The 10 Gayest Places In New Jersey For 2024


The gayest cities in New Jersey are Riverdale and Guttenberg for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

Gayest places in New Jersey research summary. We used Saturday Night Science to research the cities in New Jersey with the highest percent of same-sex households for 2024. The data comes from the American Community Survey 2013-2018 vintage, which breaks down sex by household status. Unfortunately, the Census has stopped reporting at the city level, so this report reflects the most recent data.

  • The city with the highest rate of same-sex houesholds in New Jersey is Riverdale. 5.03% of households in Riverdale are gay.

  • The city in New Jersey with the most same-sex houesholds is Jersey City with 711 gay households.

  • New Jersey is the 31st most gay in the United States.

Gayest Cities In New Jersey Map


Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table


An estimated 0.84% of New Jersey residents are gay.

That means there are a total of 29,510 gay households in The Garden State.

Our goal with this post is to use Saturday Night Science and data to determine the gayest cities in New Jersey.

After analyzing 238 cities with over 1,000 households, we’ve determined these are The Gayest Cities in New Jersey for 2024.

The 10 Gayest Places In New Jersey For 2024

  1. Riverdale
  2. Guttenberg
  3. Hamburg
  4. Kinnelon
  5. Little Silver
  6. Asbury Park
  7. Red Bank
  8. Woodbury
  9. Metuchen
  10. Merchantville

What’s the gayest place in New Jersey? According to the facts, Riverdale is the gayest place in New Jersey for 2024.

For more on how we calculated the top ten, and for more information about these places, read on.

For more New Jersey reading, check out:

The 10 Gayest Cities In New Jersey For 2024

1. Riverdale

Overall SnackAbility

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/10

Households: 1,829
Gay Households: 58 (22nd highest)
% Gay Households: 5.03% (1st highest)
More on Riverdale: Crime

Guttenberg, NJ

Source: Wikipedia User Nightscream | CC BY 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Households: 4,673
Gay Households: 112 (6th highest)
% Gay Households: 3.98% (2nd highest)
More on Guttenberg: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

3. Hamburg

Hamburg, NJ

Source: Wikipedia User Doug Kerr | CC BY-SA 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Households: 1,328
Gay Households: 26 (46th highest)
% Gay Households: 3.92% (3rd highest)
More on Hamburg: Crime

Kinnelon, NJ

Source: Flickr User Tom Hannigan | CC BY 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Households: 3,376
Gay Households: 40 (32nd highest)
% Gay Households: 2.37% (4th highest)
More on Kinnelon: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Little Silver, NJ

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Households: 2,099
Gay Households: 22 (56th highest)
% Gay Households: 2.1% (5th highest)
More on Little Silver: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Asbury Park, NJ

Source: Wikipedia User Lhcollins | CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Households: 6,721
Gay Households: 108 (8th highest)
% Gay Households: 1.84% (6th highest)
More on Asbury Park: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Red Bank, NJ

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Households: 5,138
Gay Households: 44 (26th highest)
% Gay Households: 1.71% (7th highest)
More on Red Bank: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Woodbury, NJ

Source: Wikipedia User Ton2cats | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Households: 3,903
Gay Households: 31 (40th highest)
% Gay Households: 1.59% (8th highest)
More on Woodbury: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

Metuchen, NJ

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Households: 5,203
Gay Households: 44 (26th highest)
% Gay Households: 1.58% (9th highest)
More on Metuchen: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living

10. Merchantville

Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Households: 1,479
Gay Households: 11 (92nd highest)
% Gay Households: 1.49% (10th highest)
More on Merchantville: Crime

How do you determine the best cities for same-sex households in New Jersey for 2024

In order to rank the gayest cities in New Jersey, we used Saturday Night Science and the 2013-2018 American Community Survey from the U.S. Census. We looked at:

  • Percentage of all households that are unmarried, same sex partners

We limited the analysis to non-CDPs that have over 1,000 households.

We ranked each place from 1 to 238 with the city containing the highest percentage of unmarried, same sex partners households being the most gay.

In the end, ended up being the the most gay place with 5.03% gay households.

Skip to the end to see the list of all the places in the state from gayest to straighest.

We updated this report for 2024. This report is our tenth time ranking the gayest places in New Jersey.

There You Have It – The Most LGBT Friendly Cities In New Jersey For 2024

If you’re looking at the number of gay households in New Jersey, this is an accurate list.

The gayest cities in New Jersey are .

If you’re curious enough, here are the least gay places in New Jersey:

  • Mendham
  • Lodi
  • Lindenwold

For more New Jersey reading, check out:

Table: Gayest Places To Live In New Jersey

Rank City Households % Gay Households
1 Riverdale 1,829 5.03%
2 Guttenberg 4,673 3.98%
3 Hamburg 1,328 3.92%
4 Kinnelon 3,376 2.37%
5 Little Silver 2,099 2.1%
6 Asbury Park 6,721 1.84%
7 Red Bank 5,138 1.71%
8 Woodbury 3,903 1.59%
9 Metuchen 5,203 1.58%
10 Merchantville 1,479 1.49%
11 Upper Saddle River 2,452 1.47%
12 Westville 1,636 1.47%
13 Ho-Ho-Kus 1,415 1.41%
14 Midland Park 2,604 1.38%
15 Pitman 3,359 1.37%
16 Collingswood 5,966 1.34%
17 Manville 3,785 1.32%
18 Edgewater 5,746 1.29%
19 Mount Ephraim 1,775 1.13%
20 Lincoln Park 3,587 1.06%
21 Watchung 1,899 1.05%
22 Rutherford 7,101 1.04%
23 Somers Point 4,457 1.03%
24 Jersey City 101,007 1.01%
25 Sea Isle City 1,020 0.98%
26 Plainfield 15,338 0.98%
27 Pompton Lakes 3,952 0.96%
28 Glassboro 5,934 0.94%
29 Elmwood Park 6,890 0.93%
30 Garwood 1,773 0.9%
31 Woodland Park 4,364 0.87%
32 North Haledon 3,221 0.87%
33 Dunellen 2,540 0.87%
34 Fair Haven 1,864 0.86%
35 Magnolia 1,656 0.85%
36 Bogota 2,866 0.84%
37 Atlantic Highlands 1,719 0.81%
38 Clinton 1,059 0.76%
39 Bergenfield 8,760 0.75%
40 Highland Park 5,608 0.75%
41 Egg Harbor City 1,388 0.72%
42 Hoboken 25,132 0.68%
43 Ridgefield Park 4,761 0.67%
44 West New York 19,646 0.65%
45 Dumont 6,373 0.63%
46 Linden 14,434 0.6%
47 Wildwood 2,367 0.59%
48 Union City 24,147 0.56%
49 Bayonne 24,975 0.54%
50 Matawan 3,425 0.53%
51 Ridgewood 8,337 0.43%
52 Ventnor City 4,196 0.43%
53 Bridgeton 6,346 0.41%
54 Linwood 2,491 0.4%
55 Bound Brook 3,527 0.4%
56 South River 5,590 0.39%
57 Hackensack 18,732 0.37%
58 Point Pleasant 7,416 0.35%
59 Millville 10,959 0.35%
60 Phillipsburg 5,795 0.35%
61 Kearny 13,581 0.32%
62 Long Branch 11,896 0.32%
63 Hawthorne 6,963 0.32%
64 Fair Lawn 11,463 0.31%
65 Fort Lee 17,004 0.31%
66 Clifton 29,169 0.3%
67 Perth Amboy 15,946 0.28%
68 Harrison 5,873 0.27%
69 East Orange 23,608 0.27%
70 Sayreville 16,461 0.27%
71 Newark 96,888 0.25%
72 Atlantic City 15,272 0.25%
73 Englewood 10,648 0.24%
74 Leonia 3,338 0.24%
75 South Amboy 3,395 0.24%
76 New Brunswick 14,893 0.21%
77 Paterson 44,748 0.2%
78 Trenton 27,401 0.2%
79 Roselle 7,528 0.19%
80 Madison 5,456 0.18%
81 Westfield 10,376 0.17%
82 Elizabeth 40,394 0.17%
83 Northfield 2,832 0.14%
84 Palisades Park 7,525 0.13%
85 Camden 24,727 0.13%
86 Waldwick 3,574 0.0%
87 Wallington 4,676 0.0%
88 Pleasantville 6,763 0.0%
89 Norwood 2,133 0.0%
90 Wanaque 4,085 0.0%
91 Washington 2,632 0.0%
92 West Long Branch 2,459 0.0%
93 Woodbury Heights 1,095 0.0%
94 Pine Hill 4,410 0.0%
95 Westwood 4,387 0.0%
96 Wharton 2,339 0.0%
97 Old Tappan 2,028 0.0%
98 Oceanport 2,118 0.0%
99 Wood-Ridge 3,252 0.0%
100 Penns Grove 1,820 0.0%
About Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

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