List of municipalities in New Jersey facts for kids
New Jersey is a state located in the Northeastern United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, New Jersey is the 11th most populous state with 9,288,994 inhabitants but the fifth smallest by land area spanning 7,354.76 square miles (19,048.7 km2). As of 2023[update], New Jersey is divided into 21 counties and contains 564 municipalities consisting of five types: 252 boroughs, 52 cities, 15 towns, 241 townships, and 4 villages. The largest municipality by population in New Jersey is Newark, with 311,549 residents, whereas the smallest is Walpack Township, with seven residents. New Jersey is the most populous U.S. state with no cities ranked in the top 50 most populous United States cities, with the next most populous being South Carolina.
As in most Northeastern states, all territories within New Jersey are incorporated.
List of municipalities
- Largest municipalities in New Jersey by population
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Newark, New Jersey's largest city by population
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Jersey City, New Jersey's second-largest city by population
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Paterson, New Jersey's third-largest city by population
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Elizabeth, New Jersey's fourth-largest city by population
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Trenton, the state capital of New Jersey
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Camden, the largest city in South Jersey by population
| Name | Type | County | Population (2020) | Population (2010) | Change | Land area | Population density | Form of government | Incorporated | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sq mi | km2 | |||||||||
| Newark | City | Essex | 311,549 | 277,140 | +12.4% | 24.144 | 62.53 | 12,903.8/sq mi (4,982.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1693 |
| Jersey City | City | Hudson | 292,449 | 247,597 | +18.1% | 14.744 | 38.19 | 19,835.1/sq mi (7,658.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1838 |
| Paterson | City | Passaic | 159,732 | 146,199 | +9.3% | 8.413 | 21.79 | 18,986.3/sq mi (7,330.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1831 |
| Elizabeth | City | Union | 137,298 | 124,969 | +9.9% | 12.319 | 31.91 | 11,145.2/sq mi (4,303.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1855 |
| Lakewood Township | Township | Ocean | 135,158 | 92,843 | +45.6% | 24.681 | 63.92 | 5,476.2/sq mi (2,114.4/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1892 |
| Edison | Township | Middlesex | 107,588 | 99,967 | +7.6% | 30.068 | 77.88 | 3,578.2/sq mi (1,381.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1870 |
| Woodbridge Township | Township | Middlesex | 103,639 | 99,585 | +4.1% | 23.258 | 60.24 | 4,456.1/sq mi (1,720.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| Toms River | Township | Ocean | 95,438 | 91,239 | +4.6% | 40.541 | 105.00 | 2,354.1/sq mi (908.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| Hamilton Township | Township | Mercer | 92,297 | 88,464 | +4.3% | 39.438 | 102.14 | 2,340.3/sq mi (903.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1842 |
| Trenton | City | Mercer | 90,871 | 84,913 | +7.0% | 7.579 | 19.63 | 11,989.8/sq mi (4,629.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1792 |
| Clifton | City | Passaic | 90,296 | 84,136 | +7.3% | 11.275 | 29.20 | 8,008.5/sq mi (3,092.1/km2) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1917 |
| Cherry Hill Township | Township | Camden | 74,553 | 71,045 | +4.9% | 24.072 | 62.35 | 3,097.1/sq mi (1,195.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1844 |
| Brick Township | Township | Ocean | 73,620 | 75,072 | −1.9% | 25.587 | 66.27 | 2,877.2/sq mi (1,110.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1850 |
| Camden | City | Camden | 71,791 | 77,344 | −7.2% | 8.921 | 23.11 | 8,047.4/sq mi (3,107.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1828 |
| Bayonne | City | Hudson | 71,686 | 63,024 | +13.7% | 5.821 | 15.08 | 12,315.1/sq mi (4,754.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1861 |
| Passaic | City | Passaic | 70,537 | 69,781 | +1.1% | 3.133 | 8.11 | 22,514.2/sq mi (8,692.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1873 |
| East Orange | City | Essex | 69,612 | 64,270 | +8.3% | 3.928 | 10.17 | 17,722.0/sq mi (6,842.5/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1863 |
| Union City | City | Hudson | 68,589 | 66,455 | +3.2% | 1.287 | 3.33 | 53,293.7/sq mi (20,576.8/km2) | Walsh Act | 1925 |
| Franklin Township | Township | Somerset | 68,364 | 62,300 | +9.7% | 46.170 | 119.58 | 1,480.7/sq mi (571.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Middletown Township | Township | Monmouth | 67,106 | 66,522 | +0.9% | 40.949 | 106.06 | 1,638.8/sq mi (632.7/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| Old Bridge Township | Township | Middlesex | 66,876 | 65,375 | +2.3% | 38.181 | 98.89 | 1,751.6/sq mi (676.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1869 |
| Gloucester Township | Township | Camden | 66,034 | 64,634 | +2.2% | 22.954 | 59.45 | 2,876.8/sq mi (1,110.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| North Bergen | Township | Hudson | 63,361 | 60,773 | +4.3% | 5.136 | 13.30 | 12,336.6/sq mi (4,763.2/km2) | Walsh Act | 1843 |
| Irvington | Township | Essex | 61,176 | 53,926 | +13.4% | 2.914 | 7.55 | 20,993.8/sq mi (8,105.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1874 |
| Piscataway | Township | Middlesex | 60,804 | 56,044 | +8.5% | 18.794 | 48.68 | 3,235.3/sq mi (1,249.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| Vineland | City | Cumberland | 60,780 | 60,724 | +0.1% | 68.393 | 177.14 | 888.7/sq mi (343.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1952 |
| Hoboken | City | Hudson | 60,419 | 50,005 | +20.8% | 1.250 | 3.24 | 48,335.2/sq mi (18,662.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1849 |
| Union Township | Township | Union | 59,728 | 56,642 | +5.4% | 9.051 | 23.44 | 6,599.0/sq mi (2,547.9/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1808 |
| Jackson Township | Township | Ocean | 58,544 | 54,856 | +6.7% | 99.174 | 256.86 | 590.3/sq mi (227.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1844 |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills | Township | Morris | 56,162 | 53,238 | +5.5% | 23.632 | 61.21 | 2,376.5/sq mi (917.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1928 |
| Perth Amboy | City | Middlesex | 55,436 | 50,814 | +9.1% | 4.662 | 12.07 | 11,891.0/sq mi (4,591.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1718 |
| New Brunswick | City | Middlesex | 55,266 | 55,181 | +0.2% | 5.233 | 13.55 | 10,561.1/sq mi (4,077.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1784 |
| Wayne | Township | Passaic | 54,838 | 54,717 | +0.2% | 23.722 | 61.44 | 2,311.7/sq mi (892.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1847 |
| Plainfield | City | Union | 54,586 | 49,808 | +9.6% | 5.959 | 15.43 | 9,160.3/sq mi (3,536.8/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1869 |
| Howell Township | Township | Monmouth | 53,537 | 51,075 | +4.8% | 60.271 | 156.10 | 888.3/sq mi (343.0/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1801 |
| Bloomfield | Township | Essex | 53,105 | 47,315 | +12.2% | 5.337 | 13.82 | 9,950.3/sq mi (3,841.8/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1812 |
| West New York | Town | Hudson | 52,912 | 49,708 | +6.4% | 0.994 | 2.57 | 53,231.4/sq mi (20,552.8/km2) | Walsh Act | 1898 |
| East Brunswick | Township | Middlesex | 49,715 | 47,512 | +4.6% | 21.784 | 56.42 | 2,282.2/sq mi (881.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1860 |
| West Orange | Township | Essex | 48,843 | 46,207 | +5.7% | 12.003 | 31.09 | 4,069.2/sq mi (1,571.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1863 |
| Washington Township | Township | Gloucester | 48,677 | 48,559 | +0.2% | 21.346 | 55.29 | 2,280.4/sq mi (880.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1836 |
| Monroe Township | Township | Middlesex | 48,594 | 39,132 | +24.2% | 41.943 | 108.63 | 1,158.6/sq mi (447.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1838 |
| Egg Harbor Township | Township | Atlantic | 47,842 | 43,323 | +10.4% | 67.047 | 173.65 | 713.6/sq mi (275.5/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| South Brunswick | Township | Middlesex | 47,043 | 43,417 | +8.4% | 40.614 | 105.19 | 1,158.3/sq mi (447.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Evesham Township | Township | Burlington | 46,826 | 45,538 | +2.8% | 29.156 | 75.51 | 1,606.1/sq mi (620.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Hackensack | City | Bergen | 46,030 | 43,010 | +7.0% | 4.191 | 10.85 | 10,983.1/sq mi (4,240.6/km2) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1693 |
| Bridgewater Township | Township | Somerset | 45,977 | 44,464 | +3.4% | 31.888 | 82.59 | 1,441.8/sq mi (556.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| Sayreville | Borough | Middlesex | 45,345 | 42,704 | +6.2% | 15.830 | 41.00 | 2,864.5/sq mi (1,106.0/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1876 |
| Manchester Township | Township | Ocean | 45,115 | 43,070 | +4.7% | 81.417 | 210.87 | 554.1/sq mi (213.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1865 |
| Mount Laurel | Township | Burlington | 44,633 | 41,864 | +6.6% | 21.724 | 56.26 | 2,054.5/sq mi (793.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1872 |
| North Brunswick | Township | Middlesex | 43,905 | 40,742 | +7.8% | 12.032 | 31.16 | 3,649.0/sq mi (1,408.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council–administrator) | 1798 |
| Berkeley Township | Township | Ocean | 43,754 | 41,255 | +6.1% | 42.710 | 110.62 | 1,024.4/sq mi (395.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1875 |
| Linden | City | Union | 43,738 | 40,499 | +8.0% | 10.688 | 27.68 | 4,092.3/sq mi (1,580.0/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1925 |
| Hillsborough Township | Township | Somerset | 43,276 | 38,303 | +13.0% | 54.614 | 141.45 | 792.4/sq mi (305.9/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1771 |
| Kearny | Town | Hudson | 41,999 | 40,684 | +3.2% | 8.844 | 22.91 | 4,748.9/sq mi (1,833.6/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1867 |
| Marlboro Township | Township | Monmouth | 41,502 | 40,191 | +3.3% | 30.340 | 78.58 | 1,367.9/sq mi (528.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1848 |
| Teaneck | Township | Bergen | 41,246 | 39,776 | +3.7% | 6.041 | 15.65 | 6,827.7/sq mi (2,636.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1895 |
| Montclair | Township | Essex | 40,921 | 37,669 | +8.6% | 6.238 | 16.16 | 6,560.0/sq mi (2,532.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1868 |
| Manalapan Township | Township | Monmouth | 40,905 | 38,872 | +5.2% | 30.651 | 79.39 | 1,334.5/sq mi (515.3/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1848 |
| Fort Lee | Borough | Bergen | 40,191 | 35,345 | +13.7% | 2.518 | 6.52 | 15,961.5/sq mi (6,162.8/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1904 |
| Winslow Township | Township | Camden | 39,907 | 39,499 | +1.0% | 57.417 | 148.71 | 695.0/sq mi (268.3/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1845 |
| Atlantic City | City | Atlantic | 38,497 | 39,558 | −2.7% | 10.760 | 27.87 | 3,577.8/sq mi (1,381.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1854 |
| Belleville | Township | Essex | 38,222 | 35,926 | +6.4% | 3.296 | 8.54 | 11,596.5/sq mi (4,477.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1839 |
| Galloway Township | Township | Atlantic | 37,813 | 37,349 | +1.2% | 88.668 | 229.65 | 426.5/sq mi (164.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Ewing Township | Township | Mercer | 37,264 | 35,790 | +4.1% | 15.206 | 39.38 | 2,450.6/sq mi (946.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1834 |
| Monroe Township | Township | Gloucester | 37,117 | 36,129 | +2.7% | 46.421 | 120.23 | 799.6/sq mi (308.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1859 |
| Pennsauken Township | Township | Camden | 37,074 | 35,885 | +3.3% | 10.479 | 27.14 | 3,537.9/sq mi (1,366.0/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1892 |
| Freehold Township | Township | Monmouth | 35,369 | 36,184 | −2.3% | 38.653 | 100.11 | 915.0/sq mi (353.3/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| Fair Lawn | Borough | Bergen | 34,927 | 32,457 | +7.6% | 5.135 | 13.30 | 6,801.8/sq mi (2,626.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1924 |
| Orange | Township | Essex | 34,447 | 30,134 | +14.3% | 2.213 | 5.73 | 15,565.7/sq mi (6,010.0/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1806 |
| Lawrence Township | Township | Mercer | 33,077 | 33,472 | −1.2% | 21.725 | 56.27 | 1,522.5/sq mi (587.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Garfield | City | Bergen | 32,655 | 30,487 | +7.1% | 2.111 | 5.47 | 15,469.0/sq mi (5,972.6/km2) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1898 |
| Deptford Township | Township | Gloucester | 31,977 | 30,561 | +4.6% | 17.331 | 44.89 | 1,845.1/sq mi (712.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Willingboro Township | Township | Burlington | 31,889 | 31,629 | +0.8% | 7.725 | 20.01 | 4,128.0/sq mi (1,593.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Long Branch | City | Monmouth | 31,667 | 30,719 | +3.1% | 5.124 | 13.27 | 6,180.1/sq mi (2,386.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1867 |
| Livingston | Township | Essex | 31,330 | 29,366 | +6.7% | 13.785 | 35.70 | 2,272.8/sq mi (877.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1813 |
| Voorhees Township | Township | Camden | 31,069 | 29,131 | +6.7% | 11.471 | 29.71 | 2,708.5/sq mi (1,045.8/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1899 |
| Westfield | Town | Union | 31,032 | 30,316 | +2.4% | 6.724 | 17.42 | 4,615.1/sq mi (1,781.9/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| Princeton | Borough | Mercer | 30,681 | 28,400 | +8.0% | 17.946 | 46.48 | 1,709.6/sq mi (660.1/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1813/2013 |
| Nutley | Township | Essex | 30,143 | 28,117 | +7.2% | 3.372 | 8.73 | 8,939.2/sq mi (3,451.4/km2) | Walsh Act | 1874 |
| East Windsor Township | Township | Mercer | 30,045 | 27,165 | +10.6% | 15.567 | 40.32 | 1,930.0/sq mi (745.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Rahway | City | Union | 29,556 | 27,291 | +8.3% | 3.896 | 10.09 | 7,586.2/sq mi (2,929.0/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1858 |
| West Windsor | Township | Mercer | 29,518 | 27,147 | +8.7% | 25.549 | 66.17 | 1,155.3/sq mi (446.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| Englewood | City | Bergen | 29,308 | 26,764 | +9.5% | 4.925 | 12.76 | 5,950.9/sq mi (2,297.7/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1899 |
| Mount Olive Township | Township | Morris | 28,886 | 27,935 | +3.4% | 29.617 | 76.71 | 975.3/sq mi (376.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1871 |
| Lacey Township | Township | Ocean | 28,655 | 27,346 | +4.8% | 83.248 | 215.61 | 344.2/sq mi (132.9/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1871 |
| Stafford Township | Township | Ocean | 28,617 | 26,503 | +8.0% | 46.114 | 119.43 | 620.6/sq mi (239.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1798 |
| Bergenfield | Borough | Bergen | 28,321 | 26,652 | +6.3% | 2.904 | 7.52 | 9,752.4/sq mi (3,765.4/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1894 |
| Neptune Township | Township | Monmouth | 28,061 | 27,912 | +0.5% | 8.127 | 21.05 | 3,452.8/sq mi (1,333.1/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1879 |
| Bernards Township | Township | Somerset | 27,830 | 26,535 | +4.9% | 24.201 | 62.68 | 1,150.0/sq mi (444.0/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| Ocean Township | Township | Monmouth | 27,672 | 27,190 | +1.8% | 10.867 | 28.15 | 2,546.4/sq mi (983.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1849 |
| Millville | City | Cumberland | 27,491 | 28,370 | −3.1% | 41.999 | 108.78 | 654.6/sq mi (252.7/km2) | Walsh Act | 1801 |
| Hamilton Township | Township | Atlantic | 27,484 | 26,342 | +4.3% | 110.895 | 287.22 | 247.8/sq mi (95.7/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1813 |
| Bridgeton | City | Cumberland | 27,263 | 24,958 | +9.2% | 6.228 | 16.13 | 4,377.5/sq mi (1,690.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1865 |
| Pemberton Township | Township | Burlington | 26,903 | 27,644 | −2.7% | 61.556 | 159.43 | 437.0/sq mi (168.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1846 |
| Paramus | Borough | Bergen | 26,698 | 26,164 | +2.0% | 10.445 | 27.05 | 2,556.1/sq mi (986.9/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1922 |
| Wall Township | Township | Monmouth | 26,525 | 25,890 | +2.5% | 30.659 | 79.41 | 865.2/sq mi (334.1/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1851 |
| Randolph | Township | Morris | 26,504 | 25,349 | +4.6% | 20.905 | 54.14 | 1,267.8/sq mi (489.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1806 |
| Lodi | Borough | Bergen | 26,206 | 23,943 | +9.5% | 2.272 | 5.88 | 11,534.3/sq mi (4,453.4/km2) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1894 |
| Ridgewood | Village | Bergen | 25,979 | 24,156 | +7.5% | 5.742 | 14.87 | 4,524.4/sq mi (1,746.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1894 |
| Cliffside Park | Borough | Bergen | 25,693 | 23,510 | +9.3% | 0.956 | 2.48 | 26,875.5/sq mi (10,376.7/km2) | 1895 | |
| Maplewood | Township | Essex | 25,684 | 23,594 | +8.9% | 3.874 | 10.03 | 6,629.8/sq mi (2,559.8/km2) | 1861 | |
| Mahwah | Township | Bergen | 25,487 | 25,850 | −1.4% | 25.392 | 65.76 | 1,003.7/sq mi (387.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1849 |
| Rockaway Township | Township | Morris | 25,341 | 24,136 | +5.0% | 41.733 | 108.09 | 607.2/sq mi (234.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1844 |
| Carteret | Borough | Middlesex | 25,326 | 22,625 | +11.9% | 4.391 | 11.37 | 5,767.7/sq mi (2,226.9/km2) | 1906 | |
| Scotch Plains | Township | Union | 24,968 | 23,385 | +6.8% | 9.021 | 23.36 | 2,767.8/sq mi (1,068.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1878 |
| West Milford | Township | Passaic | 24,862 | 25,734 | −3.4% | 75.932 | 196.66 | 327.4/sq mi (126.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council–administrator) | 1834 |
| Medford | Township | Burlington | 24,497 | 22,999 | +6.5% | 38.799 | 100.49 | 631.4/sq mi (243.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1847 |
| South Plainfield | Borough | Middlesex | 24,338 | 23,324 | +4.3% | 8.296 | 21.49 | 2,933.7/sq mi (1,132.7/km2) | 1926 | |
| Barnegat Township | Township | Ocean | 24,296 | 20,726 | +17.2% | 34.239 | 88.68 | 709.6/sq mi (274.0/km2) | 1846 | |
| Plainsboro Township | Township | Middlesex | 24,084 | 22,866 | +5.3% | 11.738 | 30.40 | 2,051.8/sq mi (792.2/km2) | 1919 | |
| Burlington Township | Township | Burlington | 23,983 | 22,306 | +7.5% | 13.476 | 34.90 | 1,779.7/sq mi (687.1/km2) | 1798 | |
| Cranford | Township | Union | 23,847 | 22,594 | +5.5% | 4.835 | 12.52 | 4,932.2/sq mi (1,904.3/km2) | 1871 | |
| Montgomery Township | Township | Somerset | 23,690 | 22,185 | +6.8% | 32.300 | 83.66 | 733.4/sq mi (283.2/km2) | 1798 | |
| Raritan Township | Township | Hunterdon | 23,447 | 21,936 | +6.9% | 37.482 | 97.08 | 625.6/sq mi (241.5/km2) | 1838 | |
| Glassboro | Borough | Gloucester | 23,149 | 18,533 | +24.9% | 9.320 | 24.14 | 2,483.8/sq mi (959.0/km2) | 1878 | |
| Morris Township | Township | Morris | 22,974 | 22,254 | +3.2% | 15.682 | 40.62 | 1,465.0/sq mi (565.6/km2) | 1798 | |
| Roxbury | Township | Morris | 22,950 | 23,033 | −0.4% | 20.852 | 54.01 | 1,100.6/sq mi (424.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| North Plainfield | Borough | Somerset | 22,808 | 21,677 | +5.2% | 2.807 | 7.27 | 8,125.4/sq mi (3,137.2/km2) | 1885 | |
| Summit | City | Union | 22,719 | 21,404 | +6.1% | 5.994 | 15.52 | 3,790.3/sq mi (1,463.4/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1899 |
| Roselle | Borough | Union | 22,695 | 20,936 | +8.4% | 2.635 | 6.82 | 8,612.9/sq mi (3,325.5/km2) | 1894 | |
| Lyndhurst | Township | Bergen | 22,519 | 20,334 | +10.7% | 4.584 | 11.87 | 4,912.5/sq mi (1,896.7/km2) | Walsh Act | 1852 |
| Hillside | Township | Union | 22,456 | 21,314 | +5.4% | 2.767 | 7.17 | 8,115.6/sq mi (3,133.5/km2) | 1913 | |
| Montville | Township | Morris | 22,450 | 21,457 | +4.6% | 18.627 | 48.24 | 1,205.2/sq mi (465.3/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1867 |
| Vernon Township | Township | Sussex | 22,358 | 23,867 | −6.3% | 67.595 | 175.07 | 330.8/sq mi (127.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| West Deptford Township | Township | Gloucester | 22,197 | 21,528 | +3.1% | 15.357 | 39.77 | 1,445.4/sq mi (558.1/km2) | 1871 | |
| Secaucus | Town | Hudson | 22,181 | 16,198 | +36.9% | 5.826 | 15.09 | 3,807.2/sq mi (1,470.0/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1900 |
| Lower Township | Township | Cape May | 22,057 | 22,844 | −3.4% | 27.378 | 70.91 | 805.6/sq mi (311.0/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Millburn | Township | Essex | 21,710 | 20,065 | +8.2% | 9.333 | 24.17 | 2,326.2/sq mi (898.2/km2) | 1857 | |
| Lindenwold | Borough | Camden | 21,641 | 17,479 | +23.8% | 3.902 | 10.11 | 5,546.1/sq mi (2,141.4/km2) | 1929 | |
| Elmwood Park | Borough | Bergen | 21,422 | 19,131 | +12.0% | 2.643 | 6.85 | 8,105.2/sq mi (3,129.4/km2) | 1916 | |
| Moorestown | Township | Burlington | 21,355 | 20,554 | +3.9% | 14.729 | 38.15 | 1,449.9/sq mi (559.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1922 |
| Little Egg Harbor Township | Township | Ocean | 20,784 | 19,722 | +5.4% | 47.346 | 122.63 | 439.0/sq mi (169.5/km2) | 1798 | |
| Pleasantville | City | Atlantic | 20,629 | 20,149 | +2.4% | 5.721 | 14.82 | 3,605.8/sq mi (1,392.2/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1889 |
| Jefferson Township | Township | Morris | 20,538 | 21,085 | −2.6% | 38.903 | 100.76 | 527.9/sq mi (203.8/km2) | 1804 | |
| Middle Township | Township | Cape May | 20,380 | 18,791 | +8.5% | 70.238 | 181.92 | 290.2/sq mi (112.0/km2) | 1798 | |
| Palisades Park | Borough | Bergen | 20,292 | 19,403 | +4.6% | 1.239 | 3.21 | 16,377.7/sq mi (6,323.5/km2) | 1899 | |
| Morristown | Town | Morris | 20,180 | 18,392 | +9.7% | 2.909 | 7.53 | 6,937.1/sq mi (2,678.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1865 |
| Hazlet | Township | Monmouth | 20,125 | 20,249 | −0.6% | 5.569 | 14.42 | 3,613.8/sq mi (1,395.3/km2) | 1848 | |
| Maple Shade Township | Township | Burlington | 19,980 | 18,911 | +5.7% | 3.827 | 9.91 | 5,220.8/sq mi (2,015.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Hawthorne | Borough | Passaic | 19,637 | 18,579 | +5.7% | 3.318 | 8.59 | 5,918.3/sq mi (2,285.1/km2) | 1898 | |
| Sparta | Township | Sussex | 19,600 | 19,622 | −0.1% | 36.788 | 95.28 | 532.8/sq mi (205.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1845 |
| Harrison | Town | Hudson | 19,450 | 13,574 | +43.3% | 1.211 | 3.14 | 16,061.1/sq mi (6,201.2/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1840 |
| Aberdeen Township | Township | Monmouth | 19,329 | 18,157 | +6.5% | 5.444 | 14.10 | 3,550.5/sq mi (1,370.9/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1857 |
| Tinton Falls | Borough | Monmouth | 19,181 | 17,613 | +8.9% | 15.475 | 40.08 | 1,239.5/sq mi (478.6/km2) | 1950 | |
| Point Pleasant | Borough | Ocean | 18,941 | 18,210 | +4.0% | 3.491 | 9.04 | 5,425.7/sq mi (2,094.9/km2) | 1920 | |
| Rutherford | Borough | Bergen | 18,834 | 17,892 | +5.3% | 2.781 | 7.20 | 6,772.4/sq mi (2,614.8/km2) | 1881 | |
| South Orange | Township | Essex | 18,484 | 16,126 | +14.6% | 2.846 | 7.37 | 6,494.7/sq mi (2,507.6/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1869 |
| Dover | Town | Morris | 18,460 | 18,061 | +2.2% | 2.676 | 6.93 | 6,898.4/sq mi (2,663.5/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1896 |
| Washington Township | Township | Morris | 18,197 | 18,411 | −1.2% | 44.582 | 115.47 | 408.2/sq mi (157.6/km2) | 1798 | |
| Delran Township | Township | Burlington | 17,882 | 16,820 | +6.3% | 6.630 | 17.17 | 2,697.1/sq mi (1,041.4/km2) | 1880 | |
| Dumont | Borough | Bergen | 17,863 | 17,304 | +3.2% | 1.949 | 5.05 | 9,165.2/sq mi (3,538.7/km2) | 1894 | |
| Hopewell Township | Township | Mercer | 17,491 | 16,896 | +3.5% | 58.071 | 150.40 | 301.2/sq mi (116.3/km2) | 1798 | |
| Holmdel Township | Township | Monmouth | 17,400 | 16,696 | +4.2% | 17.847 | 46.22 | 975.0/sq mi (376.4/km2) | 1857 | |
| Weehawken | Township | Hudson | 17,197 | 12,417 | +38.5% | 0.784 | 2.03 | 21,934.9/sq mi (8,469.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1859 |
| Springfield Township | Township | Union | 17,178 | 15,569 | +10.3% | 5.157 | 13.36 | 3,331.0/sq mi (1,286.1/km2) | 1798 | |
| Denville Township | Township | Morris | 17,107 | 16,341 | +4.7% | 11.992 | 31.06 | 1,426.5/sq mi (550.8/km2) | 1913 | |
| Cinnaminson Township | Township | Burlington | 17,064 | 15,540 | +9.8% | 7.424 | 19.23 | 2,298.5/sq mi (887.5/km2) | 1860 | |
| Madison | Borough | Morris | 16,937 | 15,817 | +7.1% | 4.313 | 11.17 | 3,927.0/sq mi (1,516.2/km2) | 1889 | |
| New Milford | Borough | Bergen | 16,923 | 16,264 | +4.1% | 2.283 | 5.91 | 7,412.6/sq mi (2,862.0/km2) | 1922 | |
| Wyckoff | Township | Bergen | 16,585 | 16,635 | −0.3% | 6.591 | 17.07 | 2,516.3/sq mi (971.5/km2) | 1926 | |
| North Arlington | Borough | Bergen | 16,457 | 15,311 | +7.5% | 2.484 | 6.43 | 6,625.2/sq mi (2,558.0/km2) | 1896 | |
| Franklin Township | Township | Gloucester | 16,380 | 16,773 | −2.3% | 55.830 | 144.60 | 293.4/sq mi (113.3/km2) | 1820 | |
| Readington Township | Township | Hunterdon | 16,128 | 16,116 | +0.1% | 47.558 | 123.17 | 339.1/sq mi (130.9/km2) | 1798 | |
| South River | Borough | Middlesex | 16,118 | 15,845 | +1.7% | 2.785 | 7.21 | 5,787.4/sq mi (2,234.5/km2) | 1898 | |
| Warren Township | Township | Somerset | 15,923 | 15,217 | +4.6% | 19.566 | 50.68 | 813.8/sq mi (314.2/km2) | 1806 | |
| Pequannock Township | Township | Morris | 15,571 | 15,392 | +1.2% | 6.787 | 17.58 | 2,294.2/sq mi (885.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Clark | Township | Union | 15,544 | 14,707 | +5.7% | 4.273 | 11.07 | 3,637.7/sq mi (1,404.5/km2) | 1864 | |
| Robbinsville Township | Township | Mercer | 15,476 | 13,635 | +13.5% | 20.441 | 52.94 | 757.1/sq mi (292.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1859 |
| Tenafly | Borough | Bergen | 15,409 | 14,473 | +6.5% | 4.586 | 11.88 | 3,360.0/sq mi (1,297.3/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1894 |
| Haddon Township | Township | Camden | 15,407 | 14,488 | +6.3% | 2.692 | 6.97 | 5,723.3/sq mi (2,209.8/km2) | Walsh Act | 1865 |
| Phillipsburg | Town | Warren | 15,249 | 14,791 | +3.1% | 3.191 | 8.26 | 4,778.8/sq mi (1,845.1/km2) | 1861 | |
| Mantua Township | Township | Gloucester | 15,235 | 15,147 | +0.6% | 16.005 | 41.45 | 951.9/sq mi (367.5/km2) | 1853 | |
| Asbury Park | City | Monmouth | 15,188 | 16,008 | −5.1% | 1.429 | 3.70 | 10,628.4/sq mi (4,103.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1874 |
| Highland Park | Borough | Middlesex | 15,072 | 13,926 | +8.2% | 1.821 | 4.72 | 8,276.8/sq mi (3,195.7/km2) | 1905 | |
| Metuchen | Borough | Middlesex | 15,049 | 13,478 | +11.7% | 2.849 | 7.38 | 5,282.2/sq mi (2,039.5/km2) | 1900 | |
| Fairview | Borough | Bergen | 15,025 | 13,712 | +9.6% | 0.844 | 2.19 | 17,802.1/sq mi (6,873.4/km2) | 1894 | |
| Branchburg | Township | Somerset | 14,940 | 14,432 | +3.5% | 20.071 | 51.98 | 744.4/sq mi (287.4/km2) | 1845 | |
| Ramsey | Borough | Bergen | 14,798 | 14,459 | +2.3% | 5.503 | 14.25 | 2,689.1/sq mi (1,038.3/km2) | 1908 | |
| Hammonton | Town | Atlantic | 14,711 | 14,756 | −0.3% | 40.749 | 105.54 | 361.0/sq mi (139.4/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1866 |
| Hanover Township | Township | Morris | 14,677 | 13,659 | +7.5% | 10.513 | 27.23 | 1,396.1/sq mi (539.0/km2) | 1740 | |
| Middlesex | Borough | Middlesex | 14,636 | 13,620 | +7.5% | 3.488 | 9.03 | 4,196.1/sq mi (1,620.1/km2) | 1913 | |
| Verona | Township | Essex | 14,572 | 13,297 | +9.6% | 2.794 | 7.24 | 5,215.5/sq mi (2,013.7/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1907 |
| Hopatcong | Borough | Sussex | 14,362 | 14,950 | −3.9% | 10.889 | 28.20 | 1,318.9/sq mi (509.2/km2) | 1898 | |
| Edgewater | Borough | Bergen | 14,336 | 11,513 | +24.5% | 0.971 | 2.51 | 14,764.2/sq mi (5,700.5/km2) | 1894 | |
| Saddle Brook | Township | Bergen | 14,294 | 13,642 | +4.8% | 2.692 | 6.97 | 5,309.8/sq mi (2,050.1/km2) | 1716 | |
| Collingswood | Borough | Camden | 14,186 | 13,835 | +2.5% | 1.830 | 4.74 | 7,751.9/sq mi (2,993.0/km2) | Walsh Act | 1888 |
| Roselle Park | Borough | Union | 13,967 | 13,183 | +5.9% | 1.225 | 3.17 | 11,401.6/sq mi (4,402.2/km2) | 1901 | |
| New Providence | Borough | Union | 13,650 | 12,171 | +12.2% | 3.688 | 9.55 | 3,701.2/sq mi (1,429.0/km2) | 1899 | |
| Harrison Township | Township | Gloucester | 13,641 | 12,411 | +9.9% | 18.932 | 49.03 | 720.5/sq mi (278.2/km2) | 1844 | |
| Eatontown | Borough | Monmouth | 13,597 | 12,559 | +8.3% | 5.841 | 15.13 | 2,327.9/sq mi (898.8/km2) | 1873 | |
| Clinton Township | Township | Hunterdon | 13,505 | 13,409 | +0.7% | 29.869 | 77.36 | 452.1/sq mi (174.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1841 |
| Woodland Park | Borough | Passaic | 13,484 | 11,819 | +14.1% | 2.939 | 7.61 | 4,588.0/sq mi (1,771.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1914 |
| Little Falls | Township | Passaic | 13,360 | 13,982 | −4.4% | 2.795 | 7.24 | 4,780.0/sq mi (1,845.6/km2) | 1868 | |
| Berkeley Heights | Township | Union | 13,285 | 12,754 | +4.2% | 6.220 | 16.11 | 2,135.9/sq mi (824.7/km2) | 1809 | |
| Ridgefield Park | Village | Bergen | 13,224 | 12,729 | +3.9% | 1.705 | 4.42 | 7,756.0/sq mi (2,994.6/km2) | 1892 | |
| Cedar Grove | Township | Essex | 12,980 | 12,373 | +4.9% | 4.237 | 10.97 | 3,063.5/sq mi (1,182.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1892 |
| Red Bank | Borough | Monmouth | 12,936 | 12,206 | +6.0% | 1.746 | 4.52 | 7,408.9/sq mi (2,860.6/km2) | 1870 | |
| Florence Township | Township | Burlington | 12,812 | 12,109 | +5.8% | 9.769 | 25.30 | 1,311.5/sq mi (506.4/km2) | 1872 | |
| Lumberton | Township | Burlington | 12,803 | 12,554 | +2.0% | 12.881 | 33.36 | 993.9/sq mi (383.7/km2) | 1860 | |
| Oakland | Borough | Bergen | 12,748 | 12,754 | 0.0% | 8.502 | 22.02 | 1,499.4/sq mi (578.9/km2) | 1902 | |
| Pennsville Township | Township | Salem | 12,684 | 13,332 | −4.9% | 21.266 | 55.08 | 596.4/sq mi (230.3/km2) | 1798 | |
| Florham Park | Borough | Morris | 12,585 | 11,696 | +7.6% | 7.308 | 18.93 | 1,722.1/sq mi (664.9/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1899 |
| Woolwich Township | Township | Gloucester | 12,577 | 10,200 | +23.3% | 21.072 | 54.58 | 596.9/sq mi (230.5/km2) | 1798 | |
| Haddonfield | Borough | Camden | 12,550 | 11,593 | +8.3% | 2.796 | 7.24 | 4,488.6/sq mi (1,733.1/km2) | Walsh Act | 1875 |
| Upper Township | Township | Cape May | 12,539 | 12,307 | +1.9% | 62.027 | 160.65 | 202.2/sq mi (78.1/km2) | 1798 | |
| Freehold Borough | Borough | Monmouth | 12,538 | 12,052 | +4.0% | 1.932 | 5.00 | 6,489.6/sq mi (2,505.6/km2) | 1869 | |
| Somerville | Borough | Somerset | 12,346 | 12,098 | +2.0% | 2.338 | 6.06 | 5,280.6/sq mi (2,038.9/km2) | 1863 | |
| Glen Rock | Borough | Bergen | 12,133 | 11,601 | +4.6% | 2.703 | 7.00 | 4,488.7/sq mi (1,733.1/km2) | 1894 | |
| Hasbrouck Heights | Borough | Bergen | 12,125 | 11,842 | +2.4% | 1.523 | 3.94 | 7,961.3/sq mi (3,073.9/km2) | 1894 | |
| River Edge | Borough | Bergen | 12,049 | 11,340 | +6.3% | 1.833 | 4.75 | 6,573.4/sq mi (2,538.0/km2) | 1894 | |
| Guttenberg | Town | Hudson | 12,017 | 11,176 | +7.5% | 0.193 | 0.50 | 62,264.2/sq mi (24,040.3/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1859 |
| Bound Brook | Borough | Somerset | 11,988 | 10,402 | +15.2% | 1.661 | 4.30 | 7,217.3/sq mi (2,786.6/km2) | 1891 | |
| Wallington | Borough | Bergen | 11,868 | 11,335 | +4.7% | 0.994 | 2.57 | 11,939.6/sq mi (4,609.9/km2) | 1894 | |
| Bordentown Township | Township | Burlington | 11,791 | 11,367 | +3.7% | 8.663 | 22.44 | 1,361.1/sq mi (525.5/km2) | 1852 | |
| Ringwood | Borough | Passaic | 11,735 | 12,228 | −4.0% | 25.588 | 66.27 | 458.6/sq mi (177.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1918 |
| Bellmawr | Borough | Camden | 11,707 | 11,583 | +1.1% | 2.984 | 7.73 | 3,923.3/sq mi (1,514.8/km2) | 1926 | |
| East Greenwich Township | Township | Gloucester | 11,706 | 9,555 | +22.5% | 14.443 | 37.41 | 810.5/sq mi (312.9/km2) | 1881 | |
| Ridgefield | Borough | Bergen | 11,501 | 11,032 | +4.3% | 2.543 | 6.59 | 4,522.6/sq mi (1,746.2/km2) | Walsh Act | 1892 |
| Gloucester City | City | Camden | 11,484 | 11,456 | +0.2% | 2.315 | 6.00 | 4,960.7/sq mi (1,915.3/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1868 |
| Wanaque | Borough | Passaic | 11,317 | 11,116 | +1.8% | 8.066 | 20.89 | 1,403.0/sq mi (541.7/km2) | 1918 | |
| Westwood | Borough | Bergen | 11,282 | 10,908 | +3.4% | 2.259 | 5.85 | 4,994.2/sq mi (1,928.3/km2) | 1894 | |
| Ocean City | City | Cape May | 11,229 | 11,701 | −4.0% | 6.753 | 17.49 | 1,662.8/sq mi (642.0/km2) | 1884 | |
| Pompton Lakes | Borough | Passaic | 11,127 | 11,097 | +0.3% | 2.887 | 7.48 | 3,854.2/sq mi (1,488.1/km2) | 1895 | |
| East Hanover Township | Township | Morris | 11,105 | 11,157 | −0.5% | 7.875 | 20.40 | 1,410.2/sq mi (544.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1928 |
| Franklin Lakes | Borough | Bergen | 11,079 | 10,590 | +4.6% | 9.414 | 24.38 | 1,176.9/sq mi (454.4/km2) | 1922 | |
| Totowa | Borough | Passaic | 11,065 | 10,804 | +2.4% | 4.000 | 10.36 | 2,766.3/sq mi (1,068.1/km2) | 1898 | |
| West Caldwell | Township | Essex | 11,012 | 10,759 | +2.4% | 5.097 | 13.20 | 2,160.5/sq mi (834.2/km2) | 1904 | |
| Little Ferry | Borough | Bergen | 10,987 | 10,626 | +3.4% | 1.477 | 3.83 | 7,438.7/sq mi (2,872.1/km2) | 1894 | |
| Chatham Township | Township | Morris | 10,983 | 10,452 | +5.1% | 9.078 | 23.51 | 1,209.8/sq mi (467.1/km2) | 1806 | |
| Manville | Borough | Somerset | 10,953 | 10,344 | +5.9% | 2.361 | 6.11 | 4,639.1/sq mi (1,791.2/km2) | 1929 | |
| Lincoln Park | Borough | Morris | 10,915 | 10,521 | +3.7% | 6.398 | 16.57 | 1,706.0/sq mi (658.7/km2) | 1922 | |
| Beachwood | Borough | Ocean | 10,859 | 11,045 | −1.7% | 2.763 | 7.16 | 3,930.1/sq mi (1,517.4/km2) | 1917 | |
| Wantage Township | Township | Sussex | 10,811 | 11,358 | −4.8% | 66.760 | 172.91 | 161.9/sq mi (62.5/km2) | 1798 | |
| Pine Hill | Borough | Camden | 10,764 | 10,245 | +5.1% | 4.866 | 12.60 | 2,212.1/sq mi (854.1/km2) | 1929 | |
| Somers Point | City | Atlantic | 10,469 | 10,795 | −3.0% | 4.010 | 10.39 | 2,610.7/sq mi (1,008.0/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1886 |
| Waterford Township | Township | Camden | 10,421 | 10,649 | −2.1% | 36.002 | 93.24 | 289.5/sq mi (111.8/km2) | 1798 | |
| Millstone Township | Township | Monmouth | 10,376 | 10,566 | −1.8% | 36.607 | 94.81 | 283.4/sq mi (109.4/km2) | 1844 | |
| Southampton Township | Township | Burlington | 10,317 | 10,464 | −1.4% | 43.957 | 113.85 | 234.7/sq mi (90.6/km2) | 1845 | |
| Hackettstown | Town | Warren | 10,248 | 9,724 | +5.4% | 3.612 | 9.36 | 2,837.2/sq mi (1,095.4/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1853 |
| Hillsdale | Borough | Bergen | 10,143 | 10,219 | −0.7% | 2.902 | 7.52 | 3,495.2/sq mi (1,349.5/km2) | 1898 | |
| Wood-Ridge | Borough | Bergen | 10,137 | 7,626 | +32.9% | 1.114 | 2.89 | 9,099.6/sq mi (3,513.4/km2) | 1894 | |
| Maywood | Borough | Bergen | 10,080 | 9,555 | +5.5% | 1.287 | 3.33 | 7,832.2/sq mi (3,024.0/km2) | 1894 | |
| Waldwick | Borough | Bergen | 10,058 | 9,625 | +4.5% | 2.046 | 5.30 | 4,915.9/sq mi (1,898.0/km2) | 1919 | |
| East Rutherford | Borough | Bergen | 10,022 | 8,913 | +12.4% | 3.712 | 9.61 | 2,699.9/sq mi (1,042.4/km2) | 1889 | |
| Mount Holly | Township | Burlington | 9,981 | 9,536 | +4.7% | 2.824 | 7.31 | 3,534.3/sq mi (1,364.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Kinnelon | Borough | Morris | 9,966 | 10,248 | −2.8% | 18.029 | 46.69 | 552.8/sq mi (213.4/km2) | 1922 | |
| Woodbury | City | Gloucester | 9,963 | 10,174 | −2.1% | 2.020 | 5.23 | 4,932.2/sq mi (1,904.3/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1854 |
| Colts Neck Township | Township | Monmouth | 9,957 | 10,142 | −1.8% | 30.715 | 79.55 | 324.2/sq mi (125.2/km2) | 1847 | |
| River Vale | Township | Bergen | 9,909 | 9,659 | +2.6% | 4.070 | 10.54 | 2,434.6/sq mi (940.0/km2) | 1906 | |
| Keansburg | Borough | Monmouth | 9,755 | 10,105 | −3.5% | 1.072 | 2.78 | 9,099.8/sq mi (3,513.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1917 |
| Burlington City | City | Burlington | 9,743 | 9,920 | −1.8% | 3.035 | 7.86 | 3,210.2/sq mi (1,239.5/km2) | 1784 | |
| Matawan | Borough | Monmouth | 9,565 | 8,810 | +8.6% | 2.266 | 5.87 | 4,221.1/sq mi (1,629.8/km2) | 1895 | |
| Chesterfield Township | Township | Burlington | 9,422 | 7,699 | +22.4% | 21.311 | 55.20 | 442.1/sq mi (170.7/km2) | 1798 | |
| South Amboy | City | Middlesex | 9,411 | 8,631 | +9.0% | 1.538 | 3.98 | 6,119.0/sq mi (2,362.6/km2) | 1798 | |
| Leonia | Borough | Bergen | 9,304 | 8,937 | +4.1% | 1.523 | 3.94 | 6,109.0/sq mi (2,358.7/km2) | 1894 | |
| Washington Township | Township | Bergen | 9,285 | 9,102 | +2.0% | 2.953 | 7.65 | 3,144.3/sq mi (1,214.0/km2) | 1840 | |
| Chatham Borough | Borough | Morris | 9,212 | 8,962 | +2.8% | 2.347 | 6.08 | 3,925.0/sq mi (1,515.5/km2) | 1892 | |
| Ventnor City | City | Atlantic | 9,210 | 10,650 | −13.5% | 1.955 | 5.06 | 4,711.0/sq mi (1,818.9/km2) | Walsh Act | 1903 |
| Cresskill | Borough | Bergen | 9,155 | 8,573 | +6.8% | 2.065 | 5.35 | 4,433.4/sq mi (1,711.7/km2) | 1894 | |
| Absecon | City | Atlantic | 9,137 | 8,411 | +8.6% | 5.468 | 14.16 | 1,671.0/sq mi (645.2/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1872 |
| Westampton | Township | Burlington | 9,121 | 8,813 | +3.5% | 10.974 | 28.42 | 831.1/sq mi (320.9/km2) | 1850 | |
| Haledon | Borough | Passaic | 9,052 | 8,318 | +8.8% | 1.215 | 3.15 | 7,450.2/sq mi (2,876.5/km2) | 1908 | |
| Caldwell | Borough | Essex | 9,027 | 7,822 | +15.4% | 1.178 | 3.05 | 7,663.0/sq mi (2,958.7/km2) | 1892 | |
| Edgewater Park | Township | Burlington | 8,930 | 8,881 | +0.6% | 2.919 | 7.56 | 3,059.3/sq mi (1,181.2/km2) | 1924 | |
| North Haledon | Borough | Passaic | 8,927 | 8,417 | +6.1% | 3.464 | 8.97 | 2,577.1/sq mi (995.0/km2) | 1901 | |
| Mansfield Township | Township | Burlington | 8,897 | 8,544 | +4.1% | 21.733 | 56.29 | 409.4/sq mi (158.1/km2) | 1798 | |
| Park Ridge | Borough | Bergen | 8,883 | 8,645 | +2.8% | 2.607 | 6.75 | 3,407.4/sq mi (1,315.6/km2) | 1894 | |
| Ocean Township | Township | Ocean | 8,835 | 8,332 | +6.0% | 20.866 | 54.04 | 423.4/sq mi (163.5/km2) | 1876 | |
| Boonton Town | Town | Morris | 8,815 | 8,347 | +5.6% | 2.335 | 6.05 | 3,775.2/sq mi (1,457.6/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1866 |
| Clayton | Borough | Gloucester | 8,807 | 8,179 | +7.7% | 7.075 | 18.32 | 1,244.8/sq mi (480.6/km2) | 1858 | |
| Pitman | Borough | Gloucester | 8,780 | 9,011 | −2.6% | 2.218 | 5.74 | 3,958.5/sq mi (1,528.4/km2) | 1905 | |
| Bogota | Borough | Bergen | 8,778 | 8,187 | +7.2% | 0.755 | 1.96 | 11,626.5/sq mi (4,489.0/km2) | 1894 | |
| Pittsgrove Township | Township | Salem | 8,777 | 9,393 | −6.6% | 44.899 | 116.29 | 195.5/sq mi (75.5/km2) | 1798 | |
| Lopatcong Township | Township | Warren | 8,776 | 8,014 | +9.5% | 7.316 | 18.95 | 1,199.6/sq mi (463.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1851 |
| Audubon | Borough | Camden | 8,707 | 8,819 | −1.3% | 1.482 | 3.84 | 5,875.2/sq mi (2,268.4/km2) | Walsh Act | 1905 |
| Carneys Point Township | Township | Salem | 8,637 | 8,049 | +7.3% | 16.912 | 43.80 | 510.7/sq mi (197.2/km2) | 1798 | |
| Long Hill Township | Township | Morris | 8,629 | 8,702 | −0.8% | 11.797 | 30.55 | 731.5/sq mi (282.4/km2) | 1866 | |
| Closter | Borough | Bergen | 8,594 | 8,373 | +2.6% | 3.160 | 8.18 | 2,719.6/sq mi (1,050.0/km2) | 1904 | |
| West Long Branch | Borough | Monmouth | 8,587 | 8,097 | +6.1% | 2.856 | 7.40 | 3,006.7/sq mi (1,160.9/km2) | 1908 | |
| Montvale | Borough | Bergen | 8,436 | 7,844 | +7.5% | 4.023 | 10.42 | 2,096.9/sq mi (809.6/km2) | 1894 | |
| Northfield | City | Atlantic | 8,434 | 8,624 | −2.2% | 3.582 | 9.28 | 2,354.6/sq mi (909.1/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1905 |
| Kenilworth | Borough | Union | 8,427 | 7,914 | +6.5% | 2.147 | 5.56 | 3,925.0/sq mi (1,515.5/km2) | 1907 | |
| Newton | Town | Sussex | 8,374 | 7,997 | +4.7% | 3.360 | 8.70 | 2,492.3/sq mi (962.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1864 |
| Upper Saddle River | Borough | Bergen | 8,353 | 8,208 | +1.8% | 5.253 | 13.61 | 1,590.1/sq mi (613.9/km2) | 1894 | |
| Runnemede | Borough | Camden | 8,324 | 8,468 | −1.7% | 2.051 | 5.31 | 4,058.5/sq mi (1,567.0/km2) | 1926 | |
| Bedminster | Township | Somerset | 8,272 | 8,165 | +1.3% | 26.123 | 67.66 | 316.7/sq mi (122.3/km2) | 1798 | |
| Oradell | Borough | Bergen | 8,244 | 7,978 | +3.3% | 2.411 | 6.24 | 3,419.3/sq mi (1,320.2/km2) | 1894 | |
| Spotswood | Borough | Middlesex | 8,163 | 8,257 | −1.1% | 2.307 | 5.98 | 3,538.4/sq mi (1,366.2/km2) | 1908 | |
| Hardyston Township | Township | Sussex | 8,125 | 8,213 | −1.1% | 31.985 | 82.84 | 254.0/sq mi (98.1/km2) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| Plumsted Township | Township | Ocean | 8,072 | 8,421 | −4.1% | 39.137 | 101.36 | 206.2/sq mi (79.6/km2) | 1845 | |
| Butler | Borough | Morris | 8,047 | 7,539 | +6.7% | 2.034 | 5.27 | 3,956.2/sq mi (1,527.5/km2) | 1901 | |
| Byram Township | Township | Sussex | 8,028 | 8,350 | −3.9% | 21.531 | 55.77 | 372.9/sq mi (144.0/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Riverside Township | Township | Burlington | 8,003 | 8,079 | −0.9% | 1.484 | 3.84 | 5,392.9/sq mi (2,082.2/km2) | 1895 | |
| North Hanover Township | Township | Burlington | 7,963 | 7,678 | +3.7% | 17.368 | 44.98 | 458.5/sq mi (177.0/km2) | 1905 | |
| Bernardsville | Borough | Somerset | 7,893 | 7,707 | +2.4% | 12.836 | 33.25 | 614.9/sq mi (237.4/km2) | 1924 | |
| Fairfield | Township | Essex | 7,872 | 7,466 | +5.4% | 10.128 | 26.23 | 777.3/sq mi (300.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1798 |
| Raritan | Borough | Somerset | 7,835 | 6,881 | +13.9% | 1.992 | 5.16 | 3,933.2/sq mi (1,518.6/km2) | 1868 | |
| Glen Ridge | Borough | Essex | 7,802 | 7,527 | +3.7% | 1.275 | 3.30 | 6,119.2/sq mi (2,362.6/km2) | 1895 | |
| Mansfield Township | Township | Warren | 7,781 | 7,725 | +0.7% | 29.586 | 76.63 | 263.0/sq mi (101.5/km2) | 1798 | |
| Bloomingdale | Borough | Passaic | 7,777 | 7,656 | +1.6% | 8.801 | 22.79 | 883.6/sq mi (341.2/km2) | 1918 | |
| Fanwood | Borough | Union | 7,774 | 7,318 | +6.2% | 1.340 | 3.47 | 5,801.5/sq mi (2,240.0/km2) | 1895 | |
| Brigantine | City | Atlantic | 7,716 | 9,450 | −18.3% | 6.522 | 16.89 | 1,183.1/sq mi (456.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1890 |
| Chester Township | Township | Morris | 7,713 | 7,838 | −1.6% | 29.132 | 75.45 | 264.8/sq mi (102.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1799 |
| Upper Deerfield Township | Township | Cumberland | 7,645 | 7,660 | −0.2% | 31.241 | 80.91 | 244.7/sq mi (94.5/km2) | 1922 | |
| Dunellen | Borough | Middlesex | 7,637 | 7,227 | +5.7% | 1.062 | 2.75 | 7,191.1/sq mi (2,776.5/km2) | 1887 | |
| Haddon Heights | Borough | Camden | 7,495 | 7,473 | +0.3% | 1.566 | 4.06 | 4,786.1/sq mi (1,847.9/km2) | 1904 | |
| Berlin Borough | Borough | Camden | 7,489 | 7,588 | −1.3% | 3.594 | 9.31 | 2,083.8/sq mi (804.6/km2) | 1927 | |
| Palmyra | Borough | Burlington | 7,438 | 7,398 | +0.5% | 1.849 | 4.79 | 4,022.7/sq mi (1,553.2/km2) | 1894 | |
| Rumson | Borough | Monmouth | 7,343 | 7,122 | +3.1% | 5.067 | 13.12 | 1,449.2/sq mi (559.5/km2) | 1907 | |
| Washington Borough | Borough | Warren | 7,299 | 6,461 | +13.0% | 1.965 | 5.09 | 3,714.5/sq mi (1,434.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1868 |
| Emerson | Borough | Bergen | 7,290 | 7,401 | −1.5% | 2.231 | 5.78 | 3,267.6/sq mi (1,261.6/km2) | 1903 | |
| Green Brook Township | Township | Somerset | 7,281 | 7,203 | +1.1% | 4.407 | 11.41 | 1,652.1/sq mi (637.9/km2) | 1872 | |
| Upper Freehold Township | Township | Monmouth | 7,273 | 6,902 | +5.4% | 46.476 | 120.37 | 156.5/sq mi (60.4/km2) | 1798 | |
| Wharton | Borough | Morris | 7,241 | 6,522 | +11.0% | 2.072 | 5.37 | 3,494.7/sq mi (1,349.3/km2) | 1895 | |
| Keyport | Borough | Monmouth | 7,204 | 7,240 | −0.5% | 1.381 | 3.58 | 5,216.5/sq mi (2,014.1/km2) | 1908 | |
| Barrington | Borough | Camden | 7,075 | 6,983 | +1.3% | 1.581 | 4.09 | 4,475.0/sq mi (1,727.8/km2) | 1917 | |
| Milltown | Borough | Middlesex | 7,037 | 6,893 | +2.1% | 1.554 | 4.02 | 4,528.3/sq mi (1,748.4/km2) | 1889 | |
| Buena Vista Township | Township | Atlantic | 7,033 | 7,570 | −7.1% | 41.080 | 106.40 | 171.2/sq mi (66.1/km2) | 1867 | |
| Mountainside | Borough | Union | 7,020 | 6,685 | +5.0% | 3.996 | 10.35 | 1,756.8/sq mi (678.3/km2) | 1895 | |
| Midland Park | Borough | Bergen | 7,014 | 7,128 | −1.6% | 1.571 | 4.07 | 4,464.7/sq mi (1,723.8/km2) | 1894 | |
| Stratford | Borough | Camden | 6,981 | 7,040 | −0.8% | 1.570 | 4.07 | 4,446.5/sq mi (1,716.8/km2) | 1925 | |
| Linwood | City | Atlantic | 6,971 | 7,092 | −1.7% | 3.811 | 9.87 | 1,829.2/sq mi (706.3/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1889 |
| Allendale | Borough | Bergen | 6,848 | 6,505 | +5.3% | 3.097 | 8.02 | 2,211.2/sq mi (853.7/km2) | 1894 | |
| Tabernacle Township | Township | Burlington | 6,776 | 6,949 | −2.5% | 49.202 | 127.43 | 137.7/sq mi (53.2/km2) | 1901 | |
| North Caldwell | Borough | Essex | 6,694 | 6,183 | +8.3% | 3.068 | 7.95 | 2,181.9/sq mi (842.4/km2) | 1898 | |
| Rockaway Borough | Borough | Morris | 6,598 | 6,438 | +2.5% | 2.074 | 5.37 | 3,181.3/sq mi (1,228.3/km2) | 1894 | |
| Union Township | Township | Hunterdon | 6,507 | 5,908 | +10.1% | 18.765 | 48.60 | 346.8/sq mi (133.9/km2) | 1853 | |
| Washington Township | Township | Warren | 6,492 | 6,651 | −2.4% | 17.961 | 46.52 | 361.4/sq mi (139.5/km2) | 1849 | |
| Shamong Township | Township | Burlington | 6,460 | 6,490 | −0.5% | 44.452 | 115.13 | 145.3/sq mi (56.1/km2) | 1852 | |
| Watchung | Borough | Somerset | 6,449 | 5,801 | +11.2% | 6.016 | 15.58 | 1,072.0/sq mi (413.9/km2) | 1926 | |
| Carlstadt | Borough | Bergen | 6,372 | 6,127 | +4.0% | 3.947 | 10.22 | 1,614.4/sq mi (623.3/km2) | 1894 | |
| Prospect Park | Borough | Passaic | 6,372 | 5,865 | +8.6% | 0.465 | 1.20 | 13,703.2/sq mi (5,290.8/km2) | 1901 | |
| New Hanover Township | Township | Burlington | 6,367 | 7,385 | −13.8% | 22.334 | 57.84 | 285.1/sq mi (110.1/km2) | 1798 | |
| Roseland | Borough | Essex | 6,299 | 5,819 | +8.2% | 3.618 | 9.37 | 1,741.0/sq mi (672.2/km2) | 1908 | |
| Dennis Township | Township | Cape May | 6,285 | 6,467 | −2.8% | 60.421 | 156.49 | 104.0/sq mi (40.2/km2) | 1827 | |
| Fair Haven | Borough | Monmouth | 6,269 | 6,121 | +2.4% | 1.593 | 4.13 | 3,935.3/sq mi (1,519.4/km2) | 1912 | |
| Maurice River Township | Township | Cumberland | 6,218 | 7,976 | −22.0% | 93.166 | 241.30 | 66.7/sq mi (25.8/km2) | 1798 | |
| Paulsboro | Borough | Gloucester | 6,196 | 6,097 | +1.6% | 1.924 | 4.98 | 3,220.4/sq mi (1,243.4/km2) | 1904 | |
| Lebanon Township | Township | Hunterdon | 6,195 | 6,588 | −6.0% | 31.429 | 81.40 | 197.1/sq mi (76.1/km2) | 1798 | |
| Eastampton Township | Township | Burlington | 6,191 | 6,069 | +2.0% | 5.730 | 14.84 | 1,080.5/sq mi (417.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1880 |
| Morris Plains | Borough | Morris | 6,153 | 5,532 | +11.2% | 2.554 | 6.61 | 2,409.2/sq mi (930.2/km2) | 1926 | |
| Oceanport | Borough | Monmouth | 6,150 | 5,832 | +5.5% | 3.172 | 8.22 | 1,938.8/sq mi (748.6/km2) | 1920 | |
| Little Silver | Borough | Monmouth | 6,131 | 5,950 | +3.0% | 2.712 | 7.02 | 2,260.7/sq mi (872.9/km2) | 1923 | |
| Woodcliff Lake | Borough | Bergen | 6,128 | 5,730 | +6.9% | 3.376 | 8.74 | 1,815.2/sq mi (700.9/km2) | 1894 | |
| Hainesport Township | Township | Burlington | 6,035 | 6,110 | −1.2% | 6.470 | 16.76 | 932.8/sq mi (360.2/km2) | 1924 | |
| Mendham Township | Township | Morris | 6,016 | 5,869 | +2.5% | 17.784 | 46.06 | 338.3/sq mi (130.6/km2) | 1798 | |
| Logan Township | Township | Gloucester | 6,000 | 6,042 | −0.7% | 21.928 | 56.79 | 273.6/sq mi (105.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1877 |
| Andover Township | Township | Sussex | 5,996 | 6,319 | −5.1% | 20.044 | 51.91 | 299.1/sq mi (115.5/km2) | 1864 | |
| Manasquan | Borough | Monmouth | 5,938 | 5,897 | +0.7% | 1.380 | 3.57 | 4,302.9/sq mi (1,661.4/km2) | 1887 | |
| Mount Arlington | Borough | Morris | 5,909 | 5,050 | +17.0% | 2.140 | 5.54 | 2,761.2/sq mi (1,066.1/km2) | 1890 | |
| Belmar | Borough | Monmouth | 5,907 | 5,794 | +2.0% | 1.045 | 2.71 | 5,652.6/sq mi (2,182.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1885 |
| Hightstown | Borough | Mercer | 5,900 | 5,494 | +7.4% | 1.233 | 3.19 | 4,785.1/sq mi (1,847.5/km2) | 1853 | |
| Old Tappan | Borough | Bergen | 5,888 | 5,750 | +2.4% | 3.315 | 8.59 | 1,776.2/sq mi (685.8/km2) | 1894 | |
| Tewksbury Township | Township | Hunterdon | 5,870 | 5,993 | −2.1% | 31.645 | 81.96 | 185.5/sq mi (71.6/km2) | 1798 | |
| Berlin Township | Township | Camden | 5,867 | 5,357 | +9.5% | 3.342 | 8.66 | 1,755.5/sq mi (677.8/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1910 |
| Mullica Township | Township | Atlantic | 5,816 | 6,147 | −5.4% | 56.375 | 146.01 | 103.2/sq mi (39.8/km2) | 1838 | |
| Rochelle Park | Township | Bergen | 5,814 | 5,530 | +5.1% | 0.991 | 2.57 | 5,866.8/sq mi (2,265.2/km2) | 1871 | |
| Jamesburg | Borough | Middlesex | 5,783 | 5,915 | −2.2% | 0.882 | 2.28 | 6,556.7/sq mi (2,531.6/km2) | 1887 | |
| Union Beach | Borough | Monmouth | 5,723 | 6,245 | −8.4% | 1.782 | 4.62 | 3,211.6/sq mi (1,240.0/km2) | 1925 | |
| Blairstown | Township | Warren | 5,704 | 5,967 | −4.4% | 29.887 | 77.41 | 190.9/sq mi (73.7/km2) | 1845 | |
| Norwood | Borough | Bergen | 5,641 | 5,711 | −1.2% | 2.785 | 7.21 | 2,025.5/sq mi (782.0/km2) | 1905 | |
| Somerdale | Borough | Camden | 5,566 | 5,151 | +8.1% | 1.392 | 3.61 | 3,998.6/sq mi (1,543.9/km2) | 1929 | |
| Fairfield Township | Township | Cumberland | 5,546 | 6,295 | −11.9% | 41.119 | 106.50 | 134.9/sq mi (52.1/km2) | 1798 | |
| Greenwich Township | Township | Warren | 5,473 | 5,712 | −4.2% | 10.581 | 27.40 | 517.2/sq mi (199.7/km2) | 1798 | |
| Independence Township | Township | Warren | 5,469 | 5,662 | −3.4% | 19.830 | 51.36 | 275.8/sq mi (106.5/km2) | 1798 | |
| Englewood Cliffs | Borough | Bergen | 5,342 | 5,281 | +1.2% | 2.126 | 5.51 | 2,512.7/sq mi (970.2/km2) | 1895 | |
| Clementon | Borough | Camden | 5,338 | 5,000 | +6.8% | 1.893 | 4.90 | 2,819.9/sq mi (1,088.8/km2) | 1925 | |
| Allamuchy Township | Township | Warren | 5,335 | 4,323 | +23.4% | 19.992 | 51.78 | 266.9/sq mi (103.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1873 |
| Margate City | City | Atlantic | 5,317 | 6,354 | −16.3% | 1.416 | 3.67 | 3,754.9/sq mi (1,449.8/km2) | Walsh Act | 1885 |
| Frankford Township | Township | Sussex | 5,302 | 5,565 | −4.7% | 33.876 | 87.74 | 156.5/sq mi (60.4/km2) | 1798 | |
| Salem | City | Salem | 5,296 | 5,146 | +2.9% | 2.344 | 6.07 | 2,259.4/sq mi (872.4/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| Holland Township | Township | Hunterdon | 5,177 | 5,291 | −2.2% | 23.469 | 60.78 | 220.6/sq mi (85.2/km2) | 1874 | |
| Wildwood | City | Cape May | 5,157 | 5,325 | −3.2% | 1.541 | 3.99 | 3,346.5/sq mi (1,292.1/km2) | Walsh Act | 1895 |
| Brielle | Borough | Monmouth | 4,982 | 4,774 | +4.4% | 1.756 | 4.55 | 2,837.1/sq mi (1,095.4/km2) | 1919 | |
| Demarest | Borough | Bergen | 4,981 | 4,881 | +2.0% | 2.072 | 5.37 | 2,404.0/sq mi (928.2/km2) | 1903 | |
| Mendham Borough | Borough | Morris | 4,981 | 4,981 | 0.0% | 5.931 | 15.36 | 839.8/sq mi (324.2/km2) | 1906 | |
| Greenwich Township | Township | Gloucester | 4,917 | 4,899 | +0.4% | 8.982 | 23.26 | 547.4/sq mi (211.4/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1798 |
| Franklin Borough | Borough | Sussex | 4,912 | 5,045 | −2.6% | 4.356 | 11.28 | 1,127.6/sq mi (435.4/km2) | 1913 | |
| Hampton Township | Township | Sussex | 4,893 | 5,196 | −5.8% | 24.570 | 63.64 | 199.1/sq mi (76.9/km2) | 1864 | |
| Spring Lake Heights | Borough | Monmouth | 4,890 | 4,713 | +3.8% | 1.295 | 3.35 | 3,776.1/sq mi (1,458.0/km2) | 1927 | |
| Flemington | Borough | Hunterdon | 4,876 | 4,581 | +6.4% | 1.077 | 2.79 | 4,527.4/sq mi (1,748.0/km2) | 1910 | |
| South Bound Brook | Borough | Somerset | 4,863 | 4,563 | +6.6% | 0.645 | 1.67 | 7,539.5/sq mi (2,911.0/km2) | 1907 | |
| Penns Grove | Borough | Salem | 4,837 | 5,147 | −6.0% | 0.893 | 2.31 | 5,416.6/sq mi (2,091.4/km2) | 1894 | |
| Delanco Township | Township | Burlington | 4,824 | 4,283 | +12.6% | 2.358 | 6.11 | 2,045.8/sq mi (789.9/km2) | 1859 | |
| Alexandria Township | Township | Hunterdon | 4,809 | 4,938 | −2.6% | 27.534 | 71.31 | 174.7/sq mi (67.5/km2) | 1798 | |
| Point Pleasant Beach | Borough | Ocean | 4,766 | 4,665 | +2.2% | 1.424 | 3.69 | 3,346.9/sq mi (1,292.2/km2) | 1886 | |
| Northvale | Borough | Bergen | 4,761 | 4,640 | +2.6% | 1.265 | 3.28 | 3,763.6/sq mi (1,453.1/km2) | 1916 | |
| Harrington Park | Borough | Bergen | 4,741 | 4,664 | +1.7% | 1.846 | 4.78 | 2,568.3/sq mi (991.6/km2) | 1904 | |
| Commercial Township | Township | Cumberland | 4,669 | 5,178 | −9.8% | 31.914 | 82.66 | 146.3/sq mi (56.5/km2) | 1874 | |
| Mount Ephraim | Borough | Camden | 4,651 | 4,676 | −0.5% | 0.884 | 2.29 | 5,261.3/sq mi (2,031.4/km2) | Walsh Act | 1926 |
| Neptune City | Borough | Monmouth | 4,626 | 4,869 | −5.0% | 0.896 | 2.32 | 5,162.9/sq mi (1,993.4/km2) | 1881 | |
| Highlands | Borough | Monmouth | 4,621 | 5,005 | −7.7% | 0.740 | 1.92 | 6,244.6/sq mi (2,411.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1900 |
| White Township | Township | Warren | 4,606 | 4,882 | −5.7% | 27.366 | 70.88 | 168.3/sq mi (65.0/km2) | 1913 | |
| Delaware Township | Township | Hunterdon | 4,560 | 4,563 | −0.1% | 36.656 | 94.94 | 124.4/sq mi (48.0/km2) | 1838 | |
| Buena | Borough | Atlantic | 4,501 | 4,603 | −2.2% | 7.573 | 19.61 | 594.3/sq mi (229.5/km2) | 1948 | |
| Mountain Lakes | Borough | Morris | 4,472 | 4,160 | +7.5% | 2.641 | 6.84 | 1,693.3/sq mi (653.8/km2) | 1924 | |
| Garwood | Borough | Union | 4,454 | 4,226 | +5.4% | 0.650 | 1.68 | 6,852.3/sq mi (2,645.7/km2) | 1903 | |
| Elk Township | Township | Gloucester | 4,424 | 4,216 | +4.9% | 19.157 | 49.62 | 230.9/sq mi (89.2/km2) | 1891 | |
| Atlantic Highlands | Borough | Monmouth | 4,414 | 4,385 | +0.7% | 1.264 | 3.27 | 3,492.1/sq mi (1,348.3/km2) | 1887 | |
| Egg Harbor City | City | Atlantic | 4,396 | 4,243 | +3.6% | 10.851 | 28.10 | 405.1/sq mi (156.4/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1858 |
| Hopewell Township | Township | Cumberland | 4,391 | 4,571 | −3.9% | 29.890 | 77.41 | 146.9/sq mi (56.7/km2) | 1798 | |
| Boonton Township | Township | Morris | 4,380 | 4,263 | +2.7% | 8.131 | 21.06 | 538.7/sq mi (208.0/km2) | 1867 | |
| Magnolia | Borough | Camden | 4,352 | 4,341 | +0.3% | 0.978 | 2.53 | 4,449.9/sq mi (1,718.1/km2) | 1915 | |
| Bradley Beach | Borough | Monmouth | 4,282 | 4,298 | −0.4% | 0.610 | 1.58 | 7,019.7/sq mi (2,710.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1893 |
| Medford Lakes | Borough | Burlington | 4,264 | 4,146 | +2.8% | 1.140 | 2.95 | 3,740.4/sq mi (1,444.2/km2) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1939 |
| Westville | Borough | Gloucester | 4,264 | 4,288 | −0.6% | 1.024 | 2.65 | 4,164.1/sq mi (1,607.8/km2) | 1914 | |
| Ho-Ho-Kus | Borough | Bergen | 4,258 | 4,078 | +4.4% | 1.739 | 4.50 | 2,448.5/sq mi (945.4/km2) | 1908 | |
| Shrewsbury Borough | Borough | Monmouth | 4,184 | 3,809 | +9.8% | 2.161 | 5.60 | 1,936.1/sq mi (747.5/km2) | 1926 | |
| Pilesgrove Township | Township | Salem | 4,183 | 4,016 | +4.2% | 34.935 | 90.48 | 119.7/sq mi (46.2/km2) | 1798 | |
| Lambertville | City | Hunterdon | 4,139 | 3,906 | +6.0% | 1.084 | 2.81 | 3,818.3/sq mi (1,474.3/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1849 |
| Riverdale | Borough | Morris | 4,107 | 3,559 | +15.4% | 2.026 | 5.25 | 2,027.1/sq mi (782.7/km2) | 1923 | |
| Mine Hill Township | Township | Morris | 4,015 | 3,651 | +10.0% | 2.939 | 7.61 | 1,366.1/sq mi (527.5/km2) | 1923 | |
| Stillwater Township | Township | Sussex | 4,004 | 4,099 | −2.3% | 26.924 | 69.73 | 148.7/sq mi (57.4/km2) | 1824 | |
| Bordentown City | City | Burlington | 3,993 | 3,924 | +1.8% | 0.935 | 2.42 | 4,270.6/sq mi (1,648.9/km2) | Walsh Act | 1825 |
| Oaklyn | Borough | Camden | 3,930 | 4,038 | −2.7% | 0.627 | 1.62 | 6,267.9/sq mi (2,420.0/km2) | 1905 | |
| East Amwell Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,917 | 4,013 | −2.4% | 28.455 | 73.70 | 137.7/sq mi (53.2/km2) | 1846 | |
| Harding Township | Township | Morris | 3,871 | 3,838 | +0.9% | 20.054 | 51.94 | 193.0/sq mi (74.5/km2) | 1922 | |
| Cranbury | Township | Middlesex | 3,842 | 3,857 | −0.4% | 13.283 | 34.40 | 289.2/sq mi (111.7/km2) | 1872 | |
| Merchantville | Borough | Camden | 3,820 | 3,821 | 0.0% | 0.593 | 1.54 | 6,441.8/sq mi (2,487.2/km2) | 1874 | |
| Kingwood Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,802 | 3,845 | −1.1% | 35.006 | 90.67 | 108.6/sq mi (41.9/km2) | 1798 | |
| Montague Township | Township | Sussex | 3,792 | 3,847 | −1.4% | 45.231 | 117.15 | 83.8/sq mi (32.4/km2) | 1798 | |
| Bethlehem Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,745 | 3,979 | −5.9% | 20.683 | 53.57 | 181.1/sq mi (69.9/km2) | 1798 | |
| Woodstown | Borough | Salem | 3,678 | 3,505 | +4.9% | 1.575 | 4.08 | 2,335.2/sq mi (901.6/km2) | 1882 | |
| South Toms River | Borough | Ocean | 3,643 | 3,684 | −1.1% | 1.157 | 3.00 | 3,148.7/sq mi (1,215.7/km2) | 1927 | |
| Green Township | Township | Sussex | 3,627 | 3,601 | +0.7% | 16.034 | 41.53 | 226.2/sq mi (87.3/km2) | 1824 | |
| North Wildwood | City | Cape May | 3,621 | 4,041 | −10.4% | 1.725 | 4.47 | 2,099.1/sq mi (810.5/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1885 |
| Tuckerton | Borough | Ocean | 3,577 | 3,347 | +6.9% | 3.362 | 8.71 | 1,064.0/sq mi (410.8/km2) | 1901 | |
| High Bridge | Borough | Hunterdon | 3,546 | 3,648 | −2.8% | 2.391 | 6.19 | 1,483.1/sq mi (572.6/km2) | 1871 | |
| Stanhope | Borough | Sussex | 3,526 | 3,610 | −2.3% | 1.838 | 4.76 | 1,918.4/sq mi (740.7/km2) | 1904 | |
| Upper Pittsgrove Township | Township | Salem | 3,432 | 3,505 | −2.1% | 40.242 | 104.23 | 85.3/sq mi (32.9/km2) | 1846 | |
| South Harrison Township | Township | Gloucester | 3,395 | 3,162 | +7.4% | 15.895 | 41.17 | 213.6/sq mi (82.5/km2) | 1883 | |
| Netcong | Borough | Morris | 3,375 | 3,232 | +4.4% | 0.833 | 2.16 | 4,051.6/sq mi (1,564.3/km2) | 1894 | |
| Saddle River | Borough | Bergen | 3,372 | 3,152 | +7.0% | 4.916 | 12.73 | 685.9/sq mi (264.8/km2) | 1894 | |
| Haworth | Borough | Bergen | 3,343 | 3,382 | −1.2% | 1.937 | 5.02 | 1,725.9/sq mi (666.4/km2) | 1904 | |
| Alloway Township | Township | Salem | 3,283 | 3,467 | −5.3% | 33.477 | 86.71 | 98.1/sq mi (37.9/km2) | 1767 | |
| Franklin Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,267 | 3,195 | +2.3% | 23.035 | 59.66 | 141.8/sq mi (54.7/km2) | 1845 | |
| Hamburg | Borough | Sussex | 3,266 | 3,277 | −0.3% | 1.145 | 2.97 | 2,852.4/sq mi (1,101.3/km2) | 1920 | |
| Springfield Township | Township | Burlington | 3,245 | 3,414 | −5.0% | 29.512 | 76.44 | 110.0/sq mi (42.5/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Pohatcong Township | Township | Warren | 3,241 | 3,339 | −2.9% | 13.370 | 34.63 | 242.4/sq mi (93.6/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1882 |
| Fredon Township | Township | Sussex | 3,235 | 3,437 | −5.9% | 17.640 | 45.69 | 183.4/sq mi (70.8/km2) | 1904 | |
| Monmouth Beach | Borough | Monmouth | 3,174 | 3,279 | −3.2% | 1.042 | 2.70 | 3,046.1/sq mi (1,176.1/km2) | Walsh Act | 1906 |
| Long Beach Township | Township | Ocean | 3,153 | 3,051 | +3.3% | 5.448 | 14.11 | 578.7/sq mi (223.4/km2) | Walsh Act | 1899 |
| Deerfield Township | Township | Cumberland | 3,136 | 3,119 | +0.5% | 16.842 | 43.62 | 186.2/sq mi (71.9/km2) | 1798 | |
| Moonachie | Borough | Bergen | 3,133 | 2,708 | +15.7% | 1.730 | 4.48 | 1,811.0/sq mi (699.2/km2) | 1910 | |
| Wildwood Crest | Borough | Cape May | 3,101 | 3,270 | −5.2% | 1.298 | 3.36 | 2,389.1/sq mi (922.4/km2) | Walsh Act | 1910 |
| Woodbury Heights | Borough | Gloucester | 3,098 | 3,055 | +1.4% | 1.246 | 3.23 | 2,486.4/sq mi (960.0/km2) | 1915 | |
| Lawrence Township | Township | Cumberland | 3,087 | 3,290 | −6.2% | 36.923 | 95.63 | 83.6/sq mi (32.3/km2) | 1885 | |
| National Park | Borough | Gloucester | 3,026 | 3,036 | −0.3% | 1.007 | 2.61 | 3,005.0/sq mi (1,160.2/km2) | 1902 | |
| West Amwell Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,005 | 3,840 | −21.7% | 21.647 | 56.07 | 138.8/sq mi (53.6/km2) | 1846 | |
| Franklin Township | Township | Warren | 2,968 | 3,176 | −6.5% | 23.420 | 60.66 | 126.7/sq mi (48.9/km2) | 1839 | |
| Lawnside | Borough | Camden | 2,955 | 2,945 | +0.3% | 1.430 | 3.70 | 2,066.4/sq mi (797.8/km2) | 1926 | |
| Woodlynne | Borough | Camden | 2,902 | 2,978 | −2.6% | 0.218 | 0.56 | 13,311.9/sq mi (5,139.8/km2) | 1901 | |
| Knowlton Township | Township | Warren | 2,894 | 3,055 | −5.3% | 24.724 | 64.03 | 117.1/sq mi (45.2/km2) | 1798 | |
| Pennington | Borough | Mercer | 2,802 | 2,585 | +8.4% | 0.961 | 2.49 | 2,915.7/sq mi (1,125.8/km2) | 1890 | |
| Spring Lake | Borough | Monmouth | 2,789 | 2,993 | −6.8% | 1.332 | 3.45 | 2,093.8/sq mi (808.4/km2) | 1892 | |
| Clinton Town | Town | Hunterdon | 2,773 | 2,719 | +2.0% | 1.346 | 3.49 | 2,060.2/sq mi (795.4/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1865 |
| Cape May | City | Cape May | 2,768 | 3,607 | −23.3% | 2.473 | 6.41 | 1,119.3/sq mi (432.2/km2) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1848 |
| Riverton | Borough | Burlington | 2,764 | 2,779 | −0.5% | 0.662 | 1.71 | 4,175.2/sq mi (1,612.1/km2) | 1893 | |
| Swedesboro | Borough | Gloucester | 2,711 | 2,584 | +4.9% | 0.731 | 1.89 | 3,708.6/sq mi (1,431.9/km2) | 1902 | |
| South Hackensack | Township | Bergen | 2,701 | 2,378 | +13.6% | 0.717 | 1.86 | 3,767.1/sq mi (1,454.5/km2) | 1935 | |
| Liberty Township | Township | Warren | 2,670 | 2,942 | −9.2% | 11.667 | 30.22 | 228.9/sq mi (88.4/km2) | 1926 | |
| Lakehurst | Borough | Ocean | 2,636 | 2,654 | −0.7% | 0.895 | 2.32 | 2,945.3/sq mi (1,137.2/km2) | 1921 | |
| Weymouth Township | Township | Atlantic | 2,614 | 2,715 | −3.7% | 11.822 | 30.62 | 221.1/sq mi (85.4/km2) | 1798 | |
| East Newark | Borough | Hudson | 2,594 | 2,406 | +7.8% | 0.103 | 0.27 | 25,184.5/sq mi (9,723.8/km2) | 1895 | |
| Quinton Township | Township | Salem | 2,580 | 2,666 | −3.2% | 23.793 | 61.62 | 108.4/sq mi (41.9/km2) | 1873 | |
| Peapack and Gladstone | Borough | Somerset | 2,558 | 2,582 | −0.9% | 5.733 | 14.85 | 446.2/sq mi (172.3/km2) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1912 |
| Belvidere | Town | Warren | 2,520 | 2,681 | −6.0% | 1.449 | 3.75 | 1,739.1/sq mi (671.5/km2) | Town (New Jersey) | 1845 |
| Harmony Township | Township | Warren | 2,503 | 2,667 | −6.1% | 23.750 | 61.51 | 105.4/sq mi (40.7/km2) | 1839 | |
| Beverly | City | Burlington | 2,499 | 2,577 | −3.0% | 0.541 | 1.40 | 4,619.2/sq mi (1,783.5/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1850 |
| Helmetta | Borough | Middlesex | 2,455 | 2,178 | +12.7% | 0.828 | 2.14 | 2,965.0/sq mi (1,144.8/km2) | 1888 | |
| Oxford Township | Township | Warren | 2,444 | 2,514 | −2.8% | 5.959 | 15.43 | 410.1/sq mi (158.3/km2) | 1798 | |
| Seaside Heights | Borough | Ocean | 2,440 | 2,887 | −15.5% | 0.617 | 1.60 | 3,954.6/sq mi (1,526.9/km2) | 1913 | |
| Lafayette Township | Township | Sussex | 2,358 | 2,538 | −7.1% | 17.883 | 46.32 | 131.9/sq mi (50.9/km2) | 1845 | |
| Englishtown | Borough | Monmouth | 2,346 | 1,847 | +27.0% | 0.570 | 1.48 | 4,115.8/sq mi (1,589.1/km2) | 1888 | |
| Alpha | Borough | Warren | 2,328 | 2,369 | −1.7% | 1.681 | 4.35 | 1,384.9/sq mi (534.7/km2) | 1911 | |
| Wenonah | Borough | Gloucester | 2,283 | 2,278 | +0.2% | 0.996 | 2.58 | 2,292.2/sq mi (885.0/km2) | 1883 | |
| Ogdensburg | Borough | Sussex | 2,258 | 2,410 | −6.3% | 2.204 | 5.71 | 1,024.5/sq mi (395.6/km2) | 1914 | |
| Essex Fells | Borough | Essex | 2,244 | 2,113 | +6.2% | 1.408 | 3.65 | 1,593.8/sq mi (615.4/km2) | 1902 | |
| Frelinghuysen Township | Township | Warren | 2,199 | 2,230 | −1.4% | 23.623 | 61.18 | 93.1/sq mi (35.9/km2) | 1848 | |
| Gibbsboro | Borough | Camden | 2,189 | 2,274 | −3.7% | 2.152 | 5.57 | 1,017.2/sq mi (392.7/km2) | 1924 | |
| Pine Beach | Borough | Ocean | 2,139 | 2,127 | +0.6% | 0.636 | 1.65 | 3,363.2/sq mi (1,298.5/km2) | 1925 | |
| Woodbine | Borough | Cape May | 2,128 | 2,472 | −13.9% | 8.019 | 20.77 | 265.4/sq mi (102.5/km2) | 1903 | |
| Sea Isle City | City | Cape May | 2,104 | 2,114 | −0.5% | 2.204 | 5.71 | 954.6/sq mi (368.6/km2) | Walsh Act | 1882 |
| Sussex | Borough | Sussex | 2,024 | 2,130 | −5.0% | 0.593 | 1.54 | 3,413.2/sq mi (1,317.8/km2) | 1891 | |
| Laurel Springs | Borough | Camden | 1,978 | 1,908 | +3.7% | 0.451 | 1.17 | 4,385.8/sq mi (1,693.4/km2) | 1913 | |
| Sandyston Township | Township | Sussex | 1,977 | 1,998 | −1.1% | 41.303 | 106.97 | 47.9/sq mi (18.5/km2) | 1798 | |
| Avon-by-the-Sea | Borough | Monmouth | 1,933 | 1,901 | +1.7% | 0.426 | 1.10 | 4,537.6/sq mi (1,752.0/km2) | Walsh Act | 1900 |
| Ocean Gate | Borough | Ocean | 1,932 | 2,011 | −3.9% | 0.450 | 1.17 | 4,293.3/sq mi (1,657.7/km2) | 1918 | |
| Hopewell Borough | Borough | Mercer | 1,918 | 1,922 | −0.2% | 0.724 | 1.88 | 2,649.2/sq mi (1,022.9/km2) | 1891 | |
| Oldmans Township | Township | Salem | 1,910 | 1,773 | +7.7% | 19.510 | 50.53 | 97.9/sq mi (37.8/km2) | 1881 | |
| Sea Girt | Borough | Monmouth | 1,866 | 1,828 | +2.1% | 1.060 | 2.75 | 1,760.4/sq mi (679.7/km2) | 1917 | |
| Hope Township | Township | Warren | 1,835 | 1,952 | −6.0% | 18.086 | 46.84 | 101.5/sq mi (39.2/km2) | 1839 | |
| Brooklawn | Borough | Camden | 1,815 | 1,955 | −7.2% | 0.488 | 1.26 | 3,719.3/sq mi (1,436.0/km2) | 1924 | |
| Folsom | Borough | Atlantic | 1,811 | 1,885 | −3.9% | 8.264 | 21.40 | 219.1/sq mi (84.6/km2) | 1906 | |
| Lavallette | Borough | Ocean | 1,787 | 1,875 | −4.7% | 0.816 | 2.11 | 2,190.0/sq mi (845.6/km2) | 1887 | |
| Newfield | Borough | Gloucester | 1,774 | 1,553 | +14.2% | 1.738 | 4.50 | 1,020.7/sq mi (394.1/km2) | 1924 | |
| Alpine | Borough | Bergen | 1,762 | 1,849 | −4.7% | 6.401 | 16.58 | 275.3/sq mi (106.3/km2) | 1903 | |
| Allentown | Borough | Monmouth | 1,734 | 1,828 | −5.1% | 0.596 | 1.54 | 2,909.4/sq mi (1,123.3/km2) | 1889 | |
| Eagleswood Township | Township | Ocean | 1,722 | 1,603 | +7.4% | 16.103 | 41.71 | 106.9/sq mi (41.3/km2) | 1874 | |
| Lower Alloways Creek Township | Township | Salem | 1,717 | 1,770 | −3.0% | 45.309 | 117.35 | 37.9/sq mi (14.6/km2) | 1767 | |
| Lake Como | Borough | Monmouth | 1,697 | 1,759 | −3.5% | 0.252 | 0.65 | 6,734.1/sq mi (2,600.1/km2) | 1924 | |
| Glen Gardner | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,682 | 1,704 | −1.3% | 1.548 | 4.01 | 1,086.6/sq mi (419.5/km2) | 1919 | |
| Chester Borough | Borough | Morris | 1,681 | 1,649 | +1.9% | 1.592 | 4.12 | 1,055.9/sq mi (407.7/km2) | 1930 | |
| Estell Manor | City | Atlantic | 1,668 | 1,735 | −3.9% | 53.387 | 138.27 | 31.2/sq mi (12.0/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1925 |
| Lebanon Borough | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,665 | 1,358 | +22.6% | 0.902 | 2.34 | 1,845.9/sq mi (712.7/km2) | 1926 | |
| Island Heights | Borough | Ocean | 1,650 | 1,673 | −1.4% | 0.609 | 1.58 | 2,709.4/sq mi (1,046.1/km2) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1887 |
| Hardwick Township | Township | Warren | 1,598 | 1,696 | −5.8% | 37.525 | 97.19 | 42.6/sq mi (16.4/km2) | 1798 | |
| Victory Gardens | Borough | Morris | 1,582 | 1,520 | +4.1% | 0.145 | 0.38 | 10,910.3/sq mi (4,212.5/km2) | 1951 | |
| Woodland Township | Township | Burlington | 1,544 | 1,788 | −13.6% | 92.638 | 239.93 | 16.7/sq mi (6.4/km2) | 1866 | |
| Chesilhurst | Borough | Camden | 1,536 | 1,634 | −6.0% | 1.715 | 4.44 | 895.6/sq mi (345.8/km2) | 1887 | |
| Farmingdale | Borough | Monmouth | 1,504 | 1,329 | +13.2% | 0.520 | 1.35 | 2,892.3/sq mi (1,116.7/km2) | 1903 | |
| Mannington Township | Township | Salem | 1,475 | 1,806 | −18.3% | 33.883 | 87.76 | 43.5/sq mi (16.8/km2) | 1798 | |
| Sea Bright | Borough | Monmouth | 1,449 | 1,412 | +2.6% | 0.720 | 1.86 | 2,012.5/sq mi (777.0/km2) | 1889 | |
| Hampton Borough | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,438 | 1,401 | +2.6% | 1.505 | 3.90 | 955.5/sq mi (368.9/km2) | 1895 | |
| Seaside Park | Borough | Ocean | 1,436 | 1,579 | −9.1% | 0.655 | 1.70 | 2,192.4/sq mi (846.5/km2) | 1898 | |
| Winfield Township | Township | Union | 1,423 | 1,471 | −3.3% | 0.181 | 0.47 | 7,861.9/sq mi (3,035.5/km2) | 1941 | |
| Downe Township | Township | Cumberland | 1,399 | 1,585 | −11.7% | 48.403 | 125.36 | 28.9/sq mi (11.2/km2) | 1798 | |
| Pemberton Borough | Borough | Burlington | 1,371 | 1,409 | −2.7% | 0.590 | 1.53 | 2,323.7/sq mi (897.2/km2) | 1826 | |
| Frenchtown | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,370 | 1,373 | −0.2% | 1.128 | 2.92 | 1,214.5/sq mi (468.9/km2) | 1867 | |
| Bass River Township | Township | Burlington | 1,355 | 1,443 | −6.1% | 75.124 | 194.57 | 18.0/sq mi (6.9/km2) | Walsh Act | 1864 |
| Elmer | Borough | Salem | 1,347 | 1,395 | −3.4% | 0.894 | 2.32 | 1,506.7/sq mi (581.7/km2) | 1893 | |
| Stow Creek Township | Township | Cumberland | 1,312 | 1,431 | −8.3% | 18.266 | 47.31 | 71.8/sq mi (27.7/km2) | 1798 | |
| Avalon | Borough | Cape May | 1,243 | 1,334 | −6.8% | 4.270 | 11.06 | 291.1/sq mi (112.4/km2) | 1892 | |
| Surf City | Borough | Ocean | 1,243 | 1,205 | +3.2% | 0.744 | 1.93 | 1,670.7/sq mi (645.1/km2) | 1894 | |
| Milford | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,232 | 1,233 | −0.1% | 1.182 | 3.06 | 1,042.3/sq mi (402.4/km2) | 1911 | |
| Port Republic | City | Atlantic | 1,101 | 1,115 | −1.3% | 7.462 | 19.33 | 147.5/sq mi (57.0/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1905 |
| Ship Bottom | Borough | Ocean | 1,098 | 1,156 | −5.0% | 0.712 | 1.84 | 1,542.1/sq mi (595.4/km2) | 1925 | |
| Shrewsbury Township | Township | Monmouth | 1,076 | 1,141 | −5.7% | 0.099 | 0.26 | 10,868.7/sq mi (4,196.4/km2) | 1798 | |
| Beach Haven | Borough | Ocean | 1,027 | 1,170 | −12.2% | 0.979 | 2.54 | 1,049.0/sq mi (405.0/km2) | Walsh Act | 1890 |
| West Cape May | Borough | Cape May | 1,010 | 1,024 | −1.4% | 1.173 | 3.04 | 861.0/sq mi (332.4/km2) | Walsh Act | 1884 |
| Califon | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,005 | 1,076 | −6.6% | 0.959 | 2.48 | 1,048.0/sq mi (404.6/km2) | 1918 | |
| Elsinboro Township | Township | Salem | 1,001 | 1,036 | −3.4% | 11.931 | 30.90 | 83.9/sq mi (32.4/km2) | 1798 | |
| Audubon Park | Borough | Camden | 991 | 1,023 | −3.1% | 0.150 | 0.39 | 6,606.7/sq mi (2,550.9/km2) | 1947 | |
| Bay Head | Borough | Ocean | 930 | 968 | −3.9% | 0.585 | 1.52 | 1,589.7/sq mi (613.8/km2) | 1886 | |
| Hi-Nella | Borough | Camden | 927 | 870 | +6.6% | 0.223 | 0.58 | 4,157.0/sq mi (1,605.0/km2) | 1929 | |
| Far Hills | Borough | Somerset | 924 | 919 | +0.5% | 4.847 | 12.55 | 190.6/sq mi (73.6/km2) | 1921 | |
| Deal | Borough | Monmouth | 900 | 750 | +20.0% | 1.184 | 3.07 | 760.1/sq mi (293.5/km2) | Walsh Act | 1898 |
| Longport | Borough | Atlantic | 893 | 895 | −0.2% | 0.395 | 1.02 | 2,260.8/sq mi (872.9/km2) | Walsh Act | 1898 |
| Interlaken | Borough | Monmouth | 828 | 820 | +1.0% | 0.331 | 0.86 | 2,501.5/sq mi (965.8/km2) | 1922 | |
| Roosevelt | Borough | Monmouth | 808 | 882 | −8.4% | 1.940 | 5.02 | 416.5/sq mi (160.8/km2) | 1937 | |
| Stone Harbor | Borough | Cape May | 796 | 866 | −8.1% | 1.420 | 3.68 | 560.6/sq mi (216.4/km2) | 1914 | |
| Bloomsbury | Borough | Hunterdon | 792 | 870 | −9.0% | 0.932 | 2.41 | 849.8/sq mi (328.1/km2) | 1905 | |
| Branchville | Borough | Sussex | 791 | 841 | −5.9% | 0.593 | 1.54 | 1,333.9/sq mi (515.0/km2) | 1898 | |
| Greenwich Township | Township | Cumberland | 771 | 804 | −4.1% | 17.772 | 46.03 | 43.4/sq mi (16.8/km2) | 1798 | |
| Rocky Hill | Borough | Somerset | 743 | 682 | +8.9% | 0.611 | 1.58 | 1,216.0/sq mi (469.5/km2) | 1889 | |
| Wrightstown | Borough | Burlington | 720 | 802 | −10.2% | 1.850 | 4.79 | 389.2/sq mi (150.3/km2) | 1918 | |
| Washington Township | Township | Burlington | 693 | 687 | +0.9% | 101.661 | 263.30 | 6.8/sq mi (2.6/km2) | 1802 | |
| Barnegat Light | Borough | Ocean | 640 | 574 | +11.5% | 0.831 | 2.15 | 770.2/sq mi (297.4/km2) | 1904 | |
| Andover Borough | Borough | Sussex | 595 | 606 | −1.8% | 1.348 | 3.49 | 441.4/sq mi (170.4/km2) | 1904 | |
| West Wildwood | Borough | Cape May | 540 | 603 | −10.4% | 0.286 | 0.74 | 1,888.1/sq mi (729.0/km2) | Walsh Act | 1920 |
| Fieldsboro | Borough | Burlington | 526 | 540 | −2.6% | 0.279 | 0.72 | 1,885.3/sq mi (727.9/km2) | 1850 | |
| Stockton | Borough | Hunterdon | 495 | 538 | −8.0% | 0.546 | 1.41 | 906.6/sq mi (350.0/km2) | 1898 | |
| Allenhurst | Borough | Monmouth | 472 | 496 | −4.8% | 0.250 | 0.65 | 1,888.0/sq mi (729.0/km2) | Walsh Act | 1897 |
| Corbin City | City | Atlantic | 471 | 492 | −4.3% | 7.697 | 19.94 | 61.2/sq mi (23.6/km2) | City (New Jersey) | 1922 |
| Millstone Borough | Borough | Somerset | 448 | 418 | +7.2% | 0.681 | 1.76 | 657.9/sq mi (254.0/km2) | 1894 | |
| Shiloh | Borough | Cumberland | 444 | 516 | −14.0% | 1.203 | 3.12 | 369.1/sq mi (142.5/km2) | 1929 | |
| Rockleigh | Borough | Bergen | 407 | 531 | −23.4% | 1.003 | 2.60 | 405.8/sq mi (156.7/km2) | 1923 | |
| Harvey Cedars | Borough | Ocean | 391 | 337 | +16.0% | 0.561 | 1.45 | 697.0/sq mi (269.1/km2) | Walsh Act | 1894 |
| Mantoloking | Borough | Ocean | 331 | 296 | +11.8% | 0.386 | 1.00 | 857.5/sq mi (331.1/km2) | 1911 | |
| Cape May Point | Borough | Cape May | 305 | 291 | +4.8% | 0.295 | 0.76 | 1,033.9/sq mi (399.2/km2) | Walsh Act | 1908 |
| Loch Arbour | Village | Monmouth | 224 | 194 | +15.5% | 0.087 | 0.23 | 2,574.7/sq mi (994.1/km2) | Walsh Act | 1957 |
| Teterboro | Borough | Bergen | 61 | 67 | −9.0% | 1.107 | 2.87 | 55.1/sq mi (21.3/km2) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1917 |
| Tavistock | Borough | Camden | 9 | 5 | +80.0% | 0.273 | 0.71 | 33.0/sq mi (12.7/km2) | Walsh Act | 1921 |
| Walpack Township | Township | Sussex | 7 | 16 | −56.2% | 24.171 | 62.60 | 0.3/sq mi (0.12/km2) | Township (New Jersey) | 1798 |
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Localidades de Nueva Jersey para niños
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