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.

Map of all 564 municipalities

All land within New Jersey is in a municipality.

List of municipalities

  • Largest municipalities in New Jersey by population
  • Newark, New Jersey's largest city by population
    Newark, New Jersey's largest city by population
  • Jersey City, New Jersey's second-largest city by population
    Jersey City, New Jersey's second-largest city by population
  • Paterson, New Jersey's third-largest city by population
    Paterson, New Jersey's third-largest city by population
  • Elizabeth, New Jersey's fourth-largest city by population
    Elizabeth, New Jersey's fourth-largest city by population
  • Trenton, the state capital of New Jersey
    Trenton, the state capital of New Jersey
  • Camden, the largest city in South Jersey by population
    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]
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 Village Essex 18,484 16,126 +14.6% 2.846 7.37 6,494.7/sq mi (2,507.6/km2) Village (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

  1. ↑ As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1836.
  2. ↑ As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1851.
  3. ↑ As Raritan Township. Renamed Edison in 1954.
  4. ↑ As Dover Township. Renamed Toms River in 2006.
  5. ↑ As Delaware Township. Renamed Cherry Hill in 1961.
  6. ↑ As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1869.
  7. ↑ As Madison Township. Renamed Old Bridge in 1975.
  8. ↑ As New Barbadoes Township. Renamed and reincorporated as Hackensack City in 1921.
  9. ↑ As a Township. Reincorporated as a Borough in 1919.
  10. ↑ As Maidenhead Township. Renamed Lawrence in 1816.
  11. ↑ As a Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1917.
  12. ↑ As Long Branch Commission. Renamed and reincorporated as Long Branch City in 1903.
  13. ↑ As a Township. Reincorporated as a Town in 1903.
  14. ↑ 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]
  15. ↑ As Franklin Township. Renamed Nutley in 1902.
  16. ↑ As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1866.
  17. ↑ As South Orange Township. Renamed Maplewood in 1922.
  18. ↑ As Hohokus Township. Renamed Mahwah in 1944.
  19. ↑ As Roosevelt Borough. Renamed Carteret in 1922.
  20. ↑ As Fanwood Township. Renamed Scotch Plains in 1917.
  21. ↑ As Union Township. Renamed Barnegat in 1977.
  22. ↑ As Union Township. Renamed Lyndhurst in 1917.
  23. ↑ As East Paterson Borough. Renamed Elmwood Park in 1973.
  24. ↑ As Raritan Township. Renamed Hazlet in 1967.
  25. ↑ As Chester Township. Renamed Maple Shade in 1945.
  26. ↑ As Matavan Township. Renamed Aberdeen in 1977.
  27. ↑ As New Shrewsbury Borough. Renamed Tinton Falls in 1975.
  28. ↑ As Washington Township. Renamed Robbinsville in 2008.
  29. ↑ As Town of Brooklyn. Renamed Hopatcong in 1901.
  30. ↑ As Undercliff Borough. Renamed Edgewater in 1899.
  31. ↑ As Saddle River Township. Renamed Saddle Brook in 1955.
  32. ↑ As Spicer Township. Renamed Harrison in 1845.
  33. ↑ As West Paterson Borough. Renamed Woodland Park in 2009.
  34. ↑ As New Providence Township. Renamed Berkeley Heights in 1951.
  35. ↑ As Verona Township. Renamed Cedar Grove in 1908.
  36. ↑ As Lower Penns Neck Township. Renamed Pennsville in 1965.
  37. ↑ 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]
  38. ↑ As Northampton Township. Renamed Mount Holly in 1931.
  39. ↑ As Atlantic Township. Renamed Colts Neck in 1962.
  40. ↑ As Upper Penns Neck Township. Renamed Carneys Point in 1976.
  41. ↑ As Passaic Township. Renamed Long Hill in 1992.
  42. ↑ As Delford Borough. Renamed Oradell in 1920.
  43. ↑ As Caldwell Township. Renamed Fairfield in 1963.
  44. ↑ As a Town. Reincorporated as a Borough in 1948.
  45. ↑ As Etna Borough. Renamed Emerson in 1909.
  46. ↑ As North Plainfield Township. Renamed Green Brook in 1932.
  47. ↑ As Port Oram Borough. Renamed Wharton in 1902.
  48. ↑ As a Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1931.
  49. ↑ As Woodcliff Borough. Renamed Woodcliff Lake in 1910.
  50. ↑ As West Woolwich Township. Renamed Logan in 1878.
  51. ↑ As Ocean Beach Borough. Renamed Belmar in 1890.
  52. ↑ As Midland Township. Renamed Rochelle Park in 1929.
  53. ↑ As South Atlantic City. Renamed Margate City in 1909.
  54. ↑ As a Township. Reincorporated as a City in 1858.
  55. ↑ As a Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1912.
  56. ↑ As Beverly Township. Renamed Delanco in 1926.
  57. ↑ As a Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1867.
  58. ↑ As Anglesea Borough. Renamed North Wildwood in 1906. Reincorporated as a City in 1917.
  59. ↑ As a Township. Reincorporated as a Borough in 1898.
  60. ↑ As Upper Alloways Creek Township. Renamed Alloway in 1884.
  61. ↑ As Cape Island Borough. Reincorporated as a City in 1851. Renamed Cape May in 1869.
  62. ↑ As Deckertown Borough. Renamed Sussex in 1902.
  63. ↑ As South Belmar Borough. Renamed Lake Como in 2005.
  64. ↑ As Junction Borough. Renamed Hampton in 1909.
  65. ↑ As Long Beach City Borough. Renamed Surf City in 1899.
  66. ↑ As Ship Bottom-Beach Arlington Borough. Renamed Ship Bottom in 1947.
  67. ↑ As Jersey Homesteads Borough. Renamed Roosevelt in 1945.
  68. ↑ As Barnegat City Borough. Renamed Barnegat Light in 1948.

References

  1. ↑ "Types of Government in New Jersey". New Jersey League of Municipalities. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Raw 2020 U.S. Census Data". United States Census Bureau. August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  3. ↑ Census 2010: New Jersey - USATODAY.com
  4. ↑ Snyder, John P. "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Vernon Township Mayor's Office website". Archived from the original on 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  7. ↑ 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.