Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety96#3/51
Economy84#9/51
Housing7#47/51
Health100#1/51
Healthcare68#17/51
Environment27#36/49
Education92#5/51
Infrastructure90#6/51
Community74#14/51
Leisure & amenities62#20/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where New Jersey ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Depression · low15.6%
100/100United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Injury deaths · low65 /100k
98/100United States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Premature death · low6,017 /100k
98/100United States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Suicide rate · low8.0 /100k
98/100United States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Primary care shortage · low1.0
98/100United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAggregated from counties
Dental care shortage · low0.4
98/100United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high1.88%
0/100United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Average commute time · high30.5 min
4/100United States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Severe housing problems · high19.8%
6/100United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Unemployment rate · high5.2%
6/100United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from countiesPartial year
Cost of buying a home today · high44.9%
10/100United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Drinking water violations · high1
17/100United States 02023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 61% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+61 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
5 days (2017) → 1 days (2022)
−73%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
33.4% (Dec 2021) → 44.9% (Aug 2026)
+12 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Homicide rateImproving
4.4 /100k (2021) → 2.1 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−52%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
31.9 /100k (2021) → 15.8 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−50%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
85.8% (2015-2019) → 92.8% (2020-2024)
+7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, New Jersey improved on 13 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 8 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Commute−1.6 min32.2 min → 30.5 min
Bachelor's++3.9 points39.7% → 43.6%
Homicides−46%3.9 /100k → 2.1 /100k
Firearm deaths−17%4.8 /100k → 4.0 /100k
Overdose deaths−47%29.7 /100k → 15.8 /100k

Declined7

Transit use−3.5 points11.7% → 8.1%
Grocery stores−7.4%2.6 /10k → 2.4 /10k
Suicides+9.6%7.3 /100k → 8.0 /100k
Airport+3 mi18 mi → 21 mi
Traffic deaths+5.9%6.5 /100k → 6.9 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of New Jersey between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.3 /10k2020	4.6 /10k2025	+7.4%	Improved	13%
Average commute time	32.2 min2015-2019	30.5 min2020-2024	−1.6 min	Improved	97%
Average weekly wage	$1,4232020	$1,6592025	+17%	Improved	1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%2015-2019	43.6%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Improved	81%
Broadband subscriptions	85.8%2015-2019	92.8%2020-2024	+7 points	Improved	25%
Child poverty rate	12.2%2019	11.8%2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Distance to an airport	18 mi2020	21 mi2025	+3 mi	Declined	9%
Drug overdose deaths	29.7 /100k2020	15.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−47%	Improved	83%
Effective property tax rate	2.22%2015-2019	1.88%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	93%
Firearm deaths	4.8 /100k2020	4.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−17%	Improved	81%
Grocery stores	2.6 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	−7.4%	Declined	5%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.8 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−2%	Within the margin of error	7%
High school diploma or higher	89.8%2015-2019	90.7%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Improved	11%
Home price to income ratio	4.1×2015-2019	4.4×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	83%
Homicide rate	3.9 /100k2020	2.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−46%	Improved	93%
Income adjusted for local prices	$60,7242019	$78,0232024	+28%	Improved	15%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4812015-2019	0.4782020-2024	−0.003	Little change	91%
Median household income	$85,7862019	$104,2022024	+21%	Improved	30%
New business applications	14.5 /1k2020	16.9 /1k2025	+16%	Improved	15%
Pharmacies	2.6 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	−6.6%	Declined	62%
Poverty rate	9.1%2019	9.2%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−7.1%	Within the margin of error	15%
Public transit commuters	11.7%2015-2019	8.1%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Declined	11%
Rent as share of income	30.8%2015-2019	30.9%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Rent-burdened households	51.4%2015-2019	51.6%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Restaurants and bars	8.8 /10k2020	8.8 /10k2025	−0.1%	Within the margin of error	38%
Students per teacher	12.2×2019	12.0×2024	−0.2×	Little change	21%
Suicide rate	7.3 /100k2020	8.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+9.6%	Declined	19%
Traffic deaths	6.5 /100k2015-2019	6.9 /100k2020-2024	+5.9%	Declined	50%
Unemployment rate	9.5%2020	5.2%2025	−4.2 points	Improved	79%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.3%2019	9.0%2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	38%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like New Jersey five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of New Jersey in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, New Jersey itself moved +0.4 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

9,343,809 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,507,701 households (±5,116)

New Jersey
United States share

Under $25k12%407,698
$25k–50k13%448,148
$50k–75k13%447,549

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,507,701 households (±5,116)

New Jersey
United States share

Own64%2,239,128
Rent36%1,268,573

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

4,582,367 workers (±10,871)

New Jersey
United States share

Drive alone62%2,851,331
Carpool7.7%351,552
Public transit8.1%372,235

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in New Jersey employ 850,940 people. 9 pay a median above the US median and 1 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in New Jersey by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Home Health and Personal Care Aides117,080 jobs	117,080	$37,090US $35,800	+4%	0.99×
Cashiers107,680 jobs	107,680

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

New Jersey has 237,968 employer establishments, 253 for every 10,000 residents (1.02× the US rate of 248), with 3,945,019 paid employees at an average annual pay of $74,045. The Census Bureau also counts 924,331 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 237,968; 924,331 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 253; US 248
Paid employees: 3,945,019
Average annual pay: $74,045; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of New Jersey by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	22,384	23.8	1.14×About typical	259,163	$71,447	44,130
Restaurants and other eating places	18,701	19.9	1.08×About typical	249,796	$26,709	6,396
Specialty trade contractors	14,029	14.9	0.96×About typical	113,409	$79,844	41,858
Lessors of real estate	9,023	9.6	0.78×Fewer than typical	49,995	$71,494	115,553
Full-service restaurants	8,060	8.6	1.12×About typical	129,043	$30,635	2,908
Services to buildings and dwellings	7,958	8.5	1.26×More than typical	63,757	$42,188	38,922
Offices of physicians	7,756	8.3	1.27×More than typical	82,376	$108,303	8,165
Limited-service restaurants	7,670	8.2	1.02×About typical	91,759	$22,825	2,421
Construction of buildings	7,648	8.1	1.08×About typical	38,182	$82,485	24,092
Personal care services	7,551	8	1.68×More than typical	40,822	$26,282	24,389
Computer systems design and related services	6,369	6.8	1.57×More than typical	85,654	$112,797	13,210
Building equipment contractors	6,299	6.7	1.11×About typical	59,377	$82,612	9,270

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,395,315 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $8.3B on contracts performed in New Jersey: $872 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $8.3B; −11% vs FY2025
Per resident: $872; US $1,994
Sole-source: 27%; US 30%
Single offer: 16%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Missile Defense Agency$1.4B17%
Defense Logistics Agency$1.4B17%
Department of the Navy$1.3B16%
Department of Veterans Affairs$881.8M11%
Department of the Army$658.9M7.9%
U.S. Coast Guard$497.2M6.0%
Department of the Air Force$452.8M5.4%
Federal Aviation Administration$326.8M3.9%

Top recipients

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$2.5B30%
ASRC FEDERAL FACILITIES LOGISTICS, LLC$524.4M6.3%
WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING COMPANY, THE$400M4.8%
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$260.9M3.1%
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$230M2.8%

Spending by fiscal year

7.5BFY2017
7.6BFY2018
8.4BFY2019
7.6BFY2020
8.9BFY2021
9.3BFY2022
9.2BFY2023
9.8B

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$2.3B27%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$1.1B13%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$751.4M9.0%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$526.8M6.3%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$452.1M5.4%

Largest awards

AEGIS BMD INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT$3B
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Burlington County, NJ· Research & development· Oct 3, 2016 – May 28, 2026· HQ027610C0001
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$2.2B
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY· Middlesex County, NJ· Facilities & utilities· Oct 11, 2016 – Sep 29, 2026· DEAC0209CH11466
AEGIS COMBAT SYSTEM ENGINEERING AGENT (CSEA) ADVANCED CAPABILITY BUILD 16 (ACB 16), TECHNOLOGY INSERTION 16 (TI 16), FUTURE ACB/TI, BASELINE MAINTENANCE, TRAINING, AND STUDIES$1.8B
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Burlington County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 4, 2016 – Jun 10, 2026· N0002413C5116

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $86.6B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for New Jersey: $9,069 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $86.6B; −0.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,069; US $12,955
Loan face value: $10.4B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$35.9B41%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$18.3B21%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$3.5B4.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$2.6B3.0%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$2.4B2.7%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$2.3B2.6%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$2B2.3%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$1.7B2.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

HUMAN SERVICES, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF$22.2B26%
TRENTON, NJ
TRANSPORTATION, NEW JERSEY DEPT OF$1.8B2.1%
TRENTON, NJ
EDUCATION, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF$1.1B1.3%
TRENTON, NJ
NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE$738.5M0.9%
TRENTON, NJ
BANKING AND INSURANCE, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$43.3B50%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$25.4B29%
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Nutrition Service$3B3.4%
Department of Agriculture
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$2.8B3.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

89.8BFY2021
79.6BFY2022
77.5BFY2023
78.7BFY2024
87.3BFY2025
86.6BFY2026

County aggregates

60%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in New Jersey, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

New Jersey
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Jersey	United States
FY2017	$843	$1,436
FY2018	$851	$1,552
FY2019	$940	$1,654
FY2020	$819	$1,880
FY2021	$960	$1,810
FY2022	$999	$1,917
FY2023	$975	$2,079
FY2024	$1,032	$2,047
FY2025	$977	$2,165
FY2026	$872 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Jersey	United States
FY2017	$56.86	$93.28
FY2018	$36.40	$105
FY2019	$62.57	$128
FY2020	$45.58	$145
FY2021	$47.36	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Jersey	United States
FY2021	$4,387	$5,748
FY2022	$4,218	$5,221
FY2023	$3,928	$5,364
FY2024	$3,695	$5,501
FY2025	$3,992	$5,732
FY2026	$3,976

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Jersey	United States
FY2021	$272	$298
FY2022	$530	$357
FY2023	$307	$301
FY2024	$199	$319
FY2025	$331	$360
FY2026	$301

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Jersey	United States
FY2021	$268	$239
FY2022	$221	$185
FY2023	$299	$229
FY2024	$271	$229
FY2025	$265	$249
FY2026	$257 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Jersey	United States
FY2021	$1,991	$2,304
FY2022	$2,026	$2,197
FY2023	$2,048	$2,274
FY2024	$1,871	$2,267
FY2025	$2,112	$2,397
FY2026	$2,340

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	New Jersey	United States
FY2021	$1,372	$1,186
FY2022	$676	$465
FY2023	$65.61	$76.52
FY2024	$94.22	$120
FY2025	$118	$148
FY2026	$91.96

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

New Jersey
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, New Jersey and the United States, by year
Calendar years	New Jersey	United States
2014	0.8%	2.0%
2015	1.3%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of New Jersey whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Salem County, NJConstruction contracts · FY2024$552 (13×)
Somerset County, NJContracts and grants · FY2023$2,452 (2.3×)
Somerset County, NJFederal contracts · FY2023$2,135 (2.3×)
Hunterdon County, NJContracts and grants · FY2023$1,081 (4.3×)
Warren County, NJTransportation grants · FY2023$473 (6.4×)

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/34

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

New Jersey is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Counties of New Jersey

All 21 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in New Jersey

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in New Jersey, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in New Jersey

By population.

All 700 cities and towns in New Jersey

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	New Jersey	United States
2014	−3.5%	−4.2%
2015	−0.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.1%	+3.3%
2018	+4.7%	+6.8%
2019	+7.3%	+10.5%
2020	+17.9%	+19.4%
2021	+21.6%	+26.1%
2022	+25.2%	+30.6%
2023	+28.3%	+35.0%
2024	+32.8%	+41.0%
2025	+37.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	New Jersey	United States
2014	−5.7%	−5.5%
2015	−2.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.2%	+4.1%
2018	+7.4%	+8.9%
2019	+13.0%	+13.5%
2020	+17.8%	+20.8%
2021	+27.7%	+32.1%
2022	+29.6%	+35.4%
2023	+36.5%	+42.9%
2024	+42.0%	+49.5%

Calendar years	New Jersey	United States
2014	3.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.0/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.1/1k	4.1/1k
2019	4.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.9/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.0/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	New Jersey	United States
2014	−5.6%	−6.9%
2015	−5.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.1%	+4.7%
2018	+7.3%	+7.5%
2019	+12.6%	+14.0%
2020	+14.3%	+16.9%
2021	+17.1%	+21.0%
2022	+26.4%	+29.7%
2023	+30.8%	+34.9%
2024	+36.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	New Jersey	United States
2014	−5.2% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+22.9% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+38.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+48.8% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+61.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+74.1% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+79.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	New Jersey	United States
2014	6.7%	6.2%
2015	5.7%	5.3%
2016	4.9%	4.9%
2017	4.5%	4.4%
2018	4.0%	3.9%
2019	3.5%	3.7%
2020	9.5%	8.1%
2021	6.7%	5.4%
2022	3.9%	3.7%
2023	4.3%	3.6%
2024	4.6%	4.0%
2025	5.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	New Jersey	United States
2014	11.1%	15.5%
2015	10.8%	14.7%
2016	10.4%	14.0%
2017	10.0%	13.4%
2018	9.5%	13.1%
2019	9.1%	12.3%
2020	9.4%	11.9%
2021	10.2%	12.8%
2022	9.7%	12.6%
2023	9.7%	12.5%
2024	9.2%	12.1%

Calendar years	New Jersey	United States
2014	12.6%	13.5%
2015	10.0%	10.9%
2016	9.2%	10.0%
2017	9.0%	10.2%
2018	8.7%	10.4%
2019	9.3%	10.8%
2020	8.7%	10.4%
2021	8.3%	10.2%
2022	8.0%	9.5%
2023	8.5%	9.5%
2024	9.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	New Jersey	United States
2014	10.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	10.4/1k	8.7/1k
2016	10.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	11.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	12.3/1k	10.7/1k
2019	12.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	14.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	17.6/1k	16.2/1k
2022	16.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	17.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	16.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	16.9/1k	16.6/1k

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