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Cities in New Jersey by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate

Ocean City, NJ had the highest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate of 117 cities in 2021, at 42%. Hoboken, NJ had the lowest, at 25.8%. The median was 34.9%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest42Ocean City, NJ
Lowest25.8Hoboken, NJ
Median34.9117 cities

Top 40 cities, 2021

Ocean City, NJ: 42 %Ocean City, NJ42Tinton Falls, NJ: 39.4 %Tinton Falls, NJ39.4Atlantic City, NJ: 39.2 %Atlantic City, NJ39.2Somers Point, NJ: 39.2 %Somers Point, NJ39.2Paramus, NJ: 37.8 %Paramus, NJ37.8Fort Lee, NJ: 37.7 %Fort Lee, NJ37.7Eatontown, NJ: 37.4 %Eatontown, NJ37.4Bellmawr, NJ: 37.3 %Bellmawr, NJ37.3Hammonton, NJ: 37.2 %Hammonton, NJ37.2Woodland Park, NJ: 37 %Woodland Park, NJ37Phillipsburg, NJ: 36.9 %Phillipsburg, NJ36.9Millville, NJ: 36.8 %Millville, NJ36.8South Amboy, NJ: 36.7 %South Amboy, NJ36.7Vineland, NJ: 36.7 %Vineland, NJ36.7Wanaque, NJ: 36.7 %Wanaque, NJ36.7Guttenberg, NJ: 36.6 %Guttenberg, NJ36.6Long Branch, NJ: 36.6 %Long Branch, NJ36.6Woodbury, NJ: 36.6 %Woodbury, NJ36.6Franklin Lakes, NJ: 36.4 %Franklin Lakes, NJ36.4Metuchen, NJ: 36.4 %Metuchen, NJ36.4Middlesex, NJ: 36.4 %Middlesex, NJ36.4Burlington, NJ: 36.3 %Burlington, NJ36.3Totowa, NJ: 36.3 %Totowa, NJ36.3Pleasantville, NJ: 36.2 %Pleasantville, NJ36.2South Plainfield, NJ: 36.1 %South Plainfield, NJ36.1Gloucester City, NJ: 36 %Gloucester City, NJ36Red Bank, NJ: 36 %Red Bank, NJ36Union City, NJ: 36 %Union City, NJ36Sayreville, NJ: 35.9 %Sayreville, NJ35.9South River, NJ: 35.9 %South River, NJ35.9Kearny, NJ: 35.8 %Kearny, NJ35.8Lincoln Park, NJ: 35.8 %Lincoln Park, NJ35.8Maywood, NJ: 35.8 %Maywood, NJ35.8New Providence, NJ: 35.8 %New Providence, NJ35.8Perth Amboy, NJ: 35.8 %Perth Amboy, NJ35.8Ringwood, NJ: 35.8 %Ringwood, NJ35.8Haddonfield, NJ: 35.7 %Haddonfield, NJ35.7Hasbrouck Heights, NJ: 35.7 %Hasbrouck Heights, NJ35.7Bayonne, NJ: 35.6 %Bayonne, NJ35.6Hackettstown, NJ: 35.6 %Hackettstown, NJ35.6Ocean City, NJ: 42 %Ocean City, NJ42Tinton Falls, NJ: 39.4 %Tinton Falls, NJ39.4Atlantic City, NJ: 39.2 %Atlantic City, NJ39.2Somers Point, NJ: 39.2 %Somers Point, NJ39.2Paramus, NJ: 37.8 %Paramus, NJ37.8Fort Lee, NJ: 37.7 %Fort Lee, NJ37.7Eatontown, NJ: 37.4 %Eatontown, NJ37.4Bellmawr, NJ: 37.3 %Bellmawr, NJ37.3Hammonton, NJ: 37.2 %Hammonton, NJ37.2Woodland Park, NJ: 37 %Woodland Park, NJ37Phillipsburg, NJ: 36.9 %Phillipsburg, NJ36.9Millville, NJ: 36.8 %Millville, NJ36.8South Amboy, NJ: 36.7 %South Amboy, NJ36.7Vineland, NJ: 36.7 %Vineland, NJ36.7Wanaque, NJ: 36.7 %Wanaque, NJ36.7Guttenberg, NJ: 36.6 %Guttenberg, NJ36.6Long Branch, NJ: 36.6 %Long Branch, NJ36.6Woodbury, NJ: 36.6 %Woodbury, NJ36.6Franklin Lakes, NJ: 36.4 %Franklin Lakes, NJ36.4Metuchen, NJ: 36.4 %Metuchen, NJ36.4Middlesex, NJ: 36.4 %Middlesex, NJ36.4Burlington, NJ: 36.3 %Burlington, NJ36.3Totowa, NJ: 36.3 %Totowa, NJ36.3Pleasantville, NJ: 36.2 %Pleasantville, NJ36.2South Plainfield, NJ: 36.1 %South Plainfield, NJ36.1Gloucester City, NJ: 36 %Gloucester City, NJ36Red Bank, NJ: 36 %Red Bank, NJ36Union City, NJ: 36 %Union City, NJ36Sayreville, NJ: 35.9 %Sayreville, NJ35.9South River, NJ: 35.9 %South River, NJ35.9Kearny, NJ: 35.8 %Kearny, NJ35.8Lincoln Park, NJ: 35.8 %Lincoln Park, NJ35.8Maywood, NJ: 35.8 %Maywood, NJ35.8New Providence, NJ: 35.8 %New Providence, NJ35.8Perth Amboy, NJ: 35.8 %Perth Amboy, NJ35.8Ringwood, NJ: 35.8 %Ringwood, NJ35.8Haddonfield, NJ: 35.7 %Haddonfield, NJ35.7Hasbrouck Heights, NJ: 35.7 %Hasbrouck Heights, NJ35.7Bayonne, NJ: 35.6 %Bayonne, NJ35.6Hackettstown, NJ: 35.6 %Hackettstown, NJ35.6
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021 (%)
1Ocean City, NJ42
2Tinton Falls, NJ39.4
3Atlantic City, NJ39.2
3Somers Point, NJ39.2
5Paramus, NJ37.8
6Fort Lee, NJ37.7
7Eatontown, NJ37.4
8Bellmawr, NJ37.3
9Hammonton, NJ37.2
10Woodland Park, NJ37
11Phillipsburg, NJ36.9
12Millville, NJ36.8
13South Amboy, NJ36.7
13Vineland, NJ36.7
13Wanaque, NJ36.7
16Guttenberg, NJ36.6
16Long Branch, NJ36.6
16Woodbury, NJ36.6
19Franklin Lakes, NJ36.4
19Metuchen, NJ36.4
19Middlesex, NJ36.4
22Burlington, NJ36.3
22Totowa, NJ36.3
24Pleasantville, NJ36.2
25South Plainfield, NJ36.1
26Gloucester City, NJ36
26Red Bank, NJ36
26Union City, NJ36
29Sayreville, NJ35.9
29South River, NJ35.9
31Kearny, NJ35.8
31Lincoln Park, NJ35.8
31Maywood, NJ35.8
31New Providence, NJ35.8
31Perth Amboy, NJ35.8
31Ringwood, NJ35.8
37Haddonfield, NJ35.7
37Hasbrouck Heights, NJ35.7
39Bayonne, NJ35.6
39Hackettstown, NJ35.6
39Montvale, NJ35.6
42Camden, NJ35.5
42Carteret, NJ35.5
42West New York, NJ35.5
45Hillsdale, NJ35.4
45Palisades Park, NJ35.4
45Tenafly, NJ35.4
48Cliffside Park, NJ35.3
48Kinnelon, NJ35.3
50Hawthorne, NJ35.2
50Ramsey, NJ35.2
50Westwood, NJ35.2
53Dumont, NJ35.1
53Elmwood Park, NJ35.1
53Freehold, NJ35.1
53Manville, NJ35.1
57Ridgefield, NJ35
58Fair Lawn, NJ34.9
58Pine Hill, NJ34.9
58Secaucus, NJ34.9
61Bergenfield, NJ34.8
61Clifton, NJ34.8
61Little Ferry, NJ34.8
61New Milford, NJ34.8
61Oakland, NJ34.8
61Pompton Lakes, NJ34.8
67North Arlington, NJ34.7
68Glen Rock, NJ34.6
68Westfield, NJ34.6
70Asbury Park, NJ34.5
70Collingswood, NJ34.5
70Hopatcong, NJ34.5
70Point Pleasant, NJ34.5
70Waldwick, NJ34.5
75Ridgefield Park, NJ34.4
75Ridgewood, NJ34.4
77Englewood, NJ34.3
77River Edge, NJ34.3
77Summit, NJ34.3
80Passaic, NJ34.1
80Paterson, NJ34.1
82Linden, NJ34
83Hackensack, NJ33.7
83Lodi, NJ33.7
83North Plainfield, NJ33.7
86Elizabeth, NJ33.6
86Rahway, NJ33.6
88Dover, NJ33.5
88Lindenwold, NJ33.5
88Roselle Park, NJ33.5
88Roselle, NJ33.5
92Trenton, NJ33.3
92Wallington, NJ33.3
94Plainfield, NJ33.2
95Bound Brook, NJ33
95Garfield, NJ33
95Rutherford, NJ33
98Wood-Ridge, NJ32.9
99East Orange, NJ32.8
100Florham Park, NJ32.7
101Chatham, NJ32.6
102Fairview, NJ32.5
102Highland Park, NJ32.5
102Newark, NJ32.5
105Beachwood, NJ32.4
105Bridgeton, NJ32.4
107Somerville, NJ32.3
108East Rutherford, NJ32.2
109Edgewater, NJ32.1
110Jersey City, NJ31.6
111Madison, NJ31.2
112Harrison, NJ31
113Princeton, NJ30.9
114Morristown, NJ29.4
115Glassboro, NJ29.3
116New Brunswick, NJ28.9
117Hoboken, NJ25.8

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who have ever had their cholesterol checked and were told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that it was high. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2021; its eight former counties are not served. The question is asked in odd years only.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence (Cities in New Jersey by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence, Cities in New Jersey by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/new-jersey-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Cities in New Jersey by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/new-jersey-cities?period=2021.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence, Cities in New Jersey by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/new-jersey-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence: Cities in New Jersey by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021}},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/new-jersey-cities?period=2021. Publisher attribution: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.},
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Which city has the highest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate?

Ocean City, NJ, with 42% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which city has the lowest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate?

Hoboken, NJ, with 25.8% in 2021.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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