Cities in New Jersey by housing units

Jersey City, NJ had the highest housing units of 117 cities in 2022, at 129,084. Chatham, NJ had the lowest, at 3,058. The median was 6,953 and the figure for New Jersey was 3.76 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest129,084Jersey City, NJ

Lowest3,058Chatham, NJ

Median6,953117 cities

New Jersey3,756,340History

Top 40 cities, 2022

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Jersey City, NJ	129,084	+1.6%
2	Newark, NJ	121,773	+0.9%
3	Paterson, NJ	52,641	-0.4%
4	Elizabeth, NJ	48,731	+1.9%
5	Trenton, NJ	36,307	-0.4%
6	Clifton, NJ	33,827	+2.3%
7	Hoboken, NJ	30,211	-1.2%
8	Bayonne, NJ	29,180	+0.1%
9	East Orange, NJ	28,912	-1.4%
10	Camden, NJ	27,872	-3.6%
11	Union City, NJ	27,258	-0.1%
12	Vineland, NJ	22,821	-1%
13	West New York, NJ	22,172	+2.9%
14	Passaic, NJ	20,884	-0.4%
15	Hackensack, NJ	20,883	-1.1%
16	Ocean City, NJ	20,831	-0%
17	Atlantic City, NJ	20,641	-0.4%
18	Fort Lee, NJ	19,634	+0.2%
19	Perth Amboy, NJ	19,156	+1.2%
20	Sayreville, NJ	17,390	-0.1%
21	Plainfield, NJ	17,302	-2.3%
22	New Brunswick, NJ	16,887	+1.1%
23	Linden, NJ	16,055	-2.2%
24	Kearny, NJ	15,362	+2.2%
25	Long Branch, NJ	15,029	+0.3%
26	Rahway, NJ	12,774	-0.4%
27	Fair Lawn, NJ	12,621	+3%
28	Millville, NJ	12,356	-3.8%
29	Englewood, NJ	12,277	+1.4%
30	Garfield, NJ	12,130	-2.5%
31	Cliffside Park, NJ	11,297	+0.9%
32	Westfield, NJ	10,848	-1.8%
33	Princeton, NJ	9,922	-3.1%
34	Lodi, NJ	9,826	+1.5%
35	Lindenwold, NJ	9,606	-4.2%
36	Bergenfield, NJ	9,580	+1.5%
37	Morristown, NJ	9,307	-0.9%
38	Secaucus, NJ	9,202	+7.8%
39	Ridgewood, NJ	9,108	+1.5%
40	Harrison, NJ	9,051	+7.3%
41	Tinton Falls, NJ	8,925	+1.8%
42	Paramus, NJ	8,900	+0.2%
43	Carteret, NJ	8,722	-0.1%
44	Asbury Park, NJ	8,629	+1.8%
45	Roselle, NJ	8,554	+2.2%
46	Summit, NJ	8,468	+1.4%
47	South Plainfield, NJ	8,400	+0.1%
48	Point Pleasant, NJ	8,379	-2.1%
49	Glassboro, NJ	8,295	+13.9%
50	North Plainfield, NJ	8,273	+0.1%
51	Hawthorne, NJ	7,887	+1.3%
52	Bridgeton, NJ	7,640	+6%
53	Edgewater, NJ	7,638	+2.7%
54	Elmwood Park, NJ	7,464	-0.1%
55	Palisades Park, NJ	7,413	+0.7%
56	Pleasantville, NJ	7,403	-0.8%
57	Phillipsburg, NJ	7,247	+0.4%
58	Collingswood, NJ	7,079	+4.4%
59	North Arlington, NJ	6,953	-0.3%
60	Highland Park, NJ	6,942	-0%
61	Rutherford, NJ	6,931	-0.2%
62	Dumont, NJ	6,815	-0.8%
63	Hopatcong, NJ	6,496	-0.7%
64	Red Bank, NJ	6,387	+2.6%
65	Dover, NJ	6,379	+5.5%
66	New Milford, NJ	6,360	-1.2%
67	Hammonton, NJ	6,359	+5.1%
68	Eatontown, NJ	6,043	-0.7%
69	Fairview, NJ	5,964	-6.4%
70	South River, NJ	5,769	-3.4%
71	Middlesex, NJ	5,764	+2.9%
72	Madison, NJ	5,754	-3.3%
73	Somers Point, NJ	5,700	+3.7%
74	Metuchen, NJ	5,548	+1.2%
75	Ridgefield Park, NJ	5,453	+2.3%
76	Somerville, NJ	5,340	+2.4%
77	New Providence, NJ	5,331	+6%
78	Guttenberg, NJ	5,310	-0.3%
79	Woodland Park, NJ	5,308	+2.2%
80	Ramsey, NJ	5,285	-4%
81	Roselle Park, NJ	5,252	-0.6%
82	Tenafly, NJ	5,247	+1.9%
83	Wallington, NJ	5,241	+0.7%
84	Bellmawr, NJ	5,154	+2.2%
85	Florham Park, NJ	4,778	+3.7%
86	Bound Brook, NJ	4,777	-2%
87	Oakland, NJ	4,705	+2.9%
88	Pine Hill, NJ	4,703	-3.1%
89	Woodbury, NJ	4,632	+1.6%
90	Manville, NJ	4,613	-0.5%
91	Freehold, NJ	4,541	+0.6%
92	Hasbrouck Heights, NJ	4,540	+1.1%
93	East Rutherford, NJ	4,539	-2.6%
94	Westwood, NJ	4,538	-1.5%
95	Gloucester City, NJ	4,485	-6.1%
96	Haddonfield, NJ	4,469	-0.3%
97	River Edge, NJ	4,468	-0.8%
98	Little Ferry, NJ	4,466	-2.6%
99	Wanaque, NJ	4,428	+0.3%
100	Ringwood, NJ	4,375	+1.6%
101	Pompton Lakes, NJ	4,311	-0.3%
102	South Amboy, NJ	4,256	+5%
103	Lincoln Park, NJ	4,245	-0.5%
104	Burlington, NJ	4,235	+4.8%
105	Beachwood, NJ	4,196	+0.7%
106	Ridgefield, NJ	4,120	-0.3%
107	Wood-Ridge, NJ	3,961	+3.7%
108	Franklin Lakes, NJ	3,876	-3.9%
109	Totowa, NJ	3,860	+0.1%
110	Maywood, NJ	3,848	-0.8%
111	Glen Rock, NJ	3,802	+0.6%
112	Hackettstown, NJ	3,800	+1.2%
113	Hillsdale, NJ	3,515	+0.3%
114	Kinnelon, NJ	3,436	+0.6%
115	Waldwick, NJ	3,423	+2.1%
116	Montvale, NJ	3,123	+4.6%
117	Chatham, NJ	3,058	-0.9%

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All housing units, occupied and vacant: houses, apartments, mobile homes and rooms intended as separate living quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A survey estimate averaged over five years, not a count on one date.

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.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in New Jersey by housing units, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in New Jersey by housing units, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b25001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/new-jersey-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in New Jersey by housing units, 2022}},
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Jersey City, NJ, with 129,084 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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