tabernacle Township | Township | Burlington | 6,776 | 6,949 | −2.5% | 49.202 | 127.43 | 137.7/sq mi (53.2/km2) | 1901 | |
North Caldwell | Borough | Essex | 6,694 | 6,183 | +8.3% | 3.068 | 7.95 | 2,181.9/sq mi (842.4/km2) | 1898 | |
Rockaway Borough | Borough | Morris | 6,598 | 6,438 | +2.5% | 2.074 | 5.37 | 3,181.3/sq mi (1,228.3/km2) | 1894 | |
Union Township | Township | Hunterdon | 6,507 | 5,908 | +10.1% | 18.765 | 48.60 | 346.8/sq mi (133.9/km2) | 1853 | |
Washington Township | Township | Warren | 6,492 | 6,651 | −2.4% | 17.961 | 46.52 | 361.4/sq mi (139.5/km2) | 1849 | |
Shamong Township | Township | Burlington | 6,460 | 6,490 | −0.5% | 44.452 | 115.13 | 145.3/sq mi (56.1/km2) | 1852 | |
Watchung | Borough | Somerset | 6,449 | 5,801 | +11.2% | 6.016 | 15.58 | 1,072.0/sq mi (413.9/km2) | 1926 | |
Carlstadt | Borough | Bergen | 6,372 | 6,127 | +4.0% | 3.947 | 10.22 | 1,614.4/sq mi (623.3/km2) | 1894 | |
Prospect Park | Borough | Passaic | 6,372 | 5,865 | +8.6% | 0.465 | 1.20 | 13,703.2/sq mi (5,290.8/km2) | 1901 | |
New Hanover Township | Township | Burlington | 6,367 | 7,385 | −13.8% | 22.334 | 57.84 | 285.1/sq mi (110.1/km2) | 1798 | |
Roseland | Borough | Essex | 6,299 | 5,819 | +8.2% | 3.618 | 9.37 | 1,741.0/sq mi (672.2/km2) | 1908 | |
Dennis Township | Township | Cape May | 6,285 | 6,467 | −2.8% | 60.421 | 156.49 | 104.0/sq mi (40.2/km2) | 1827 | |
Fair Haven | Borough | Monmouth | 6,269 | 6,121 | +2.4% | 1.593 | 4.13 | 3,935.3/sq mi (1,519.4/km2) | 1912 | |
Maurice River Township | Township | Cumberland | 6,218 | 7,976 | −22.0% | 93.166 | 241.30 | 66.7/sq mi (25.8/km2) | 1798 | |
Paulsboro | Borough | Gloucester | 6,196 | 6,097 | +1.6% | 1.924 | 4.98 | 3,220.4/sq mi (1,243.4/km2) | 1904 | |
Lebanon Township | Township | Hunterdon | 6,195 | 6,588 | −6.0% | 31.429 | 81.40 | 197.1/sq mi (76.1/km2) | 1798 | |
Eastampton Township | Township | Burlington | 6,191 | 6,069 | +2.0% | 5.730 | 14.84 | 1,080.5/sq mi (417.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1880 |
Morris Plains | Borough | Morris | 6,153 | 5,532 | +11.2% | 2.554 | 6.61 | 2,409.2/sq mi (930.2/km2) | 1926 | |
Oceanport | Borough | Monmouth | 6,150 | 5,832 | +5.5% | 3.172 | 8.22 | 1,938.8/sq mi (748.6/km2) | 1920 | |
Little Silver | Borough | Monmouth | 6,131 | 5,950 | +3.0% | 2.712 | 7.02 | 2,260.7/sq mi (872.9/km2) | 1923 | |
Woodcliff Lake | Borough | Bergen | 6,128 | 5,730 | +6.9% | 3.376 | 8.74 | 1,815.2/sq mi (700.9/km2) | 1894[note 49] | |
Hainesport Township | Township | Burlington | 6,035 | 6,110 | −1.2% | 6.470 | 16.76 | 932.8/sq mi (360.2/km2) | 1924 | |
Mendham Township | Township | Morris | 6,016 | 5,869 | +2.5% | 17.784 | 46.06 | 338.3/sq mi (130.6/km2) | 1798 | |
Logan Township | Township | Gloucester | 6,000 | 6,042 | −0.7% | 21.928 | 56.79 | 273.6/sq mi (105.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1877[note 50] |
Andover Township | Township | Sussex | 5,996 | 6,319 | −5.1% | 20.044 | 51.91 | 299.1/sq mi (115.5/km2) | 1864 | |
Manasquan | Borough | Monmouth | 5,938 | 5,897 | +0.7% | 1.380 | 3.57 | 4,302.9/sq mi (1,661.4/km2) | 1887 | |
Mount Arlington | Borough | Morris | 5,909 | 5,050 | +17.0% | 2.140 | 5.54 | 2,761.2/sq mi (1,066.1/km2) | 1890 | |
Belmar | Borough | Monmouth | 5,907 | 5,794 | +2.0% | 1.045 | 2.71 | 5,652.6/sq mi (2,182.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1885[note 51] |
Hightstown | Borough | Mercer | 5,900 | 5,494 | +7.4% | 1.233 | 3.19 | 4,785.1/sq mi (1,847.5/km2) | 1853 | |
Old Tappan | Borough | Bergen | 5,888 | 5,750 | +2.4% | 3.315 | 8.59 | 1,776.2/sq mi (685.8/km2) | 1894 | |
Tewksbury Township | Township | Hunterdon | 5,870 | 5,993 | −2.1% | 31.645 | 81.96 | 185.5/sq mi (71.6/km2) | 1798 | |
Berlin Township | Township | Camden | 5,867 | 5,357 | +9.5% | 3.342 | 8.66 | 1,755.5/sq mi (677.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1910 |
Mullica Township | Township | Atlantic | 5,816 | 6,147 | −5.4% | 56.375 | 146.01 | 103.2/sq mi (39.8/km2) | 1838 | |
Rochelle Park | Township | Bergen | 5,814 | 5,530 | +5.1% | 0.991 | 2.57 | 5,866.8/sq mi (2,265.2/km2) | 1871[note 52] | |
Jamesburg | Borough | Middlesex | 5,783 | 5,915 | −2.2% | 0.882 | 2.28 | 6,556.7/sq mi (2,531.6/km2) | 1887 | |
Union Beach | Borough | Monmouth | 5,723 | 6,245 | −8.4% | 1.782 | 4.62 | 3,211.6/sq mi (1,240.0/km2) | 1925 | |
Blairstown | Township | Warren | 5,704 | 5,967 | −4.4% | 29.887 | 77.41 | 190.9/sq mi (73.7/km2) | 1845 | |
Norwood | Borough | Bergen | 5,641 | 5,711 | −1.2% | 2.785 | 7.21 | 2,025.5/sq mi (782.0/km2) | 1905 | |
Somerdale | Borough | Camden | 5,566 | 5,151 | +8.1% | 1.392 | 3.61 | 3,998.6/sq mi (1,543.9/km2) | 1929 | |
Fairfield Township | Township | Cumberland | 5,546 | 6,295 | −11.9% | 41.119 | 106.50 | 134.9/sq mi (52.1/km2) | 1798 | |
Greenwich Township | Township | Warren | 5,473 | 5,712 | −4.2% | 10.581 | 27.40 | 517.2/sq mi (199.7/km2) | 1798 | |
Independence Township | Township | Warren | 5,469 | 5,662 | −3.4% | 19.830 | 51.36 | 275.8/sq mi (106.5/km2) | 1798 | |
Englewood Cliffs | Borough | Bergen | 5,342 | 5,281 | +1.2% | 2.126 | 5.51 | 2,512.7/sq mi (970.2/km2) | 1895 | |
Clementon | Borough | Camden | 5,338 | 5,000 | +6.8% | 1.893 | 4.90 | 2,819.9/sq mi (1,088.8/km2) | 1925 | |
Allamuchy Township | Township | Warren | 5,335 | 4,323 | +23.4% | 19.992 | 51.78 | 266.9/sq mi (103.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1873 |
Margate City | City | Atlantic | 5,317 | 6,354 | −16.3% | 1.416 | 3.67 | 3,754.9/sq mi (1,449.8/km2) | Walsh Act | 1885[note 53] |
Frankford Township | Township | Sussex | 5,302 | 5,565 | −4.7% | 33.876 | 87.74 | 156.5/sq mi (60.4/km2) | 1798 | |
Salem | City | Salem | 5,296 | 5,146 | +2.9% | 2.344 | 6.07 | 2,259.4/sq mi (872.4/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1798[note 54] |
Holland Township | Township | Hunterdon | 5,177 | 5,291 | −2.2% | 23.469 | 60.78 | 220.6/sq mi (85.2/km2) | 1874 | |
Wildwood | City | Cape May | 5,157 | 5,325 | −3.2% | 1.541 | 3.99 | 3,346.5/sq mi (1,292.1/km2) | Walsh Act | 1895[note 55] |
Brielle | Borough | Monmouth | 4,982 | 4,774 | +4.4% | 1.756 | 4.55 | 2,837.1/sq mi (1,095.4/km2) | 1919 | |
Demarest | Borough | Bergen | 4,981 | 4,881 | +2.0% | 2.072 | 5.37 | 2,404.0/sq mi (928.2/km2) | 1903 | |
Mendham Borough | Borough | Morris | 4,981 | 4,981 | 0.0% | 5.931 | 15.36 | 839.8/sq mi (324.2/km2) | 1906 | |
Greenwich Township | Township | Gloucester | 4,917 | 4,899 | +0.4% | 8.982 | 23.26 | 547.4/sq mi (211.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1798 |
Franklin Borough | Borough | Sussex | 4,912 | 5,045 | −2.6% | 4.356 | 11.28 | 1,127.6/sq mi (435.4/km2) | 1913 | |
Hampton Township | Township | Sussex | 4,893 | 5,196 | −5.8% | 24.570 | 63.64 | 199.1/sq mi (76.9/km2) | 1864 | |
Spring Lake Heights | Borough | Monmouth | 4,890 | 4,713 | +3.8% | 1.295 | 3.35 | 3,776.1/sq mi (1,458.0/km2) | 1927 | |
Flemington | Borough | Hunterdon | 4,876 | 4,581 | +6.4% | 1.077 | 2.79 | 4,527.4/sq mi (1,748.0/km2) | 1910 | |
South Bound Brook | Borough | Somerset | 4,863 | 4,563 | +6.6% | 0.645 | 1.67 | 7,539.5/sq mi (2,911.0/km2) | 1907 | |
Penns Grove | Borough | Salem | 4,837 | 5,147 | −6.0% | 0.893 | 2.31 | 5,416.6/sq mi (2,091.4/km2) | 1894 | |
Delanco Township | Township | Burlington | 4,824 | 4,283 | +12.6% | 2.358 | 6.11 | 2,045.8/sq mi (789.9/km2) | 1859[note 56] | |
Alexandria Township | Township | Hunterdon | 4,809 | 4,938 | −2.6% | 27.534 | 71.31 | 174.7/sq mi (67.5/km2) | 1798 | |
Point Pleasant Beach | Borough | Ocean | 4,766 | 4,665 | +2.2% | 1.424 | 3.69 | 3,346.9/sq mi (1,292.2/km2) | 1886 | |
Northvale | Borough | Bergen | 4,761 | 4,640 | +2.6% | 1.265 | 3.28 | 3,763.6/sq mi (1,453.1/km2) | 1916 | |
Harrington Park | Borough | Bergen | 4,741 | 4,664 | +1.7% | 1.846 | 4.78 | 2,568.3/sq mi (991.6/km2) | 1904 | |
Commercial Township | Township | Cumberland | 4,669 | 5,178 | −9.8% | 31.914 | 82.66 | 146.3/sq mi (56.5/km2) | 1874 | |
Mount Ephraim | Borough | Camden | 4,651 | 4,676 | −0.5% | 0.884 | 2.29 | 5,261.3/sq mi (2,031.4/km2) | Walsh Act | 1926 |
Neptune City | Borough | Monmouth | 4,626 | 4,869 | −5.0% | 0.896 | 2.32 | 5,162.9/sq mi (1,993.4/km2) | 1881 | |
Highlands | Borough | Monmouth | 4,621 | 5,005 | −7.7% | 0.740 | 1.92 | 6,244.6/sq mi (2,411.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1900 |
White Township | Township | Warren | 4,606 | 4,882 | −5.7% | 27.366 | 70.88 | 168.3/sq mi (65.0/km2) | 1913 | |
Delaware Township | Township | Hunterdon | 4,560 | 4,563 | −0.1% | 36.656 | 94.94 | 124.4/sq mi (48.0/km2) | 1838 | |
Buena | Borough | Atlantic | 4,501 | 4,603 | −2.2% | 7.573 | 19.61 | 594.3/sq mi (229.5/km2) | 1948 | |
Mountain Lakes | Borough | Morris | 4,472 | 4,160 | +7.5% | 2.641 | 6.84 | 1,693.3/sq mi (653.8/km2) | 1924 | |
Garwood | Borough | Union | 4,454 | 4,226 | +5.4% | 0.650 | 1.68 | 6,852.3/sq mi (2,645.7/km2) | 1903 | |
Elk Township | Township | Gloucester | 4,424 | 4,216 | +4.9% | 19.157 | 49.62 | 230.9/sq mi (89.2/km2) | 1891 | |
Atlantic Highlands | Borough | Monmouth | 4,414 | 4,385 | +0.7% | 1.264 | 3.27 | 3,492.1/sq mi (1,348.3/km2) | 1887 | |
Egg Harbor City | City | Atlantic | 4,396 | 4,243 | +3.6% | 10.851 | 28.10 | 405.1/sq mi (156.4/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1858 |
Hopewell Township | Township | Cumberland | 4,391 | 4,571 | −3.9% | 29.890 | 77.41 | 146.9/sq mi (56.7/km2) | 1798 | |
Boonton Township | Township | Morris | 4,380 | 4,263 | +2.7% | 8.131 | 21.06 | 538.7/sq mi (208.0/km2) | 1867 | |
Magnolia | Borough | Camden | 4,352 | 4,341 | +0.3% | 0.978 | 2.53 | 4,449.9/sq mi (1,718.1/km2) | 1915 | |
Bradley Beach | Borough | Monmouth | 4,282 | 4,298 | −0.4% | 0.610 | 1.58 | 7,019.7/sq mi (2,710.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1893 |
Medford Lakes | Borough | Burlington | 4,264 | 4,146 | +2.8% | 1.140 | 2.95 | 3,740.4/sq mi (1,444.2/km2) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1939 |
Westville | Borough | Gloucester | 4,264 | 4,288 | −0.6% | 1.024 | 2.65 | 4,164.1/sq mi (1,607.8/km2) | 1914 | |
Ho-Ho-Kus | Borough | Bergen | 4,258 | 4,078 | +4.4% | 1.739 | 4.50 | 2,448.5/sq mi (945.4/km2) | 1908 | |
Shrewsbury Borough | Borough | Monmouth | 4,184 | 3,809 | +9.8% | 2.161 | 5.60 | 1,936.1/sq mi (747.5/km2) | 1926 | |
Pilesgrove Township | Township | Salem | 4,183 | 4,016 | +4.2% | 34.935 | 90.48 | 119.7/sq mi (46.2/km2) | 1798 | |
Lambertville | City | Hunterdon | 4,139 | 3,906 | +6.0% | 1.084 | 2.81 | 3,818.3/sq mi (1,474.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1849 |
Riverdale | Borough | Morris | 4,107 | 3,559 | +15.4% | 2.026 | 5.25 | 2,027.1/sq mi (782.7/km2) | 1923 | |
Mine Hill Township | Township | Morris | 4,015 | 3,651 | +10.0% | 2.939 | 7.61 | 1,366.1/sq mi (527.5/km2) | 1923 | |
Stillwater Township | Township | Sussex | 4,004 | 4,099 | −2.3% | 26.924 | 69.73 | 148.7/sq mi (57.4/km2) | 1824 | |
Bordentown City | City | Burlington | 3,993 | 3,924 | +1.8% | 0.935 | 2.42 | 4,270.6/sq mi (1,648.9/km2) | Walsh Act | 1825[note 57] |
Oaklyn | Borough | Camden | 3,930 | 4,038 | −2.7% | 0.627 | 1.62 | 6,267.9/sq mi (2,420.0/km2) | 1905 | |
East Amwell Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,917 | 4,013 | −2.4% | 28.455 | 73.70 | 137.7/sq mi (53.2/km2) | 1846 | |
Harding Township | Township | Morris | 3,871 | 3,838 | +0.9% | 20.054 | 51.94 | 193.0/sq mi (74.5/km2) | 1922 | |
Cranbury | Township | Middlesex | 3,842 | 3,857 | −0.4% | 13.283 | 34.40 | 289.2/sq mi (111.7/km2) | 1872 | |
Merchantville | Borough | Camden | 3,820 | 3,821 | 0.0% | 0.593 | 1.54 | 6,441.8/sq mi (2,487.2/km2) | 1874 | |
Kingwood Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,802 | 3,845 | −1.1% | 35.006 | 90.67 | 108.6/sq mi (41.9/km2) | 1798 | |
Montague Township | Township | Sussex | 3,792 | 3,847 | −1.4% | 45.231 | 117.15 | 83.8/sq mi (32.4/km2) | 1798 | |
Bethlehem Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,745 | 3,979 | −5.9% | 20.683 | 53.57 | 181.1/sq mi (69.9/km2) | 1798 | |
Woodstown | Borough | Salem | 3,678 | 3,505 | +4.9% | 1.575 | 4.08 | 2,335.2/sq mi (901.6/km2) | 1882 | |
South Toms River | Borough | Ocean | 3,643 | 3,684 | −1.1% | 1.157 | 3.00 | 3,148.7/sq mi (1,215.7/km2) | 1927 | |
Green Township | Township | Sussex | 3,627 | 3,601 | +0.7% | 16.034 | 41.53 | 226.2/sq mi (87.3/km2) | 1824 | |
North Wildwood | City | Cape May | 3,621 | 4,041 | −10.4% | 1.725 | 4.47 | 2,099.1/sq mi (810.5/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1885[note 58] |
Tuckerton | Borough | Ocean | 3,577 | 3,347 | +6.9% | 3.362 | 8.71 | 1,064.0/sq mi (410.8/km2) | 1901 | |
High Bridge | Borough | Hunterdon | 3,546 | 3,648 | −2.8% | 2.391 | 6.19 | 1,483.1/sq mi (572.6/km2) | 1871[note 59] | |
Stanhope | Borough | Sussex | 3,526 | 3,610 | −2.3% | 1.838 | 4.76 | 1,918.4/sq mi (740.7/km2) | 1904 | |
Upper Pittsgrove Township | Township | Salem | 3,432 | 3,505 | −2.1% | 40.242 | 104.23 | 85.3/sq mi (32.9/km2) | 1846 | |
South Harrison Township | Township | Gloucester | 3,395 | 3,162 | +7.4% | 15.895 | 41.17 | 213.6/sq mi (82.5/km2) | 1883 | |
Netcong | Borough | Morris | 3,375 | 3,232 | +4.4% | 0.833 | 2.16 | 4,051.6/sq mi (1,564.3/km2) | 1894 | |
Saddle River | Borough | Bergen | 3,372 | 3,152 | +7.0% | 4.916 | 12.73 | 685.9/sq mi (264.8/km2) | 1894 | |
Haworth | Borough | Bergen | 3,343 | 3,382 | −1.2% | 1.937 | 5.02 | 1,725.9/sq mi (666.4/km2) | 1904 | |
Alloway Township | Township | Salem | 3,283 | 3,467 | −5.3% | 33.477 | 86.71 | 98.1/sq mi (37.9/km2) | 1767[note 60] | |
Franklin Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,267 | 3,195 | +2.3% | 23.035 | 59.66 | 141.8/sq mi (54.7/km2) | 1845 | |
Hamburg | Borough | Sussex | 3,266 | 3,277 | −0.3% | 1.145 | 2.97 | 2,852.4/sq mi (1,101.3/km2) | 1920 | |
Springfield Township | Township | Burlington | 3,245 | 3,414 | −5.0% | 29.512 | 76.44 | 110.0/sq mi (42.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
Pohatcong Township | Township | Warren | 3,241 | 3,339 | −2.9% | 13.370 | 34.63 | 242.4/sq mi (93.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1882 |
Fredon Township | Township | Sussex | 3,235 | 3,437 | −5.9% | 17.640 | 45.69 | 183.4/sq mi (70.8/km2) | 1904 | |
Monmouth Beach | Borough | Monmouth | 3,174 | 3,279 | −3.2% | 1.042 | 2.70 | 3,046.1/sq mi (1,176.1/km2) | Walsh Act | 1906 |
Long Beach Township | Township | Ocean | 3,153 | 3,051 | +3.3% | 5.448 | 14.11 | 578.7/sq mi (223.4/km2) | Walsh Act | 1899 |
Deerfield Township | Township | Cumberland | 3,136 | 3,119 | +0.5% | 16.842 | 43.62 | 186.2/sq mi (71.9/km2) | 1798 | |
Moonachie | Borough | Bergen | 3,133 | 2,708 | +15.7% | 1.730 | 4.48 | 1,811.0/sq mi (699.2/km2) | 1910 | |
Wildwood Crest | Borough | Cape May | 3,101 | 3,270 | −5.2% | 1.298 | 3.36 | 2,389.1/sq mi (922.4/km2) | Walsh Act | 1910 |
Woodbury Heights | Borough | Gloucester | 3,098 | 3,055 | +1.4% | 1.246 | 3.23 | 2,486.4/sq mi (960.0/km2) | 1915 | |
Lawrence Township | Township | Cumberland | 3,087 | 3,290 | −6.2% | 36.923 | 95.63 | 83.6/sq mi (32.3/km2) | 1885 | |
National Park | Borough | Gloucester | 3,026 | 3,036 | −0.3% | 1.007 | 2.61 | 3,005.0/sq mi (1,160.2/km2) | 1902 | |
West Amwell Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,005 | 3,840 | −21.7% | 21.647 | 56.07 | 138.8/sq mi (53.6/km2) | 1846 | |
Franklin Township | Township | Warren | 2,968 | 3,176 | −6.5% | 23.420 | 60.66 | 126.7/sq mi (48.9/km2) | 1839 | |
Lawnside | Borough | Camden | 2,955 | 2,945 | +0.3% | 1.430 | 3.70 | 2,066.4/sq mi (797.8/km2) | 1926 | |
Woodlynne | Borough | Camden | 2,902 | 2,978 | −2.6% | 0.218 | 0.56 | 13,311.9/sq mi (5,139.8/km2) | 1901 | |
Knowlton Township | Township | Warren | 2,894 | 3,055 | −5.3% | 24.724 | 64.03 | 117.1/sq mi (45.2/km2) | 1798 | |
Pennington | Borough | Mercer | 2,802 | 2,585 | +8.4% | 0.961 | 2.49 | 2,915.7/sq mi (1,125.8/km2) | 1890 | |
Spring Lake | Borough | Monmouth | 2,789 | 2,993 | −6.8% | 1.332 | 3.45 | 2,093.8/sq mi (808.4/km2) | 1892 | |
Clinton Town | Town | Hunterdon | 2,773 | 2,719 | +2.0% | 1.346 | 3.49 | 2,060.2/sq mi (795.4/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1865 |
Cape May | City | Cape May | 2,768 | 3,607 | −23.3% | 2.473 | 6.41 | 1,119.3/sq mi (432.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1848[note 61] |
Riverton | Borough | Burlington | 2,764 | 2,779 | −0.5% | 0.662 | 1.71 | 4,175.2/sq mi (1,612.1/km2) | 1893 | |
Swedesboro | Borough | Gloucester | 2,711 | 2,584 | +4.9% | 0.731 | 1.89 | 3,708.6/sq mi (1,431.9/km2) | 1902 | |
South Hackensack | Township | Bergen | 2,701 | 2,378 | +13.6% | 0.717 | 1.86 | 3,767.1/sq mi (1,454.5/km2) | 1935 | |
Liberty Township | Township | Warren | 2,670 | 2,942 | −9.2% | 11.667 | 30.22 | 228.9/sq mi (88.4/km2) | 1926 | |
Lakehurst | Borough | Ocean | 2,636 | 2,654 | −0.7% | 0.895 | 2.32 | 2,945.3/sq mi (1,137.2/km2) | 1921 | |
Weymouth Township | Township | Atlantic | 2,614 | 2,715 | −3.7% | 11.822 | 30.62 | 221.1/sq mi (85.4/km2) | 1798 | |
East Newark | Borough | Hudson | 2,594 | 2,406 | +7.8% | 0.103 | 0.27 | 25,184.5/sq mi (9,723.8/km2) | 1895 | |
Quinton Township | Township | Salem | 2,580 | 2,666 | −3.2% | 23.793 | 61.62 | 108.4/sq mi (41.9/km2) | 1873 | |
Peapack and Gladstone | Borough | Somerset | 2,558 | 2,582 | −0.9% | 5.733 | 14.85 | 446.2/sq mi (172.3/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1912 |
Belvidere | Town | Warren | 2,520 | 2,681 | −6.0% | 1.449 | 3.75 | 1,739.1/sq mi (671.5/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1845 |
Harmony Township | Township | Warren | 2,503 | 2,667 | −6.1% | 23.750 | 61.51 | 105.4/sq mi (40.7/km2) | 1839 | |
Beverly | City | Burlington | 2,499 | 2,577 | −3.0% | 0.541 | 1.40 | 4,619.2/sq mi (1,783.5/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1850 |
Helmetta | Borough | Middlesex | 2,455 | 2,178 | +12.7% | 0.828 | 2.14 | 2,965.0/sq mi (1,144.8/km2) | 1888 | |
Oxford Township | Township | Warren | 2,444 | 2,514 | −2.8% | 5.959 | 15.43 | 410.1/sq mi (158.3/km2) | 1798 | |
Seaside Heights | Borough | Ocean | 2,440 | 2,887 | −15.5% | 0.617 | 1.60 | 3,954.6/sq mi (1,526.9/km2) | 1913 | |
Lafayette Township | Township | Sussex | 2,358 | 2,538 | −7.1% | 17.883 | 46.32 | 131.9/sq mi (50.9/km2) | 1845 | |
Englishtown | Borough | Monmouth | 2,346 | 1,847 | +27.0% | 0.570 | 1.48 | 4,115.8/sq mi (1,589.1/km2) | 1888 | |
Alpha | Borough | Warren | 2,328 | 2,369 | −1.7% | 1.681 | 4.35 | 1,384.9/sq mi (534.7/km2) | 1911 | |
Wenonah | Borough | Gloucester | 2,283 | 2,278 | +0.2% | 0.996 | 2.58 | 2,292.2/sq mi (885.0/km2) | 1883 | |
Ogdensburg | Borough | Sussex | 2,258 | 2,410 | −6.3% | 2.204 | 5.71 | 1,024.5/sq mi (395.6/km2) | 1914 | |
Essex Fells | Borough | Essex | 2,244 | 2,113 | +6.2% | 1.408 | 3.65 | 1,593.8/sq mi (615.4/km2) | 1902 | |
Frelinghuysen Township | Township | Warren | 2,199 | 2,230 | −1.4% | 23.623 | 61.18 | 93.1/sq mi (35.9/km2) | 1848 | |
Gibbsboro | Borough | Camden | 2,189 | 2,274 | −3.7% | 2.152 | 5.57 | 1,017.2/sq mi (392.7/km2) | 1924 | |
Pine Beach | Borough | Ocean | 2,139 | 2,127 | +0.6% | 0.636 | 1.65 | 3,363.2/sq mi (1,298.5/km2) | 1925 | |
Woodbine | Borough | Cape May | 2,128 | 2,472 | −13.9% | 8.019 | 20.77 | 265.4/sq mi (102.5/km2) | 1903 | |
Sea Isle City | City | Cape May | 2,104 | 2,114 | −0.5% | 2.204 | 5.71 | 954.6/sq mi (368.6/km2) | Walsh Act | 1882 |
Sussex | Borough | Sussex | 2,024 | 2,130 | −5.0% | 0.593 | 1.54 | 3,413.2/sq mi (1,317.8/km2) | 1891[note 62] | |
Laurel Springs | Borough | Camden | 1,978 | 1,908 | +3.7% | 0.451 | 1.17 | 4,385.8/sq mi (1,693.4/km2) | 1913 | |
Sandyston Township | Township | Sussex | 1,977 | 1,998 | −1.1% | 41.303 | 106.97 | 47.9/sq mi (18.5/km2) | 1798 | |
Avon-by-the-Sea | Borough | Monmouth | 1,933 | 1,901 | +1.7% | 0.426 | 1.10 | 4,537.6/sq mi (1,752.0/km2) | Walsh Act | 1900 |
Ocean Gate | Borough | Ocean | 1,932 | 2,011 | −3.9% | 0.450 | 1.17 | 4,293.3/sq mi (1,657.7/km2) | 1918 | |
Hopewell Borough | Borough | Mercer | 1,918 | 1,922 | −0.2% | 0.724 | 1.88 | 2,649.2/sq mi (1,022.9/km2) | 1891 | |
Oldmans Township | Township | Salem | 1,910 | 1,773 | +7.7% | 19.510 | 50.53 | 97.9/sq mi (37.8/km2) | 1881 | |
Sea Girt | Borough | Monmouth | 1,866 | 1,828 | +2.1% | 1.060 | 2.75 | 1,760.4/sq mi (679.7/km2) | 1917 | |
Hope Township | Township | Warren | 1,835 | 1,952 | −6.0% | 18.086 | 46.84 | 101.5/sq mi (39.2/km2) | 1839 | |
Brooklawn | Borough | Camden | 1,815 | 1,955 | −7.2% | 0.488 | 1.26 | 3,719.3/sq mi (1,436.0/km2) | 1924 | |
Folsom | Borough | Atlantic | 1,811 | 1,885 | −3.9% | 8.264 | 21.40 | 219.1/sq mi (84.6/km2) | 1906 | |
Lavallette | Borough | Ocean | 1,787 | 1,875 | −4.7% | 0.816 | 2.11 | 2,190.0/sq mi (845.6/km2) | 1887 | |
Newfield | Borough | Gloucester | 1,774 | 1,553 | +14.2% | 1.738 | 4.50 | 1,020.7/sq mi (394.1/km2) | 1924 | |
Alpine | Borough | Bergen | 1,762 | 1,849 | −4.7% | 6.401 | 16.58 | 275.3/sq mi (106.3/km2) | 1903 | |
Allentown | Borough | Monmouth | 1,734 | 1,828 | −5.1% | 0.596 | 1.54 | 2,909.4/sq mi (1,123.3/km2) | 1889 | |
Eagleswood Township | Township | Ocean | 1,722 | 1,603 | +7.4% | 16.103 | 41.71 | 106.9/sq mi (41.3/km2) | 1874 | |
Lower Alloways Creek Township | Township | Salem | 1,717 | 1,770 | −3.0% | 45.309 | 117.35 | 37.9/sq mi (14.6/km2) | 1767 | |
Lake Como | Borough | Monmouth | 1,697 | 1,759 | −3.5% | 0.252 | 0.65 | 6,734.1/sq mi (2,600.1/km2) | 1924[note 63] | |
Glen Gardner | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,682 | 1,704 | −1.3% | 1.548 | 4.01 | 1,086.6/sq mi (419.5/km2) | 1919 | |
Chester Borough | Borough | Morris | 1,681 | 1,649 | +1.9% | 1.592 | 4.12 | 1,055.9/sq mi (407.7/km2) | 1930 | |
Estell Manor | City | Atlantic | 1,668 | 1,735 | −3.9% | 53.387 | 138.27 | 31.2/sq mi (12.0/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1925 |
Lebanon Borough | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,665 | 1,358 | +22.6% | 0.902 | 2.34 | 1,845.9/sq mi (712.7/km2) | 1926 | |
Island Heights | Borough | Ocean | 1,650 | 1,673 | −1.4% | 0.609 | 1.58 | 2,709.4/sq mi (1,046.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1887 |
Hardwick Township | Township | Warren | 1,598 | 1,696 | −5.8% | 37.525 | 97.19 | 42.6/sq mi (16.4/km2) | 1798 | |
Victory Gardens | Borough | Morris | 1,582 | 1,520 | +4.1% | 0.145 | 0.38 | 10,910.3/sq mi (4,212.5/km2) | 1951 | |
Woodland Township | Township | Burlington | 1,544 | 1,788 | −13.6% | 92.638 | 239.93 | 16.7/sq mi (6.4/km2) | 1866 | |
Chesilhurst | Borough | Camden | 1,536 | 1,634 | −6.0% | 1.715 | 4.44 | 895.6/sq mi (345.8/km2) | 1887 | |
Farmingdale | Borough | Monmouth | 1,504 | 1,329 | +13.2% | 0.520 | 1.35 | 2,892.3/sq mi (1,116.7/km2) | 1903 | |
Mannington Township | Township | Salem | 1,475 | 1,806 | −18.3% | 33.883 | 87.76 | 43.5/sq mi (16.8/km2) | 1798 | |
Sea Bright | Borough | Monmouth | 1,449 | 1,412 | +2.6% | 0.720 | 1.86 | 2,012.5/sq mi (777.0/km2) | 1889 | |
Hampton Borough | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,438 | 1,401 | +2.6% | 1.505 | 3.90 | 955.5/sq mi (368.9/km2) | 1895[note 64] | |
Seaside Park | Borough | Ocean | 1,436 | 1,579 | −9.1% | 0.655 | 1.70 | 2,192.4/sq mi (846.5/km2) | 1898 | |
Winfield Township | Township | Union | 1,423 | 1,471 | −3.3% | 0.181 | 0.47 | 7,861.9/sq mi (3,035.5/km2) | 1941 | |
Downe Township | Township | Cumberland | 1,399 | 1,585 | −11.7% | 48.403 | 125.36 | 28.9/sq mi (11.2/km2) | 1798 | |
Pemberton Borough | Borough | Burlington | 1,371 | 1,409 | −2.7% | 0.590 | 1.53 | 2,323.7/sq mi (897.2/km2) | 1826 | |
Frenchtown | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,370 | 1,373 | −0.2% | 1.128 | 2.92 | 1,214.5/sq mi (468.9/km2) | 1867 | |
Bass River Township | Township | Burlington | 1,355 | 1,443 | −6.1% | 75.124 | 194.57 | 18.0/sq mi (6.9/km2) | Walsh Act | 1864 |
Elmer | Borough | Salem | 1,347 | 1,395 | −3.4% | 0.894 | 2.32 | 1,506.7/sq mi (581.7/km2) | 1893 | |
Stow Creek Township | Township | Cumberland | 1,312 | 1,431 | −8.3% | 18.266 | 47.31 | 71.8/sq mi (27.7/km2) | 1798 | |
Avalon | Borough | Cape May | 1,243 | 1,334 | −6.8% | 4.270 | 11.06 | 291.1/sq mi (112.4/km2) | 1892 | |
Surf City | Borough | Ocean | 1,243 | 1,205 | +3.2% | 0.744 | 1.93 | 1,670.7/sq mi (645.1/km2) | 1894[note 65] | |
Milford | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,232 | 1,233 | −0.1% | 1.182 | 3.06 | 1,042.3/sq mi (402.4/km2) | 1911 | |
Port Republic | City | Atlantic | 1,101 | 1,115 | −1.3% | 7.462 | 19.33 | 147.5/sq mi (57.0/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1905 |
Ship Bottom | Borough | Ocean | 1,098 | 1,156 | −5.0% | 0.712 | 1.84 | 1,542.1/sq mi (595.4/km2) | 1925[note 66] | |
Shrewsbury Township | Township | Monmouth | 1,076 | 1,141 | −5.7% | 0.099 | 0.26 | 10,868.7/sq mi (4,196.4/km2) | 1798 | |
Beach Haven | Borough | Ocean | 1,027 | 1,170 | −12.2% | 0.979 | 2.54 | 1,049.0/sq mi (405.0/km2) | Walsh Act | 1890 |
West Cape May | Borough | Cape May | 1,010 | 1,024 | −1.4% | 1.173 | 3.04 | 861.0/sq mi (332.4/km2) | Walsh Act | 1884 |
Califon | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,005 | 1,076 | −6.6% | 0.959 | 2.48 | 1,048.0/sq mi (404.6/km2) | 1918 | |
Elsinboro Township | Township | Salem | 1,001 | 1,036 | −3.4% | 11.931 | 30.90 | 83.9/sq mi (32.4/km2) | 1798 | |
Audubon Park | Borough | Camden | 991 | 1,023 | −3.1% | 0.150 | 0.39 | 6,606.7/sq mi (2,550.9/km2) | 1947 | |
Bay Head | Borough | Ocean | 930 | 968 | −3.9% | 0.585 | 1.52 | 1,589.7/sq mi (613.8/km2) | 1886 | |
Hi-Nella | Borough | Camden | 927 | 870 | +6.6% | 0.223 | 0.58 | 4,157.0/sq mi (1,605.0/km2) | 1929 | |
Far Hills | Borough | Somerset | 924 | 919 | +0.5% | 4.847 | 12.55 | 190.6/sq mi (73.6/km2) | 1921 | |
Deal | Borough | Monmouth | 900 | 750 | +20.0% | 1.184 | 3.07 | 760.1/sq mi (293.5/km2) | Walsh Act | 1898 |
Longport | Borough | Atlantic | 893 | 895 | −0.2% | 0.395 | 1.02 | 2,260.8/sq mi (872.9/km2) | Walsh Act | 1898 |
Interlaken | Borough | Monmouth | 828 | 820 | +1.0% | 0.331 | 0.86 | 2,501.5/sq mi (965.8/km2) | 1922 | |
Roosevelt | Borough | Monmouth | 808 | 882 | −8.4% | 1.940 | 5.02 | 416.5/sq mi (160.8/km2) | 1937[note 67] | |
Stone Harbor | Borough | Cape May | 796 | 866 | −8.1% | 1.420 | 3.68 | 560.6/sq mi (216.4/km2) | 1914 | |
Bloomsbury | Borough | Hunterdon | 792 | 870 | −9.0% | 0.932 | 2.41 | 849.8/sq mi (328.1/km2) | 1905 | |
Branchville | Borough | Sussex | 791 | 841 | −5.9% | 0.593 | 1.54 | 1,333.9/sq mi (515.0/km2) | 1898 | |
Greenwich Township | Township | Cumberland | 771 | 804 | −4.1% | 17.772 | 46.03 | 43.4/sq mi (16.8/km2) | 1798 | |
Rocky Hill | Borough | Somerset | 743 | 682 | +8.9% | 0.611 | 1.58 | 1,216.0/sq mi (469.5/km2) | 1889 | |
Wrightstown | Borough | Burlington | 720 | 802 | −10.2% | 1.850 | 4.79 | 389.2/sq mi (150.3/km2) | 1918 | |
Washington Township | Township | Burlington | 693 | 687 | +0.9% | 101.661 | 263.30 | 6.8/sq mi (2.6/km2) | 1802 | |
Barnegat Light | Borough | Ocean | 640 | 574 | +11.5% | 0.831 | 2.15 | 770.2/sq mi (297.4/km2) | 1904[note 68] | |
Andover Borough | Borough | Sussex | 595 | 606 | −1.8% | 1.348 | 3.49 | 441.4/sq mi (170.4/km2) | 1904 | |
West Wildwood | Borough | Cape May | 540 | 603 | −10.4% | 0.286 | 0.74 | 1,888.1/sq mi (729.0/km2) | Walsh Act | 1920 |
Fieldsboro | Borough | Burlington | 526 | 540 | −2.6% | 0.279 | 0.72 | 1,885.3/sq mi (727.9/km2) | 1850 | |
Stockton | Borough | Hunterdon | 495 | 538 | −8.0% | 0.546 | 1.41 | 906.6/sq mi (350.0/km2) | 1898 | |
Allenhurst | Borough | Monmouth | 472 | 496 | −4.8% | 0.250 | 0.65 | 1,888.0/sq mi (729.0/km2) | Walsh Act | 1897 |
Corbin City | City | Atlantic | 471 | 492 | −4.3% | 7.697 | 19.94 | 61.2/sq mi (23.6/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1922 |
Millstone Borough | Borough | Somerset | 448 | 418 | +7.2% | 0.681 | 1.76 | 657.9/sq mi (254.0/km2) | 1894 | |
Shiloh | Borough | Cumberland | 444 | 516 | −14.0% | 1.203 | 3.12 | 369.1/sq mi (142.5/km2) | 1929 | |
Rockleigh | Borough | Bergen | 407 | 531 | −23.4% | 1.003 | 2.60 | 405.8/sq mi (156.7/km2) | 1923 | |
Harvey Cedars | Borough | Ocean | 391 | 337 | +16.0% | 0.561 | 1.45 | 697.0/sq mi (269.1/km2) | Walsh Act | 1894 |
Mantoloking | Borough | Ocean | 331 | 296 | +11.8% | 0.386 | 1.00 | 857.5/sq mi (331.1/km2) | 1911 | |
Cape May Point | Borough | Cape May | 305 | 291 | +4.8% | 0.295 | 0.76 | 1,033.9/sq mi (399.2/km2) | Walsh Act | 1908 |
Loch Arbour | Village | Monmouth | 224 | 194 | +15.5% | 0.087 | 0.23 | 2,574.7/sq mi (994.1/km2) | Walsh Act | 1957 |
Teterboro | Borough | Bergen | 61 | 67 | −9.0% | 1.107 | 2.87 | 55.1/sq mi (21.3/km2) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1917 |
Tavistock | Borough | Camden | 9 | 5 | +80.0% | 0.273 | 0.71 | 33.0/sq mi (12.7/km2) | Walsh Act | 1921 |
Walpack Township | Township | Sussex | 7 | 16 | −56.2% | 24.171 | 62.60 | 0.3/sq mi (0.12/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1798 |
Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1836.
- ↑ As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1851.
- ↑ As Raritan Township. Renamed Edison in 1954.
- ↑ As Dover Township. Renamed Toms River in 2006.
- ↑ As Delaware Township. Renamed Cherry Hill in 1961.
- ↑ As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1869.
- ↑ As Madison Township. Renamed Old Bridge in 1975.
- ↑ As New Barbadoes Township. Renamed and reincorporated as Hackensack City in 1921.
- ↑ As a Township. Reincorporated as a Borough in 1919.
- ↑ As Maidenhead Township. Renamed Lawrence in 1816.
- ↑ As a Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1917.
- ↑ As Long Branch Commission. Renamed and reincorporated as Long Branch City in 1903.
- ↑ As a Township. Reincorporated as a Town in 1903.
- ↑ Princeton Township and Princeton Borough merged on January 1, 2013. The 2010 population is tabulated from the sum of the two municipalities' 2010 populations. Though it has a borough form of government, the municipality type is classified by the state government as other.[5]
- ↑ As Franklin Township. Renamed Nutley in 1902.
- ↑ As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1866.
- ↑ As South Orange Township. Renamed Maplewood in 1922.
- ↑ As Hohokus Township. Renamed Mahwah in 1944.
- ↑ As Roosevelt Borough. Renamed Carteret in 1922.
- ↑ As Fanwood Township. Renamed Scotch Plains in 1917.
- ↑ As Union Township. Renamed Barnegat in 1977.
- ↑ As Union Township. Renamed Lyndhurst in 1917.
- ↑ As East Paterson Borough. Renamed Elmwood Park in 1973.
- ↑ As Raritan Township. Renamed Hazlet in 1967.
- ↑ As Chester Township. Renamed Maple Shade in 1945.
- ↑ As Matavan Township. Renamed Aberdeen in 1977.
- ↑ As New Shrewsbury Borough. Renamed Tinton Falls in 1975.
- ↑ As Washington Township. Renamed Robbinsville in 2008.
- ↑ As Town of Brooklyn. Renamed Hopatcong in 1901.
- ↑ As Undercliff Borough. Renamed Edgewater in 1899.
- ↑ As Saddle River Township. Renamed Saddle Brook in 1955.
- ↑ As Spicer Township. Renamed Harrison in 1845.
- ↑ As West Paterson Borough. Renamed Woodland Park in 2009.
- ↑ As New Providence Township. Renamed Berkeley Heights in 1951.
- ↑ As Verona Township. Renamed Cedar Grove in 1908.
- ↑ As Lower Penns Neck Township. Renamed Pennsville in 1965.
- ↑ Pine Hill and Pine Valley merged on January 1, 2022. The 2010 and 2020 populations and area are tabulated from the sum of the same from the two municipalities.[7]
- ↑ As Northampton Township. Renamed Mount Holly in 1931.
- ↑ As Atlantic Township. Renamed Colts Neck in 1962.
- ↑ As Upper Penns Neck Township. Renamed Carneys Point in 1976.
- ↑ As Passaic Township. Renamed Long Hill in 1992.
- ↑ As Delford Borough. Renamed Oradell in 1920.
- ↑ As Caldwell Township. Renamed Fairfield in 1963.
- ↑ As a Town. Reincorporated as a Borough in 1948.
- ↑ As Etna Borough. Renamed Emerson in 1909.
- ↑ As North Plainfield Township. Renamed Green Brook in 1932.
- ↑ As Port Oram Borough. Renamed Wharton in 1902.
- ↑ As a Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1931.
- ↑ As Woodcliff Borough. Renamed Woodcliff Lake in 1910.
- ↑ As West Woolwich Township. Renamed Logan in 1878.
- ↑ As Ocean Beach Borough. Renamed Belmar in 1890.
- ↑ As Midland Township. Renamed Rochelle Park in 1929.
- ↑ As South Atlantic City. Renamed Margate City in 1909.
- ↑ As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1858.
- ↑ As a Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1912.
- ↑ As Beverly Township. Renamed Delanco in 1926.
- ↑ As a Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1867.
- ↑ As Anglesea Borough. Renamed North Wildwood in 1906. Reincorporated as a City in 1917.
- ↑ As a Township. Reincorporated as a Borough in 1898.
- ↑ As Upper Alloways Creek Township. Renamed Alloway in 1884.
- ↑ As Cape Island Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1851. Renamed Cape May in 1869.
- ↑ As Deckertown Borough. Renamed Sussex in 1902.
- ↑ As South Belmar Borough. Renamed Lake Como in 2005.
- ↑ As Junction Borough. Renamed Hampton in 1909.
- ↑ As Long Beach City Borough. Renamed Surf City in 1899.
- ↑ As Ship Bottom-Beach Arlington Borough. Renamed Ship Bottom in 1947.
- ↑ As Jersey Homesteads Borough. Renamed Roosevelt in 1945.
- ↑ As Barnegat City Borough. Renamed Barnegat Light in 1948.
References[change | change source]
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Raw 2020 U.S. Census Data". United States Census Bureau. August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
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- ↑ Snyder, John P. "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ↑ Knapp, Krystal (October 1, 2012). "Merged Municipality Will Be Called Princeton, New Jersey". Planet Princeton. Archived from the original on November 27, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Vernon Township Mayor's Office website". Archived from the original on 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
- ↑ Symons, Michael (December 30, 2021). "NJ about to subtract one of its tiniest towns in rare merger". New Jersey 101.5. Retrieved January 16, 2022.