List of municipalities in New Jersey

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Interactive map of municipalities in New Jersey.

New Jersey is a state located in the Northeastern United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, New Jersey is the 11th most populous state with 9,288,994 inhabitants but the fifth smallest by land area, spanning 7,354.76 square miles (19,048.7 km2).[1] As of 2024[update], New Jersey is divided into 21 counties and contains 564[2] municipalities consisting of five types: 253 boroughs, 52 cities, 15 towns, 240 townships, and four villages. The largest municipality by population in New Jersey is Newark, with 311,549 residents, whereas the smallest is Walpack Township, with seven residents.[3] New Jersey is the most populous U.S. state with no cities ranked in the top 50 most populous United States cities, with the next most populous being South Carolina.

As in most Northeastern states, all territories within New Jersey are incorporated.

## List of municipalities

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* Largest municipalities in New Jersey by population
* Newark, New Jersey's largest city by population

* Jersey City, New Jersey's second-largest city by population

* Paterson, New Jersey's third-largest city by population

* Elizabeth, New Jersey's fourth-largest city by population

* Trenton, the state capital of New Jersey

* Camden, the largest city in South Jersey by population

Name  | Type  | County  | Population (2020)[1] | Population (2010)[4] | Change  | Land area[1] | Population density[1] | Form of government  | Incorporated[5]

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sq mi  | km2
Newark | City  | Essex  | 311,549  | 277,140  | +12.4% | 24.144  | 62.53  | 12,903.8/sq mi (4,982.2/km2)  | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1693[note 1]
Jersey City | City  | Hudson  | 292,449  | 247,597  | +18.1% | 14.744  | 38.19  | 19,835.1/sq mi (7,658.4/km2)  | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1838
Paterson | City  | Passaic  | 159,732  | 146,199  | +9.3% | 8.413  | 21.79  | 18,986.3/sq mi (7,330.7/km2)  | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1831[note 2]
Elizabeth | City  | Union  | 137,298  | 124,969  | +9.9% | 12.319  | 31.91  | 11,145.2/sq mi (4,303.2/km2)  | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1855
Lakewood Township | Township  | Ocean  | 135,158  | 92,843  | +45.6% | 24.681  | 63.92  | 5,476.2/sq mi (2,114.4/km2)  | Township (New Jersey) | 1892
Edison | Township  | Middlesex  | 107,588  | 99,967  | +7.6% | 30.068  | 77.88  | 3,578.2/sq mi (1,381.5/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  | 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  | 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 (4,591.2/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 (4,077.6/km2)  | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1784
Wayne | Township  | Passaic  | 54,838  | 54,717  | +0.2% | 23.722  | 61.44  | 2,311.7/sq mi (892.5/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  | 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 (3,841.9/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  | 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 (793.3/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 (1,833.5/km2)  | Town (New Jersey) | 1867
Marlboro | 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  | 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 (268.4/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  | 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  | 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 (587.9/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  | 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  | 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 (2,386.2/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  | 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  | 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 (2,929.1/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 (2,297.6/km2)  | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1899
Mount Olive | 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  | Monmouth  | 26,525  | 25,890  | +2.5% | 30.659  | 79.41  | 865.2/sq mi (334.0/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 (1,068.6/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)[7] | 1798
West Deptford | 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 (311.1/km2)  | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798
Millburn | Township  | Essex  | 21,710  | 20,065  | +8.2% | 9.333  | 24.17  | 2,326.2/sq mi (898.1/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  | 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  | 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  | 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  | 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  | Union  | 17,178  | 15,569  | +10.3% | 5.157  | 13.36  | 3,331.0/sq mi (1,286.1/km2)  |  | 1798
Denville | Township  | Morris  | 17,107  | 16,341  | +4.7% | 11.992  | 31.06  | 1,426.5/sq mi (550.8/km2)  |  | 1913
Cinnaminson | 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 (971.6/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  | 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 (4,103.7/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  | 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 (383.8/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 (230.4/km2)  |  | 1798
Haddonfield | Borough  | Camden  | 12,550  | 11,593  | +8.3% | 2.796  | 7.24  | 4,488.6/sq mi (1,733.0/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 (2,505.7/km2)  |  | 1869
Somerville | Borough  | Somerset  | 12,346  | 12,098  | +2.0% | 2.338  | 6.06  | 5,280.6/sq mi (2,038.8/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 (24,040.4/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  | 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  | 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 (1,095.5/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 (1,898.1/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  | 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  | 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 (1,711.8/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  | Salem  | 8,777  | 9,393  | −6.6% | 44.899  | 116.29  | 195.5/sq mi (75.5/km2)  |  | 1798
Lopatcong | 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  | Salem  | 8,637  | 8,049  | +7.3% | 16.912  | 43.80  | 510.7/sq mi (197.2/km2)  |  | 1798[note 40]
Long Hill | 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 (1,050.1/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 (614.0/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  | 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  | 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  | 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 (804.5/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  | 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 (706.2/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  | 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 (139.6/km2)  |  | 1849
Shamong | 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  | 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 (700.8/km2)  |  | 1894[note 49]
Hainesport | Township  | Burlington  | 6,035  | 6,110  | −1.2% | 6.470  | 16.76  | 932.8/sq mi (360.1/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  | 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 (103.0/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  | 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 (324.3/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 (1,457.9/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  | Burlington  | 4,824  | 4,283  | +12.6% | 2.358  | 6.11  | 2,045.8/sq mi (789.9/km2)  |  | 1859[note 56]
Alexandria | Township  | Hunterdon  | 4,809  | 4,938  | −2.6% | 27.534  | 71.31  | 174.7/sq mi (67.4/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  | 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  | 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 (1,474.2/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  | 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 (2,420.1/km2)  |  | 1905
East Amwell Township | Township  | Hunterdon  | 3,917  | 4,013  | −2.4% | 28.455  | 73.70  | 137.7/sq mi (53.1/km2)  |  | 1846
Harding | 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  | Hunterdon  | 3,802  | 3,845  | −1.1% | 35.006  | 90.67  | 108.6/sq mi (41.9/km2)  |  | 1798
Montague | 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  | 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 (54.8/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  | 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  | 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 (223.5/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 (797.9/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  | 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 (158.4/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  | 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 (845.5/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  | 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 (12.1/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  | 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 (7.0/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  | 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 (2,550.8/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 (0.1/km2)  | Township (New Jersey) | 1798

## See also

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* List of census-designated places in New Jersey
* List of counties in New Jersey

## Notes

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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.[6]
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.[8]
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

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1. ^ a b c d "Raw 2020 U.S. Census Data". United States Census Bureau. August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
2. ^ "Types of Government in New Jersey". New Jersey League of Municipalities. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
3. ^ Yates, Riley (August 13, 2021). "These N.J. communities saw explosive growth in the last decade. See how your town fared". NJ.com. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
4. ^ Census 2010: New Jersey - USATODAY.com
5. ^ Snyder, John P. "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968" (PDF). Retrieved August 29, 2016.
6. ^ 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.
7. ^ "Vernon Township Mayor's Office website".
8. ^ 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.

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