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Cities in New Jersey by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2023

Bridgeton, NJ had the highest adult obesity rate, local model estimate of 117 cities in 2023, at 47.4%. Princeton, NJ had the lowest, at 18.3%. The median was 28.6%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Highest47.4Bridgeton, NJ
Lowest18.3Princeton, NJ
Median28.6117 cities

Top 40 cities, 2023

Bridgeton, NJ: 47.4 %Bridgeton, NJ47.4Perth Amboy, NJ: 40.9 %Perth Amboy, NJ40.9Camden, NJ: 40.6 %Camden, NJ40.6Millville, NJ: 39.7 %Millville, NJ39.7Pleasantville, NJ: 39.4 %Pleasantville, NJ39.4Vineland, NJ: 38.7 %Vineland, NJ38.7Asbury Park, NJ: 37.9 %Asbury Park, NJ37.9Atlantic City, NJ: 37.9 %Atlantic City, NJ37.9Paterson, NJ: 37.5 %Paterson, NJ37.5Phillipsburg, NJ: 37.1 %Phillipsburg, NJ37.1New Brunswick, NJ: 36.6 %New Brunswick, NJ36.6Long Branch, NJ: 36.5 %Long Branch, NJ36.5Lindenwold, NJ: 36.4 %Lindenwold, NJ36.4Plainfield, NJ: 36.1 %Plainfield, NJ36.1Trenton, NJ: 36.1 %Trenton, NJ36.1Woodbury, NJ: 36 %Woodbury, NJ36Newark, NJ: 35.9 %Newark, NJ35.9Passaic, NJ: 35.9 %Passaic, NJ35.9East Orange, NJ: 35.8 %East Orange, NJ35.8Burlington, NJ: 35.5 %Burlington, NJ35.5Freehold, NJ: 35.4 %Freehold, NJ35.4North Plainfield, NJ: 35.4 %North Plainfield, NJ35.4Elizabeth, NJ: 34.8 %Elizabeth, NJ34.8South River, NJ: 34.6 %South River, NJ34.6Roselle, NJ: 33.6 %Roselle, NJ33.6Union City, NJ: 33.6 %Union City, NJ33.6Carteret, NJ: 33.5 %Carteret, NJ33.5Red Bank, NJ: 33.4 %Red Bank, NJ33.4Bound Brook, NJ: 33.3 %Bound Brook, NJ33.3Middlesex, NJ: 33.2 %Middlesex, NJ33.2Fairview, NJ: 33.1 %Fairview, NJ33.1South Amboy, NJ: 33 %South Amboy, NJ33Pine Hill, NJ: 32.7 %Pine Hill, NJ32.7West New York, NJ: 32.6 %West New York, NJ32.6Eatontown, NJ: 32.4 %Eatontown, NJ32.4Manville, NJ: 32.2 %Manville, NJ32.2Sayreville, NJ: 32 %Sayreville, NJ32Hackettstown, NJ: 31.9 %Hackettstown, NJ31.9Garfield, NJ: 31.8 %Garfield, NJ31.8Linden, NJ: 31.5 %Linden, NJ31.5
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Bridgeton, NJ47.4+3.9 pts
2Perth Amboy, NJ40.9+3.4 pts
3Camden, NJ40.6-2.9 pts
4Millville, NJ39.7+3.7 pts
5Pleasantville, NJ39.4-3.2 pts
6Vineland, NJ38.7+3 pts
7Asbury Park, NJ37.9+1.8 pts
7Atlantic City, NJ37.9-1.9 pts
9Paterson, NJ37.5+0.2 pts
10Phillipsburg, NJ37.1+3.1 pts
11New Brunswick, NJ36.6+3.5 pts
12Long Branch, NJ36.5+1.9 pts
13Lindenwold, NJ36.4-2.5 pts
14Plainfield, NJ36.1+1.1 pts
14Trenton, NJ36.1-6.8 pts
16Woodbury, NJ36-4.1 pts
17Newark, NJ35.9+0.8 pts
17Passaic, NJ35.9+0.1 pts
19East Orange, NJ35.8+0.6 pts
20Burlington, NJ35.5-2.6 pts
21Freehold, NJ35.4+1 pts
21North Plainfield, NJ35.4-0.3 pts
23Elizabeth, NJ34.8+1.3 pts
24South River, NJ34.6+3.3 pts
25Roselle, NJ33.6+0.9 pts
25Union City, NJ33.6-3.2 pts
27Carteret, NJ33.5+2.6 pts
28Red Bank, NJ33.4+1.3 pts
29Bound Brook, NJ33.3-0.8 pts
30Middlesex, NJ33.2+3.7 pts
31Fairview, NJ33.1+0.7 pts
32South Amboy, NJ33+3 pts
33Pine Hill, NJ32.7-3 pts
34West New York, NJ32.6-2.4 pts
35Eatontown, NJ32.4+1.9 pts
36Manville, NJ32.2-0.9 pts
37Sayreville, NJ32+3.3 pts
38Hackettstown, NJ31.9+3.5 pts
39Garfield, NJ31.8-0.3 pts
40Linden, NJ31.5+1 pts
41Somers Point, NJ31.3-2.3 pts
42Ocean City, NJ31.2+3.3 pts
43Dover, NJ31.1-4.4 pts
44Lodi, NJ30.8+0.3 pts
45Gloucester City, NJ30.5-2.7 pts
46Hackensack, NJ30.4-0.6 pts
47Guttenberg, NJ30.3-4.2 pts
47Rahway, NJ30.3+1 pts
49Englewood, NJ30.1-0.6 pts
49Tinton Falls, NJ30.1+2 pts
51Hammonton, NJ30-2.8 pts
51South Plainfield, NJ30+2.8 pts
53Kearny, NJ29.8-2.7 pts
54Beachwood, NJ29.7-2.3 pts
55Ridgefield Park, NJ29.5-0.1 pts
56Glassboro, NJ29.2-5.5 pts
57Bayonne, NJ29.1-2.7 pts
58Wallington, NJ28.9+0.5 pts
59Elmwood Park, NJ28.6-0.5 pts
60Bellmawr, NJ28.5-1.8 pts
60Highland Park, NJ28.5+2.7 pts
62Clifton, NJ28.40 pts
63Somerville, NJ28.2-0.6 pts
64Cliffside Park, NJ27.9+0.3 pts
65Collingswood, NJ27.8-3.6 pts
65Metuchen, NJ27.8+2.6 pts
65Point Pleasant, NJ27.8-2.8 pts
65Woodland Park, NJ27.8-0.6 pts
69Hopatcong, NJ27.6-3 pts
70Pompton Lakes, NJ27.4+0.2 pts
71North Arlington, NJ27.2-1.2 pts
72East Rutherford, NJ27+0.2 pts
72Hasbrouck Heights, NJ27-0.3 pts
74Roselle Park, NJ26.9+0.9 pts
75Hawthorne, NJ26.8-1.3 pts
76Wanaque, NJ26.7-0.7 pts
77Totowa, NJ26.5-1.2 pts
78Ringwood, NJ26.4+0.4 pts
79Jersey City, NJ26.2-2.3 pts
80Little Ferry, NJ26.1-0.4 pts
80Maywood, NJ26.1-0.5 pts
82Westwood, NJ25.6-0.1 pts
83Oakland, NJ25.5+0.3 pts
84Bergenfield, NJ25.3-0.3 pts
84Wood-Ridge, NJ25.3+0.1 pts
86Harrison, NJ25.2-2.9 pts
86Morristown, NJ25.2-3.7 pts
88Dumont, NJ25.1-0.1 pts
89Hillsdale, NJ25-0.1 pts
90Fair Lawn, NJ24.9-0.1 pts
90Rutherford, NJ24.9-0.3 pts
92Waldwick, NJ24.8-1.2 pts
93New Milford, NJ24.6+0.3 pts
93Ramsey, NJ24.6+0.2 pts
95Summit, NJ24.1+1.1 pts
96Montvale, NJ23.8-0.1 pts
97Lincoln Park, NJ23.7-1.9 pts
98Ridgefield, NJ23.6-0.3 pts
99Glen Rock, NJ23.1-0.3 pts
100Haddonfield, NJ23-1.9 pts
100Westfield, NJ23+0.6 pts
102Paramus, NJ22.9-0.1 pts
103Franklin Lakes, NJ22.8-0.2 pts
104Ridgewood, NJ22.7-0.2 pts
105Edgewater, NJ22.5-0.4 pts
105Hoboken, NJ22.5-2.8 pts
107River Edge, NJ22.2+0.1 pts
107Secaucus, NJ22.2-2.5 pts
109New Providence, NJ21.9+0.7 pts
110Fort Lee, NJ21.8+0.1 pts
111Kinnelon, NJ21.7-2.3 pts
112Florham Park, NJ21.3-2.5 pts
112Madison, NJ21.3-2.8 pts
114Tenafly, NJ21.1+0.1 pts
115Chatham, NJ20.8-3.3 pts
116Palisades Park, NJ20.2+0.4 pts
117Princeton, NJ18.3-4.4 pts

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults with a body mass index of 30 or more, calculated from self-reported weight and height. 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 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries. State and national values come from direct BRFSS estimates under adult_obesity_rate.

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, krqc-563j and later releases), adult obesity rate, 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, krqc-563j and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence (Cities in New Jersey by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2023) [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, krqc-563j and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence, Cities in New Jersey by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2023. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-obesity-rate-county-estimate/new-jersey-cities. 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, krqc-563j and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence. Cities in New Jersey by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-obesity-rate-county-estimate/new-jersey-cities.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence, Cities in New Jersey by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-obesity-rate-county-estimate/new-jersey-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest adult obesity rate, local model estimate?

Bridgeton, NJ, with 47.4% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Princeton, NJ, with 18.3% in 2023.

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