What is the #1 most expensive cities in new jersey?

#	City	Population	COL Index
1	Alpine	1,503	324.6
2	Essex Fells	2,320	324.6
3	Brookside	1,287	324.6
4	Short Hills	14,398	324.6
5	Rumson	7,265	324.6
6	Upper Saddle River	8,354	323.1
7	Lyons	5,444	321.9
8	Mountain Lakes	4,535	321.1
9	Saddle River	3,358	318.7
10	Fair Haven	6,182	318.7
11	Forsgate	2,094	317.9
12	Franklin Lakes	11,011	315.9
13	Blackwells Mills	10,220	314.4
14	Deans	1,166	313.3
15	Englewood Cliffs	5,330	311.5
16	Little Silver	6,096	310.7
17	Princeton Junction	1,842	310.0
18	Upper Montclair	12,279	309.8
19	Chatham	9,219	307.6
20	Mendham	4,977	306.8
21	Liberty Corner	1,789	306.8
22	Mountainside	6,967	304.7
23	Sea Girt	1,978	303.1
24	North Caldwell	6,622	301.6
25	Old Tappan	5,896	299.6
26	Glen Ridge	7,827	296.4
27	Woodcliff Lake	6,097	294.6
28	Haworth	3,321	293.5
29	Richwood	3,453	292.3
30	Belle Mead	6,772	291.9
31	Millington	3,002	291.7
32	Ho-Ho-Kus	4,230	291.4
33	Tenafly	15,252	288.4
34	Packanack Lake	6,126	288.2
35	Harrington Park	4,883	288.0
36	Westfield	30,760	287.8
37	Summit	22,512	285.1
38	Bernardsville	7,871	284.8
39	Demarest	4,916	284.6
40	Pines Lake	2,989	281.9
41	Towaco	5,627	277.5
42	Closter	8,544	277.0
43	Robertsville	11,859	275.7
44	Cranbury	2,304	275.6
45	Troy Hills	5,183	275.1
46	Bridgewater Center	6,198	275.0
47	Mount Royal	1,077	274.8
48	Ten Mile Run	2,288	274.0
49	Gillette	2,739	274.0
50	Auburn	1,209	271.6
51	Martinsville	12,016	271.0
52	Ridgewood	26,076	270.6
53	Neshanic Station	5,403	269.4
54	Spring Lake	2,782	266.5
55	Navesink	1,904	265.6
56	Bay Head	1,201	265.4
57	Princeton	30,451	264.5
58	Avalon	1,478	264.1
59	Brielle	4,960	264.1
60	Roseland	6,211	263.4
61	Hoboken	58,340	262.5
62	Watchung	6,429	262.4
63	Pleasantdale	2,293	260.5
64	Shrewsbury	4,162	258.4
65	Peapack and Gladstone	2,547	257.7
66	Montvale	8,625	257.5
67	Middlebush	2,017	257.4
68	Cresskill	9,101	256.8
69	Glen Rock	12,082	255.6
70	Oradell	8,197	255.1
71	Kinnelon	9,971	254.9
72	Waldwick	10,090	253.6
73	Allendale	6,820	253.5
74	East Freehold	5,381	252.4
75	Oakhurst	3,811	251.1
76	Cedar Knolls	4,754	250.8
77	Bradley Gardens	14,315	249.0
78	Lavallette	1,836	248.8
79	Norwood	5,668	248.7
80	Springfield	1,338	246.1
81	Vista Center	2,235	245.6
82	Barclay	4,456	245.6
83	Yorketown	7,265	245.3
84	Madison	16,464	244.2
85	Westwood	11,221	244.0
86	Stonebridge	1,932	242.7
87	Manasquan	5,915	241.3
88	Hewitt	2,797	241.2
89	Florham Park	13,134	240.5
90	Monmouth Beach	3,201	240.2
91	Morris Plains	6,214	239.9
92	Fanwood	7,714	239.7
93	Avon-by-the-Sea	1,801	239.0
94	Whippany	8,862	238.9
95	Basking Ridge	7,882	238.8
96	Bedminster	1,463	238.6
97	New Providence	13,577	238.4
98	Ramsey	14,722	237.9
99	Kendall Park	10,765	236.1
100	Haddonfield	12,502	235.3
101	Paramus	26,500	235.1
102	Pennington	2,798	234.4
103	Beach Haven	1,096	234.2
104	Hillsdale	10,086	234.1
105	Sea Isle City	2,079	233.7
106	Succasunna	9,866	233.3
107	Beach Haven West	5,164	232.9
108	Annandale	1,751	231.8
109	Edgewater	14,544	231.6
110	Regency at Monroe	2,241	231.6
111	Brass Castle	1,844	231.0
112	Port Reading	3,775	229.0
113	Shark River Hills	3,035	228.7
114	White Meadow Lake	8,706	228.4
115	Morganville	5,544	227.6
116	Franklin Center	5,770	227.4
117	Metuchen	14,982	227.2
118	Stirling	2,868	226.7
119	Ramtown	6,410	226.7
120	Emerson	7,263	226.2
121	River Edge	12,024	225.5
122	Far Hills	1,004	225.1
123	Wanamassa	4,344	225.0
124	Turnersville	3,071	224.8
125	Park Ridge	9,218	224.0
126	Pine Brook	6,017	222.8
127	The Hills	10,732	218.1
128	Great Notch	3,898	218.1
129	Oakland	12,700	217.9
130	Oceanport	6,130	217.0
131	Lincroft	6,901	216.9
132	Monroe Manor	2,308	216.8
133	Springdale	15,672	216.0
134	Point Pleasant Beach	4,826	215.9
135	Sea Bright	1,657	215.5
136	Greentree	11,024	215.1
137	North Beach Haven	2,282	214.4
138	Pompton Plains	10,766	214.2
139	Flanders	8,949	213.9
140	Surf City	1,225	213.7
141	Medford Lakes	4,267	213.4
142	Green Knoll	6,664	213.4
143	Chester	1,359	212.4
144	Waretown	1,894	212.1
145	Preakness	18,538	211.1
146	Weston	2,111	210.8
147	Six Mile Run	3,185	210.6
148	Rutherford	18,748	209.7
149	Strathmore	6,593	209.5
150	North Haledon	8,757	209.4
151	Hopewell	1,828	209.4
152	Dayton	8,241	207.8
153	Ringwood	11,600	206.9
154	Princeton Meadows	15,382	206.7
155	Leonia	9,300	206.4
156	West Long Branch	8,576	206.1
157	Fair Lawn	35,153	205.9
158	Lake Mohawk	9,116	205.9
159	Atlantic Highlands	4,409	205.5
160	Kenilworth	8,339	204.7
161	Seaville	2,678	204.6
162	Wood-Ridge	10,094	204.2
163	Green Village	1,040	203.0
164	Lake Telemark	1,519	203.0
165	Brookdale	10,044	202.5
166	Secaucus	21,437	202.3
167	Midland Park	6,996	202.2
168	Hillsborough	22,302	201.6
169	Byram Center	2,018	200.6
170	Linwood	6,954	200.4
171	West Freehold	14,233	200.4
172	Sewell	3,065	200.3
173	Clinton	2,784	200.0
174	Ridgefield	11,439	199.3
175	Ship Bottom	1,009	198.9
176	Robbinsville Center	3,808	198.5
177	Monmouth Junction	9,457	198.1
178	North Middletown	3,081	198.1
179	Union Beach	5,722	198.0
180	Colonia	18,294	197.5
181	Belford	2,039	197.2
182	Macopin	2,305	196.9
183	Northvale	4,782	196.7
184	Palisades Park	20,192	196.3
185	Moorestown-Lenola	14,523	196.2
186	Bargaintown	5,231	194.9
187	Maywood	10,042	194.8
188	Lawrenceville	3,947	194.0
189	Panther Valley	4,622	193.7
190	Heathcote	6,689	193.6
191	Morristown	20,256	193.5
192	Dover Beaches South	1,520	193.0
193	Rainbow Lakes	1,376	192.9
194	Alloway	1,473	192.8
195	Union	3,284	192.1
196	Hawthorne	19,472	191.8
197	Upper Greenwood Lake	3,621	191.7
198	South Dennis	1,579	191.3
199	Mount Tabor	1,127	190.9
200	Bradley Beach	4,264	190.9
201	Olivet	1,647	190.8
202	Cliffwood Beach	3,044	190.0
203	Roosevelt	1,059	190.0
204	New Milford	16,882	189.6
205	Plainsboro Center	2,683	189.5
206	Singac	3,987	189.4
207	Port Republic	1,047	188.6
208	Matawan	9,636	188.6
209	Allentown	1,926	188.5
210	Stanhope	3,551	188.4
211	Dumont	18,072	188.3
212	Tinton Falls	19,252	188.3
213	Mickleton	1,734	188.0
214	Ledgewood	5,150	187.7
215	Hasbrouck Heights	12,067	187.5
216	Bergenfield	28,269	187.2
217	Lincoln Park	10,901	187.2
218	Spring Lake Heights	4,866	187.1
219	Pompton Lakes	11,010	186.9
220	Caldwell	8,898	186.7
221	Totowa	10,919	186.6
222	Califon	1,065	186.4
223	Belmar	5,861	186.1
224	South Plainfield	24,231	185.5
225	Iselin	19,151	185.3
226	Ocean Acres	18,689	185.0
227	Point Pleasant	19,158	185.0
228	Somerset	23,851	184.0
229	Hamilton Square	11,643	183.8
230	Landing	4,499	183.7
231	Fords	13,052	183.5
232	Cherry Hill Mall	14,827	183.5
233	Fort Lee	39,818	183.0
234	Bloomingdale	7,686	182.6
235	Bogota	9,110	182.5
236	Englishtown	2,075	182.5
237	Margate City	5,260	182.2
238	Ocean City	11,260	182.0
239	Cranford	1,783	181.7
240	Highland Lakes	3,941	181.5
241	Red Bank	12,864	181.3
242	Parsippany	21,869	181.2
243	Seaside Park	1,804	181.1
244	Wanaque	11,162	181.0
245	Mount Arlington	5,901	180.7
246	Milltown	6,994	180.7
247	Jamesburg	5,763	180.7
248	Cologne	1,023	180.5
249	Island Heights	1,691	180.5
250	Menlo Park Terrace	2,952	180.4
251	Mercerville	13,693	180.4
252	Newfoundland	1,281	180.4
253	West Belmar	2,682	179.2
254	Raritan	8,192	179.2
255	Englewood	29,342	178.7
256	Beesleys Point	1,476	178.6
257	Sunset Lake	1,341	178.5
258	Finderne	5,968	178.4
259	Cliffside Park	25,580	178.3
260	Lebanon	1,664	178.3
261	Elmwood Park	21,287	178.3
262	Riverton	2,771	178.2
263	Ramblewood	6,542	178.2
264	Lambertville	4,141	178.1
265	Rutgers University-Busch Campus	5,747	178.0
266	Long Valley	2,107	178.0
267	Palermo	2,667	177.9
268	Westmont	13,870	177.2
269	Barnegat	3,367	176.5
270	High Bridge	3,584	176.2
271	Leonardo	2,342	175.9
272	Garwood	4,688	175.5
273	North Arlington	16,368	175.5
274	Jersey City	289,691	174.9
275	Wenonah	2,248	174.9
276	Watsessing	7,944	174.6
277	Highland Park	14,981	174.3
278	Franklin Park	13,327	174.2
279	Oak Ridge	10,860	173.9
280	Ashland	9,437	173.8
281	Butler	8,072	173.4
282	Lake Hopatcong	10,383	173.3
283	Budd Lake	10,106	172.9
284	Frenchtown	1,609	172.8
285	Riverdale	4,084	172.5
286	Gibbsboro	2,337	172.5
287	Woodbridge	20,086	172.4
288	Golden Triangle	4,893	172.3
289	Woodbury Heights	3,116	172.2
290	Boonton	8,803	171.4
291	Helmetta	2,317	171.3
292	Middlesex	14,518	171.3
293	Roselle Park	13,965	171.1
294	Lake Como	1,660	170.8
295	Pine Beach	2,378	170.8
296	South Amboy	9,714	170.7
297	Fort Dix	8,034	170.5
298	Beachwood	11,002	170.4
299	Beckett	5,072	170.4
300	Vauxhall	5,875	170.4
301	Dorothy	1,255	169.8
302	Mullica Hill	4,561	169.8
303	Harrison	19,599	169.5
304	Somerville	12,958	168.8
305	South Bound Brook	4,833	168.7
306	Atco	8,037	168.5
307	Clifton	89,247	168.4
308	Hightstown	5,869	168.3
309	East Rutherford	10,154	168.0
310	Sewaren	3,196	167.8
311	Ridgefield Park	13,167	167.7
312	East Franklin	10,281	167.7
313	Old Bridge	28,015	167.4
314	Rockaway	6,589	167.2
315	Woodland Park	13,284	166.9
316	Hopatcong	14,470	166.8
317	McGuire AFB	4,491	166.5
318	Carlstadt	6,343	166.3
319	Silver Lake	1,447	165.0
320	Avenel	17,143	164.7
321	Highlands	4,575	164.6
322	Kingston Estates	6,250	164.2
323	Wharton	7,254	164.0
324	Forked River	4,988	164.0
325	South River	16,007	163.9
326	Ocean Grove	2,916	163.9
327	Beattystown	4,479	163.9
328	Sayreville	45,237	163.7
329	Haddon Heights	7,488	163.2
330	South Toms River	3,701	163.0
331	Carteret	25,187	162.9
332	Linden	43,614	162.4
333	Eatontown	13,537	162.2
334	Haledon	8,936	162.1
335	Rahway	29,748	161.9
336	Brownville	2,267	161.8
337	Marmora	2,011	161.6
338	Groveville	3,007	161.5
339	Wallington	11,825	161.1
340	Kearny	40,570	161.1
341	Country Lake Estates	4,700	160.9
342	Lodi	25,946	160.8
343	Yardville	6,266	160.8
344	Laurel Springs	2,025	160.6
345	Mount Hope	3,082	160.3
346	White House Station	3,758	160.3
347	Whittingham	2,516	160.2
348	Lake Hiawatha	10,406	160.1
349	Audubon	8,699	160.0
350	Farmingdale	1,399	159.1
351	Ogdensburg	2,231	159.0
352	Bayonne	70,468	158.8
353	Franklinville	1,999	158.6
354	Toms River	93,915	158.5
355	Moonachie	3,106	158.5
356	Northfield	8,427	158.3
357	Freehold	12,504	158.2
358	Folsom	1,732	158.2
359	Little Ferry	10,942	158.0
360	Malaga	1,612	157.8
361	Manville	10,870	157.7
362	East Vineland	1,475	157.6
363	Crandon Lakes	1,258	157.6
364	Port Monmouth	3,285	157.4
365	Long Branch	32,184	157.3
366	Hackensack	45,768	157.1
367	Berlin	7,503	156.9
368	Estell Manor	1,612	156.5
369	Kenvil	1,719	156.3
370	Bound Brook	12,023	156.3
371	Brigantine	7,702	156.0
372	Plainfield	54,515	155.7
373	Pine Lake Park	9,251	155.5
374	Kingston	1,557	155.5
375	North Plainfield	22,667	155.3
376	White Horse	10,040	155.1
377	Spotswood	8,112	154.6
378	Sicklerville	44,500	154.1
379	Garfield	32,502	153.8
380	Netcong	3,543	153.7
381	Dunellen	7,711	153.3
382	Lakewood	69,884	153.0
383	Victory Lakes	1,403	152.9
384	Asbury Park	15,239	152.6
385	Hackettstown	10,143	152.5
386	Twin Rivers	8,315	152.0
387	Upper Pohatcong	1,851	151.9
388	Newfield	1,811	151.8
389	Thorofare	2,419	151.6
390	Guttenberg	11,638	151.6
391	Glen Gardner	1,702	151.4
392	Hamburg	3,293	151.3
393	Erma	2,039	151.1
394	Rosenhayn	1,066	151.0
395	Fairview	14,920	150.5
396	Pitman	8,834	150.5
397	Roselle	22,455	150.3
398	Milford	1,306	150.1
399	Marlton	10,473	149.9
400	West New York	51,683	149.8
401	Manahawkin	2,359	149.4
402	Collingswood	14,163	149.2
403	Bordentown	4,006	149.2
404	Ellisburg	5,021	149.1
405	Neptune City	4,607	149.1
406	Laurence Harbor	6,130	149.0
407	Ampere North	4,968	148.7
408	Centre Grove	1,371	148.7
409	Union City	66,375	148.2
410	Rio Grande	3,285	148.0
411	Flemington	4,887	147.2
412	Echelon	13,577	146.8
413	English Creek	2,275	146.8
414	Woodstown	3,690	146.6
415	Dover Beaches North	1,599	146.5
416	Mount Ephraim	4,648	146.2
417	Chesilhurst	1,340	145.7
418	Runnemede	8,310	145.3
419	Madison Park	8,798	144.9
420	Merchantville	3,815	144.8
421	Stratford	6,965	144.8
422	Oak Valley	4,374	144.7
423	Elmer	1,152	144.7
424	Keyport	7,159	144.5
425	North Wildwood	3,620	144.3
426	Hopelawn	2,986	144.0
427	Whitesboro	2,946	144.0
428	Florence	5,027	143.6
429	Keansburg	9,729	143.6
430	Cape May	2,789	143.4
431	Tuckerton	3,616	143.1
432	Glassboro	23,375	142.7
433	Ocean Gate	1,768	142.5
434	Belvidere	2,526	142.2
435	Swedesboro	2,720	142.2
436	Gibbstown	3,494	142.1
437	Dover	18,420	142.1
438	Absecon Highlands	1,512	142.0
439	Port Morris	1,141	141.9
440	McKee City	10,843	141.5
441	Franklin	4,938	141.5
442	Elizabeth	135,887	141.5
443	Palmyra	7,447	140.9
444	Absecon	9,099	140.4
445	Hammonton	14,746	140.3
446	Wildwood Crest	3,094	139.3
447	Holiday Heights	2,118	139.2
448	Keasbey	2,793	139.0
449	Roebling	3,591	138.4
450	Pemberton	1,373	138.2
451	Ventnor City	9,220	138.2
452	Presidential Lakes Estates	1,927	137.2
453	Voorhees	1,775	137.1
454	Prospect Park	6,286	137.1
455	Washington	7,287	136.7
456	Mystic Island	7,616	136.6
457	Williamstown	14,855	136.6
458	Barrington	7,047	136.3
459	Passaic	69,651	136.1
460	Newton	8,336	136.0
461	Lakehurst	2,666	136.0
462	Clayton	8,867	135.4
463	East Orange	69,183	135.2
464	Burlington	9,904	134.9
465	Magnolia	4,360	134.7
466	Pomona	8,141	134.7
467	Blackwood	4,615	134.6
468	Beverly	2,489	134.5
469	Cape May Court House	5,375	134.3
470	Perth Amboy	55,278	133.8
471	New Egypt	1,949	133.8
472	East Newark	2,529	133.5
473	New Brunswick	55,744	133.2
474	Collings Lakes	1,489	133.1
475	North Cape May	3,577	133.1
476	Oaklyn	3,934	132.5
477	National Park	3,043	132.1
478	Alpha	2,249	132.1
479	Concordia	2,724	132.0
480	Hampton	1,127	131.4
481	Smithville	9,260	130.7
482	Paterson	157,660	130.4
483	Sussex	2,004	129.3
484	Glendora	5,367	129.3
485	Seaside Heights	1,992	128.5
486	Villas	9,897	127.2
487	Buena	4,500	127.1
488	West Berlin	2,533	127.1
489	Mays Landing	6,178	126.4
490	Somerdale	5,535	126.3
491	Leisure Knoll	2,725	125.9
492	Somers Point	10,461	125.4
493	Gloucester City	11,465	124.7
494	Pennsville	12,238	123.6
495	Holiday City South	4,294	123.5
496	Newark	307,188	123.3
497	West Park	1,521	123.1
498	Bellmawr	11,678	122.9
499	Vernon Center	1,490	122.7
500	Carneys Point	7,945	121.7
501	Woodlynne	2,899	121.5
502	Westville	4,285	121.0
503	Wildwood	5,140	119.0
504	Woodbury	9,992	118.5
505	Browns Mills	9,561	118.3
506	Clementon	5,351	118.1
507	Egg Harbor City	4,378	117.3
508	Pine Hill	10,762	117.1
509	Lawnside	3,124	116.5
510	Oxford	1,140	116.1
511	Clearbrook	2,477	115.7
512	Millville	27,432	115.0
513	Vineland	60,692	114.4
514	Pine Ridge at Crestwood	2,756	114.1
515	Phillipsburg	15,251	113.6
516	Victory Gardens	1,891	113.0
517	Pemberton Heights	2,643	112.4
518	Lindenwold	21,534	112.3
519	Leisuretowne	3,244	111.7
520	Brooklawn	1,788	110.6
521	Leisure Village West	4,070	110.0
522	Paulsboro	6,213	109.4
523	Holiday City-Berkeley	12,896	108.4
524	Pleasantville	20,604	108.2
525	Rossmoor	3,136	108.0
526	Gouldtown	1,555	104.0
527	Bridgeton	26,836	102.9
528	Port Norris	1,702	101.4
529	Seabrook Farms	1,469	100.7
530	Leisure Village East	4,309	99.6
531	Leisure Village	6,307	99.3
532	Trenton	89,966	98.6
533	Silver Ridge	1,176	96.3
534	Laurel Lake	2,514	95.9
535	Atlantic City	38,486	95.2
536	Penns Grove	4,860	91.7
537	The College of New Jersey	4,103	90.6
538	Woodbine	2,083	88.8
539	Camden	71,471	87.7
540	Cedar Glen West	1,654	83.8
541	Crestwood Village	7,951	82.3
542	Salem	5,315	80.4
543	Cedar Glen Lakes	1,509	64.3

Methodology

Cities in New Jersey are ranked by col index. Only cities with populations above 1,000 are included. Data sourced from BLS / C2ER. Last updated 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the #1 most expensive cities in new jersey?: Alpine ranks #1 with 324.6 (col index).
What are the top 5 most expensive cities in new jersey?: 1. Alpine (324.6), 2. Essex Fells (324.6), 3. Brookside (324.6), 4. Short Hills (324.6), 5. Rumson (324.6)
How many cities in New Jersey are ranked?: This ranking includes 543 cities in New Jersey with available data.

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