The 10 Most Boring Places In New Jersey For 2023


The most boring places in New Jersey are Roseland and Mountainside for 2023 based on Saturday Night Science.

There’s no denying it: there are plenty of places in New Jersey that are downright beautiful and full of excitement.

Unfortunately, not all towns and cities in Garden State are so lucky.

Just like in all U.S. States, there are definitely some boring places within New Jersey’s’ borders. You know the places where everyone has an AARP card and the most exciting thing they do all day is post a picture of their grandchild on Facebook.

Like Roseland, for instance. In our latest analysis, we found that this city was the most boring city in all of Oklahoma according to Saturday Night Science. But don’t feel bad if you’re a resident of Roseland. There are plenty of other boring, lackluster places in New Jersey as well.

Here they are. Try not to jump out of your seat with excitement.

Don’t freak out, in fact, believe it not, a boring city is actually one a lot of people would like to call home.

Before you get all upset if your city’s name is on the list, rest assured that we didn’t use personal opinion when it comes to what classifies a city or town as “boring” or “exciting”. We crunched actual numbers to figure out which towns are statistically more boring.

Showing this data to you is the kind of thing that a real estate agent knows, but would never share.

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


The 10 Most Boring Places In New Jersey For 2023

Overall SnackAbility

10
/10
Population: 6,221
Average Age: 46.1
% Married: 34.0%
More on Roseland: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Mountainside, NJ

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10
Population: 6,991
Average Age: 50.1
% Married: 34.0%
More on Mountainside: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Little Silver, NJ

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10
Population: 6,104
Average Age: 46.3
% Married: 37.0%
More on Little Silver: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Franklin Lakes, NJ

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10
Population: 11,007
Average Age: 47.6
% Married: 28.0%
More on Franklin Lakes: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Watchung, NJ

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Population: 6,417
Average Age: 45.5
% Married: 25.0%
More on Watchung: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Ringwood, NJ

Source: Wikipedia User Daniel Case | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

9
/10
Population: 11,692
Average Age: 43.5
% Married: 29.0%
More on Ringwood: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Oakland, NJ

Source: Wikipedia User JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ M.D. | CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10
Population: 12,734
Average Age: 41.9
% Married: 32.0%
More on Oakland: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

North Caldwell, NJ

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

10
/10
Population: 6,625
Average Age: 46.5
% Married: 31.0%
More on North Caldwell: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Linwood, NJ

Source: Wikipedia User Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD | CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

10
/10
Population: 6,952
Average Age: 48.2
% Married: 27.0%
More on Linwood: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Overall SnackAbility

9
/10
Population: 8,801
Average Age: 43.9
% Married: 32.0%
More on North Haledon: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Methodology: How we determined the boring cities in the Garden State

You would present the following case to your friends if you were argueing with them at a bar about the most boring place to live in New Jersey. And that’s why we call it Saturday Night Science.

Because our data speaks more truth than feelings.

To figure out how boring a place is, we factored in things we generally think make people exciting, and then we figure out which cities have the least number of those exciting people.

We used the U.S. American Community Census data to gather the information presented here. HSome of the things people tend to think of as making a city’s population boring include:

  • % of Population Over 25 (higher is more boring)
  • % of Married Household (higher is more boring)
  • Average Age (higher is more boring)
  • % of Households With Kids (higher is more boring)
  • Population density (lower is more boring)

Then, our algorithm generates a ranking for each place in these categories. After crunching the numbers, all of the cities ranked from most boring to most exciting.

For this ranking, we used every New Jersey city with at least 5,000 residents. This keeps us from prejudicing our rankings by including very small pockets of retired people.

Grab your rocker and hold on.

We updated this article for 2023, and it’s our tenth time ranking the most boring cities in New Jersey.

There You Have It – Now That You’re Asleep

On a ranking like this, there are usually no winners, but since New Jersey isn’t necessarily the most boring state in the United States, the cities on this ranking can at least take solace that there are, in fact, more boring cities in the country.

If you’re also curious enough, here are the most exciting places in New Jersey, according to science:

  1. New Brunswick
  2. Trenton
  3. East Orange

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Detailed List Of The Most Boring Cities In New Jersey For 2023

Rank City Population Average Age % Married % Kids
1 Roseland, NJ 6,221 46.1 34.0% 32.4%
2 Mountainside, NJ 6,991 50.1 34.0% 37.2%
3 Little Silver, NJ 6,104 46.3 37.0% 36.8%
4 Franklin Lakes, NJ 11,007 47.6 28.0% 37.2%
5 Watchung, NJ 6,417 45.5 25.0% 30.8%
6 Ringwood, NJ 11,692 43.5 29.0% 31.2%
7 Oakland, NJ 12,734 41.9 32.0% 40.9%
8 North Caldwell, NJ 6,625 46.5 31.0% 36.3%
9 Linwood, NJ 6,952 48.2 27.0% 30.9%
10 North Haledon, NJ 8,801 43.9 32.0% 31.5%
11 Oceanport, NJ 6,119 51.8 43.0% 26.0%
12 Hammonton, NJ 14,732 46.2 23.0% 28.1%
13 Totowa, NJ 10,975 43.9 30.0% 35.1%
14 Hopatcong, NJ 14,411 41.5 31.0% 29.6%
15 Tinton Falls, NJ 19,180 47.4 28.0% 23.5%
16 Wanaque, NJ 11,217 47.3 24.0% 25.2%
17 Emerson, NJ 7,281 47.5 27.0% 30.1%
18 South Plainfield, NJ 24,273 41.8 26.0% 35.9%
19 Bernardsville, NJ 7,888 40.5 29.0% 43.0%
20 Spotswood, NJ 8,136 44.5 31.0% 28.6%
21 Middlesex, NJ 14,525 44.7 25.0% 32.9%
22 Englewood Cliffs, NJ 5,347 49.0 11.0% 36.8%
23 Lincoln Park, NJ 10,884 46.8 21.0% 24.9%
24 Morris Plains, NJ 6,104 43.5 27.0% 25.9%
25 Point Pleasant, NJ 19,024 44.8 37.0% 29.3%
26 Allendale, NJ 6,817 45.7 20.0% 48.6%
27 Northfield, NJ 8,432 44.2 26.0% 32.8%
28 Union Beach, NJ 5,751 43.8 26.0% 29.4%
29 Rumson, NJ 7,285 43.1 27.0% 44.4%
30 Old Tappan, NJ 5,863 45.2 18.0% 45.1%
31 Millville, NJ 27,523 44.2 28.0% 25.8%
32 Woodcliff Lake, NJ 6,096 45.0 19.0% 39.1%
33 Paramus, NJ 26,582 49.0 16.0% 31.6%
34 Newton, NJ 8,370 44.4 25.0% 25.6%
35 Kinnelon, NJ 9,986 41.8 30.0% 33.9%
36 Mount Arlington, NJ 5,863 44.8 26.0% 25.6%
37 Brigantine, NJ 7,784 57.6 17.0% 13.7%
38 Upper Saddle River, NJ 8,313 42.1 23.0% 52.3%
39 Park Ridge, NJ 9,098 47.8 26.0% 29.8%
40 Pitman, NJ 8,805 43.4 31.0% 28.0%
41 New Providence, NJ 13,595 43.6 24.0% 40.2%
42 Barrington, NJ 7,022 45.5 31.0% 18.2%
43 Montvale, NJ 8,413 43.4 22.0% 31.0%
44 Manasquan, NJ 5,921 47.5 39.0% 26.3%
45 Bloomingdale, NJ 7,726 44.1 28.0% 25.6%
46 Carlstadt, NJ 6,341 43.4 24.0% 23.8%
47 Butler, NJ 8,045 43.9 25.0% 23.6%
48 Beachwood, NJ 10,933 42.1 32.0% 30.6%
49 Norwood, NJ 5,657 48.1 14.0% 32.1%
50 Hawthorne, NJ 19,456 41.8 28.0% 27.7%
51 Clayton, NJ 8,801 39.9 24.0% 31.6%
52 Oradell, NJ 8,208 44.6 20.0% 39.4%
53 Fair Haven, NJ 6,221 40.5 29.0% 46.1%
54 South Amboy, NJ 9,336 41.0 29.0% 27.0%
55 Rockaway, NJ 6,589 42.1 26.0% 29.9%
56 Raritan, NJ 8,301 43.2 23.0% 23.9%
57 Hillsdale, NJ 10,125 42.2 25.0% 34.5%
58 Midland Park, NJ 7,022 42.9 31.0% 24.9%
59 Ramsey, NJ 14,739 41.5 21.0% 39.4%
60 Fanwood, NJ 7,723 43.6 23.0% 34.3%
61 Somerdale, NJ 5,524 39.9 22.0% 31.1%
62 Waldwick, NJ 10,068 39.8 30.0% 38.2%
63 Absecon, NJ 9,086 37.6 26.0% 29.4%
64 Vineland, NJ 60,796 38.6 24.0% 34.1%
65 Pompton Lakes, NJ 11,052 39.1 29.0% 33.0%
66 Bellmawr, NJ 11,677 41.7 21.0% 30.2%
67 Wildwood, NJ 5,164 47.6 17.0% 23.8%
68 Cresskill, NJ 9,105 45.0 12.0% 40.6%
69 Somers Point, NJ 10,482 44.3 20.0% 23.3%
70 Berlin, NJ 7,489 40.4 21.0% 33.2%
71 Boonton, NJ 8,781 40.3 27.0% 31.8%
72 Belmar, NJ 5,877 45.3 20.0% 14.8%
73 Haddonfield, NJ 12,456 39.4 26.0% 49.7%
74 Clementon, NJ 5,312 36.8 26.0% 26.3%
75 Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 12,080 43.4 20.0% 36.5%
76 North Arlington, NJ 16,352 40.4 21.0% 29.0%
77 Matawan, NJ 9,546 38.0 20.0% 32.1%
78 Tenafly, NJ 15,299 42.2 10.0% 53.0%
79 Metuchen, NJ 14,958 39.4 24.0% 38.9%
80 Westwood, NJ 11,241 41.8 21.0% 32.0%
81 Maywood, NJ 10,040 44.7 17.0% 28.3%
82 Westfield, NJ 30,839 40.4 22.0% 42.5%
83 Ridgefield, NJ 11,465 41.2 8.0% 33.5%
84 Manville, NJ 10,892 42.1 24.0% 26.8%
85 Kenilworth, NJ 8,345 37.0 26.0% 37.9%
86 Chatham, NJ 9,199 38.4 22.0% 47.9%
87 Florham Park, NJ 12,790 41.7 22.0% 27.9%
88 Closter, NJ 8,555 40.4 9.0% 46.2%
89 Sayreville, NJ 45,136 39.1 14.0% 32.7%
90 Ridgewood, NJ 26,043 40.7 18.0% 44.2%
91 Secaucus, NJ 21,470 39.0 12.0% 27.3%
92 Summit, NJ 22,555 40.5 13.0% 41.5%
93 Leonia, NJ 9,273 45.4 7.0% 34.6%
94 Stratford, NJ 6,962 39.6 21.0% 28.8%
95 Keyport, NJ 7,188 46.5 17.0% 22.9%
96 Haddon Heights, NJ 7,484 39.1 29.0% 27.1%
97 River Edge, NJ 12,022 40.3 19.0% 38.5%
98 Haledon, NJ 8,945 39.5 12.0% 38.4%
99 Phillipsburg, NJ 15,206 41.2 22.0% 27.6%
100 Keansburg, NJ 9,761 44.3 20.0% 26.5%
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.

He believes the key to finding the right place to live comes down to looking at the data, reading about things to do, and, most importantly, checking it out yourself before you move.

If you've been looking for a place to live in the past several years, you've probably stumbled upon his writing already.

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3 thoughts on “The 10 Most Boring Places In New Jersey For 2023

  1. My goodness–what an education…in what, I’m not quite sure! I started reading this w/ inquisitiveness (how boring!!); but…I must admit I couldn’t help but laugh out loud as I continued reading. Whoever wrote these “ratings and views” etc. is not only talented and insightful, but hilariously funny and creative. I have a brother (the “genius” of my family) who is currently working at Harvard. He and I–growing up–shared a wacky sense of humor, etc. Your input is so true. But please don’t put down old folks (and no, I’m not that old yet)! Folks of all ages REALLY do matter…from infancy to the elderly! Thank you.

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