Healthiest Cities in New Jersey.

Cities in New Jersey whose adults have the lowest rates of chronic health problems.

How we rank: Each city’s adult rates of obesity, diabetes, smoking, inactivity and high blood pressure, compared with the typical US city and averaged. Lower is healthier. These are CDC estimates, not counts.

157 cities ranked · See the national list

#	City	Population	Obesity	Smoking	Inactive
1	Hoboken	58,668	22.5%	6.5%	14.9%
2	Upper Montclair	12,457	20.6%	5.6%	14.0%
3	Short Hills	14,923	17.8%	5.5%	15.2%
4	Princeton	30,756	18.3%	5.7%	15.7%
5	Princeton Meadows	15,561	22.4%	5.8%	16.7%
6	Madison	16,447	21.3%	7.1%	15.9%
7	Haddonfield	12,595	23.0%	6.9%	14.6%
8	Glen Rock	12,154	23.1%	6.4%	15.1%
9	Ridgewood	26,308	22.7%	6.2%	15.5%
10	Tenafly	15,319	21.1%	5.6%	16.1%
11	Westfield	31,111	23.0%	7.0%	14.7%
12	Edgewater	14,759	22.5%	6.6%	17.7%
13	Franklin Lakes	11,084	22.8%	5.9%	15.4%
14	The Hills	10,785	22.7%	6.1%	16.5%
15	River Edge	12,091	22.2%	6.6%	17.2%
16	Florham Park	13,564	21.3%	7.2%	17.1%
17	New Providence	13,727	21.9%	7.3%	16.5%
18	Blackwells Mills	10,301	23.2%	6.9%	16.7%
19	Brookdale	9,960	22.0%	8.0%	19.4%
20	Martinsville	11,559	24.2%	6.5%	16.4%
21	Summit	22,705	24.1%	7.7%	16.8%
22	Waldwick	10,164	24.8%	8.0%	17.5%
23	Ramsey	14,805	24.6%	7.5%	17.1%
24	Secaucus	21,778	22.2%	7.7%	21.7%
25	Rutherford	18,894	24.9%	8.1%	19.0%
26	Wood-Ridge	10,218	25.3%	8.4%	19.1%
27	Parsippany	21,345	18.8%	7.8%	20.7%
28	Hillsdale	10,144	25.0%	7.9%	17.8%
29	Lake Hiawatha	11,018	20.3%	9.0%	20.6%
30	Bradley Gardens	14,165	23.0%	7.8%	19.7%
31	Hillsborough	22,585	25.6%	8.1%	18.7%
32	Greentree	11,537	22.8%	7.9%	18.5%
33	Westmont	14,195	25.1%	9.1%	17.9%
34	Fair Lawn	35,610	24.9%	7.7%	18.5%
35	Springdale	15,173	22.9%	7.7%	18.5%
36	Oakland	12,768	25.5%	8.6%	18.2%
37	Morristown	20,453	25.2%	9.1%	21.2%
38	Robertsville	12,035	27.2%	8.1%	16.9%
39	Hamilton Square	11,622	22.5%	9.0%	19.0%
40	Highland Park	15,121	28.5%	7.9%	19.3%
41	Preakness	18,520	23.9%	7.8%	20.3%
42	Metuchen	15,144	27.8%	7.6%	18.3%
43	Westwood	11,283	25.6%	8.3%	19.3%
44	New Milford	16,995	24.6%	8.2%	20.6%
45	Budd Lake	10,650	24.2%	10.0%	20.0%
46	Mercerville	13,535	23.3%	9.3%	20.2%
47	Ridgefield	11,498	23.6%	8.0%	22.2%
48	Somerville	13,410	28.2%	9.1%	20.8%
49	Lake Hopatcong	10,259	24.2%	10.2%	19.3%
50	Dumont	18,279	25.1%	8.4%	20.9%
51	Oak Ridge	10,954	24.6%	10.2%	19.2%
52	Ringwood	11,657	26.4%	9.5%	19.9%
53	Harrison	20,369	25.2%	10.0%	26.2%
54	Hawthorne	19,628	26.8%	9.3%	21.7%
55	Moorestown-Lenola	14,625	27.5%	8.6%	19.5%
56	West Freehold	14,883	29.5%	9.3%	18.6%
57	Pompton Plains	10,971	21.9%	8.3%	20.8%
58	Palisades Park	20,290	20.2%	8.0%	25.1%
59	Fort Lee	40,067	21.8%	7.4%	22.5%
60	Roselle Park	14,093	26.9%	9.8%	21.8%
61	Paramus	26,568	22.9%	8.0%	21.7%
62	Lincoln Park	10,957	23.7%	9.8%	20.9%
63	Marlton	10,922	27.7%	10.0%	21.1%
64	Point Pleasant	19,334	27.8%	10.9%	19.7%
65	Glassboro	23,717	29.2%	10.4%	22.8%
66	Franklin Park	13,211	26.8%	8.8%	22.2%
67	Maywood	10,093	26.1%	8.8%	22.1%
68	East Rutherford	10,313	27.0%	10.3%	23.0%
69	Kendall Park	10,011	26.6%	8.6%	21.6%
70	North Arlington	16,461	27.2%	9.6%	22.5%
71	Echelon	13,284	24.7%	10.2%	22.8%
72	Collingswood	14,205	27.8%	11.4%	21.2%
73	Bergenfield	28,450	25.3%	8.5%	23.8%
74	Somerset	22,720	27.9%	8.1%	21.5%
75	Jersey City	294,078	26.2%	10.3%	26.0%
76	Pompton Lakes	11,047	27.4%	10.8%	23.1%
77	Hopatcong	14,565	27.6%	11.6%	21.4%
78	Ocean Acres	19,204	28.2%	12.1%	21.8%
79	Hasbrouck Heights	12,115	27.0%	10.0%	22.8%
80	White Horse	10,507	24.8%	10.9%	23.2%
81	Totowa	10,959	26.5%	10.2%	24.2%
82	Iselin	19,551	24.0%	8.9%	24.8%
83	Tinton Falls	19,361	30.1%	9.0%	20.6%
84	Cherry Hill Mall	14,541	25.9%	11.3%	23.2%
85	Wanaque	11,206	26.7%	10.5%	23.8%
86	Wallington	11,889	28.9%	11.6%	23.1%
87	Little Ferry	10,996	26.1%	10.0%	25.7%
88	Beachwood	11,088	29.7%	13.6%	22.5%
89	South Plainfield	24,473	30.0%	9.8%	23.1%
90	Colonia	18,587	30.0%	10.3%	22.9%
91	Red Bank	12,862	33.4%	10.7%	23.1%
92	McKee City	10,731	30.1%	11.3%	24.5%
93	Ocean City	11,261	31.2%	9.5%	20.2%
94	Elmwood Park	21,412	28.6%	11.0%	25.4%
95	Hackettstown	10,140	31.9%	11.3%	25.6%
96	Toms River	94,956	28.9%	12.6%	24.0%
97	Woodland Park	13,355	27.8%	10.6%	26.3%
98	Woodbridge	20,756	31.4%	10.7%	25.0%
99	Clifton	89,379	28.4%	10.7%	27.7%
100	Cliffside Park	25,781	27.9%	10.6%	26.4%
101	Ridgefield Park	13,235	29.5%	10.2%	26.5%
102	Fords	12,771	31.7%	10.3%	24.7%
103	Englewood	29,638	30.1%	9.6%	25.6%
104	Eatontown	13,575	32.4%	11.5%	22.7%
105	Hackensack	46,057	30.4%	10.0%	26.5%
106	Rahway	30,109	30.3%	11.5%	24.9%
107	Bayonne	71,553	29.1%	12.1%	27.9%
108	Sayreville	45,838	32.0%	11.4%	24.8%
109	Sicklerville	44,998	31.0%	12.4%	24.3%
110	Old Bridge	28,236	31.6%	11.5%	24.8%
111	East Franklin	11,070	33.4%	11.0%	28.0%
112	Hammonton	14,840	30.0%	12.5%	26.0%
113	Manville	10,921	32.2%	12.7%	26.5%
114	Avenel	17,121	32.1%	12.2%	26.9%
115	Middlesex	14,645	33.2%	11.7%	25.6%
116	Bound Brook	12,219	33.3%	12.0%	28.5%
117	Kearny	40,614	29.8%	12.5%	30.1%
118	Lodi	26,082	30.8%	12.1%	28.5%
119	Freehold	12,507	35.4%	12.3%	27.2%
120	Guttenberg	11,754	30.3%	10.7%	31.9%
121	Garfield	32,783	31.8%	13.4%	28.6%
122	Bellmawr	11,737	28.5%	14.9%	26.7%
123	Williamstown	14,705	32.4%	12.4%	24.7%
124	Lakewood	69,585	33.5%	18.3%	28.8%
125	Linden	44,192	31.5%	12.8%	27.2%
126	South River	16,124	34.6%	13.4%	27.0%
127	Asbury Park	15,295	37.9%	12.7%	25.3%
128	Gloucester City	11,509	30.5%	16.7%	28.1%
129	Carteret	25,496	33.5%	12.2%	30.4%
130	Somers Point	10,515	31.3%	14.2%	27.3%
131	North Plainfield	22,809	35.4%	12.6%	30.4%
132	Roselle	22,646	33.6%	12.5%	28.5%
133	Fairview	15,099	33.1%	13.2%	33.6%
134	Dover	18,563	31.1%	12.4%	33.6%
135	Pennsville	12,233	33.3%	15.2%	27.3%
136	Pine Hill	10,802	32.7%	16.1%	28.3%
137	Long Branch	32,530	36.5%	14.6%	27.7%
138	New Brunswick	56,345	36.6%	14.4%	35.5%
139	West New York	52,004	32.6%	12.9%	37.4%
140	Union City	66,463	33.6%	12.9%	38.1%
141	Phillipsburg	15,299	37.1%	16.5%	31.5%
142	Elizabeth	137,302	34.8%	15.0%	35.2%
143	Vineland	61,006	38.7%	14.3%	31.7%
144	East Orange	70,090	35.8%	15.2%	33.3%
145	Plainfield	55,236	36.1%	15.5%	34.6%
146	Millville	27,511	39.7%	16.9%	30.9%
147	Lindenwold	21,719	36.4%	17.8%	34.5%
148	Passaic	70,002	35.9%	16.0%	42.0%
149	Newark	310,178	35.9%	18.2%	38.3%
150	Perth Amboy	55,855	40.9%	14.1%	39.6%
151	Trenton	90,338	36.1%	18.0%	37.9%
152	Paterson	158,735	37.5%	16.4%	41.7%
153	Holiday City-Berkeley	12,995	29.7%	13.9%	35.7%
154	Pleasantville	20,712	39.4%	17.3%	40.0%
155	Camden	71,496	40.6%	20.7%	43.7%
156	Atlantic City	38,632	37.9%	19.9%	42.0%
157	Bridgeton	27,001	47.4%	23.2%	43.5%