Data / Rankings / Households / Cities in New Jersey

Cities in New Jersey by households

Jersey City, NJ had the highest households of 117 cities in 2023, at 123,132. Chatham, NJ had the lowest, at 2,946. The median was 6,611 and the figure for New Jersey was 3.48 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest123,132Jersey City, NJ
Lowest2,946Chatham, NJ
Median6,611117 cities
New Jersey3,478,355History

Top 40 cities, 2023

Jersey City, NJ: 123,132 countJersey City, NJ123,132Newark, NJ: 113,748 countNewark, NJ113,748Paterson, NJ: 49,688 countPaterson, NJ49,688Elizabeth, NJ: 45,932 countElizabeth, NJ45,932Clifton, NJ: 32,897 countClifton, NJ32,897Trenton, NJ: 32,104 countTrenton, NJ32,104Bayonne, NJ: 28,325 countBayonne, NJ28,325East Orange, NJ: 28,188 countEast Orange, NJ28,188Hoboken, NJ: 27,654 countHoboken, NJ27,654Union City, NJ: 25,782 countUnion City, NJ25,782Camden, NJ: 24,697 countCamden, NJ24,697Vineland, NJ: 21,945 countVineland, NJ21,945West New York, NJ: 20,645 countWest New York, NJ20,645Passaic, NJ: 20,434 countPassaic, NJ20,434Hackensack, NJ: 20,305 countHackensack, NJ20,305Perth Amboy, NJ: 19,019 countPerth Amboy, NJ19,019Fort Lee, NJ: 18,531 countFort Lee, NJ18,531Sayreville, NJ: 16,853 countSayreville, NJ16,853Atlantic City, NJ: 16,527 countAtlantic City, NJ16,527Plainfield, NJ: 16,252 countPlainfield, NJ16,252New Brunswick, NJ: 15,905 countNew Brunswick, NJ15,905Linden, NJ: 15,290 countLinden, NJ15,290Kearny, NJ: 14,756 countKearny, NJ14,756Long Branch, NJ: 13,052 countLong Branch, NJ13,052Rahway, NJ: 12,155 countRahway, NJ12,155Fair Lawn, NJ: 12,150 countFair Lawn, NJ12,150Garfield, NJ: 11,541 countGarfield, NJ11,541Millville, NJ: 11,342 countMillville, NJ11,342Englewood, NJ: 11,258 countEnglewood, NJ11,258Westfield, NJ: 10,676 countWestfield, NJ10,676Cliffside Park, NJ: 10,615 countCliffside Park, NJ10,615Bergenfield, NJ: 9,430 countBergenfield, NJ9,430Lodi, NJ: 9,381 countLodi, NJ9,381Lindenwold, NJ: 9,042 countLindenwold, NJ9,042Princeton, NJ: 9,002 countPrinceton, NJ9,002Harrison, NJ: 8,991 countHarrison, NJ8,991Morristown, NJ: 8,907 countMorristown, NJ8,907Ridgewood, NJ: 8,816 countRidgewood, NJ8,816Tinton Falls, NJ: 8,762 countTinton Falls, NJ8,762Secaucus, NJ: 8,525 countSecaucus, NJ8,525Jersey City, NJ: 123,132 countJersey City, NJ123,132Newark, NJ: 113,748 countNewark, NJ113,748Paterson, NJ: 49,688 countPaterson, NJ49,688Elizabeth, NJ: 45,932 countElizabeth, NJ45,932Clifton, NJ: 32,897 countClifton, NJ32,897Trenton, NJ: 32,104 countTrenton, NJ32,104Bayonne, NJ: 28,325 countBayonne, NJ28,325East Orange, NJ: 28,188 countEast Orange, NJ28,188Hoboken, NJ: 27,654 countHoboken, NJ27,654Union City, NJ: 25,782 countUnion City, NJ25,782Camden, NJ: 24,697 countCamden, NJ24,697Vineland, NJ: 21,945 countVineland, NJ21,945West New York, NJ: 20,645 countWest New York, NJ20,645Passaic, NJ: 20,434 countPassaic, NJ20,434Hackensack, NJ: 20,305 countHackensack, NJ20,305Perth Amboy, NJ: 19,019 countPerth Amboy, NJ19,019Fort Lee, NJ: 18,531 countFort Lee, NJ18,531Sayreville, NJ: 16,853 countSayreville, NJ16,853Atlantic City, NJ: 16,527 countAtlantic City, NJ16,527Plainfield, NJ: 16,252 countPlainfield, NJ16,252New Brunswick, NJ: 15,905 countNew Brunswick, NJ15,905Linden, NJ: 15,290 countLinden, NJ15,290Kearny, NJ: 14,756 countKearny, NJ14,756Long Branch, NJ: 13,052 countLong Branch, NJ13,052Rahway, NJ: 12,155 countRahway, NJ12,155Fair Lawn, NJ: 12,150 countFair Lawn, NJ12,150Garfield, NJ: 11,541 countGarfield, NJ11,541Millville, NJ: 11,342 countMillville, NJ11,342Englewood, NJ: 11,258 countEnglewood, NJ11,258Westfield, NJ: 10,676 countWestfield, NJ10,676Cliffside Park, NJ: 10,615 countCliffside Park, NJ10,615Bergenfield, NJ: 9,430 countBergenfield, NJ9,430Lodi, NJ: 9,381 countLodi, NJ9,381Lindenwold, NJ: 9,042 countLindenwold, NJ9,042Princeton, NJ: 9,002 countPrinceton, NJ9,002Harrison, NJ: 8,991 countHarrison, NJ8,991Morristown, NJ: 8,907 countMorristown, NJ8,907Ridgewood, NJ: 8,816 countRidgewood, NJ8,816Tinton Falls, NJ: 8,762 countTinton Falls, NJ8,762Secaucus, NJ: 8,525 countSecaucus, NJ8,525
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
count		Change on 2022
1Jersey City, NJ123,132+3.2%
2Newark, NJ113,748+1%
3Paterson, NJ49,6880%
4Elizabeth, NJ45,932+1%
5Clifton, NJ32,897+0.8%
6Trenton, NJ32,104-0.2%
7Bayonne, NJ28,325+4.1%
8East Orange, NJ28,188+6.9%
9Hoboken, NJ27,654-0.8%
10Union City, NJ25,782+0.7%
11Camden, NJ24,697+1.3%
12Vineland, NJ21,945+1.7%
13West New York, NJ20,645+0.2%
14Passaic, NJ20,434+1.2%
15Hackensack, NJ20,305+2.7%
16Perth Amboy, NJ19,019+3.3%
17Fort Lee, NJ18,531+1.2%
18Sayreville, NJ16,8530%
19Atlantic City, NJ16,527+0.3%
20Plainfield, NJ16,252-1.3%
21New Brunswick, NJ15,905+1.8%
22Linden, NJ15,290+0.5%
23Kearny, NJ14,756+0.4%
24Long Branch, NJ13,052+1.9%
25Rahway, NJ12,155+0.6%
26Fair Lawn, NJ12,150-1.3%
27Garfield, NJ11,541-0%
28Millville, NJ11,342-2.6%
29Englewood, NJ11,258-0.5%
30Westfield, NJ10,676+2.4%
31Cliffside Park, NJ10,615+0.8%
32Bergenfield, NJ9,430+1.3%
33Lodi, NJ9,381+1.1%
34Lindenwold, NJ9,042+0.2%
35Princeton, NJ9,002+0.6%
36Harrison, NJ8,991+5.4%
37Morristown, NJ8,907-0.5%
38Ridgewood, NJ8,816+1.4%
39Tinton Falls, NJ8,762-0.4%
40Secaucus, NJ8,525-1%
41Paramus, NJ8,420+0.1%
42Carteret, NJ8,317+2%
43South Plainfield, NJ8,280+1.6%
44Roselle, NJ8,206-0.2%
45Summit, NJ8,130+2.3%
46North Plainfield, NJ7,988-1.1%
47Point Pleasant, NJ7,890+1.5%
48Glassboro, NJ7,877+4.7%
49Asbury Park, NJ7,668+2.6%
50Hawthorne, NJ7,613+0.4%
51Palisades Park, NJ7,375+3.6%
52Elmwood Park, NJ7,267+0.7%
53Bridgeton, NJ7,097+2.6%
54Edgewater, NJ7,009-0.2%
55Rutherford, NJ6,955+3%
56Pleasantville, NJ6,772+0.7%
57North Arlington, NJ6,646+0.2%
58Phillipsburg, NJ6,616+0.2%
59Collingswood, NJ6,611-1.3%
60Highland Park, NJ6,518-0.4%
61Dumont, NJ6,491-1.5%
62Dover, NJ6,455+5.3%
63New Milford, NJ6,157-0.2%
64Red Bank, NJ5,902-3%
65Eatontown, NJ5,856+1.3%
66Hopatcong, NJ5,842+1.5%
67Hammonton, NJ5,705-0.8%
68Ocean City, NJ5,619+1.8%
69Somerville, NJ5,604+9.1%
70Fairview, NJ5,580-4.2%
71South River, NJ5,570+0.3%
72Middlesex, NJ5,567-0.2%
73Madison, NJ5,554+0.5%
74Metuchen, NJ5,433+1.7%
75Woodland Park, NJ5,383+1.7%
76Ramsey, NJ5,248+0.5%
77Roselle Park, NJ5,236+2.7%
78Tenafly, NJ5,222+2.9%
79New Providence, NJ5,201+2.7%
80Ridgefield Park, NJ5,113+0.8%
81Guttenberg, NJ4,953-0.4%
82Bellmawr, NJ4,918+1.7%
83Wallington, NJ4,905-1.8%
84Somers Point, NJ4,720+1.5%
85Bound Brook, NJ4,712+3.2%
86Florham Park, NJ4,587+1.3%
87Pine Hill, NJ4,582+3.2%
88Little Ferry, NJ4,539+4.7%
89Oakland, NJ4,395+0.3%
90River Edge, NJ4,377+0.2%
91Hasbrouck Heights, NJ4,360+1.8%
92Wanaque, NJ4,350+1.7%
93Manville, NJ4,300-2.1%
94Freehold, NJ4,270-2.7%
95Haddonfield, NJ4,2320%
96Westwood, NJ4,195-1%
97East Rutherford, NJ4,177-1.9%
98Ringwood, NJ4,154-2.4%
99Lincoln Park, NJ4,142+0.6%
99Pompton Lakes, NJ4,142-2%
101South Amboy, NJ4,140+2.7%
102Gloucester City, NJ4,117+1.4%
103Ridgefield, NJ4,082+1.3%
104Woodbury, NJ4,053-1.4%
105Beachwood, NJ3,965+0.8%
106Totowa, NJ3,892+2.9%
107Wood-Ridge, NJ3,821-0.8%
108Maywood, NJ3,814+3%
109Hackettstown, NJ3,790+2.5%
110Franklin Lakes, NJ3,771+0.1%
111Glen Rock, NJ3,678+0.7%
112Burlington, NJ3,645-3.2%
113Waldwick, NJ3,434+0.3%
114Hillsdale, NJ3,393-0.7%
115Kinnelon, NJ3,333-0.4%
116Montvale, NJ3,086+0.7%
117Chatham, NJ2,946-0.1%

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of households, which equals the number of occupied housing units. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

People living in group quarters, such as college dormitories, nursing homes and prisons, are not in households.

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

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in New Jersey by households, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25003.dat

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in New Jersey by households, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/new-jersey-cities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in New Jersey by households, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/new-jersey-cities?period=2023.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in New Jersey by households, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/new-jersey-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_cities_in_new_jersey_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in New Jersey by households, 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25003.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/new-jersey-cities?period=2023. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in New Jersey by households, 2023
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/01/29
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25003.dat
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/new-jersey-cities?period=2023
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/new-jersey-cities?period=2023.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Cities in New Jersey by households using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"households","level":"municipality","within":"New Jersey","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=households&level=municipality&within=New%20Jersey&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which city has the highest households?

Jersey City, NJ, with 123,132 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest households?

Chatham, NJ, with 2,946 in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Households: other rankings

Cities in New Jersey: more rankings