Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Allamuchy Township's standout: it has 45 miles of trail and 38% conserved land. Overall it grades C, ranked 350th of 466 in New Jersey. Residents are healthier than 90% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $378K for a typical one and 4.5 times the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income. Allamuchy Township’s average commute is 42 minutes, above both the New Jersey town median (30 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Allamuchy Mountain State Park, at 4,814 acres with 32.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Allamuchy Township beats most towns.
4,323 counted in 2010 and 5,335 in 2020; an estimated 5,484 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Allamuchy Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 648 in 1880, 5,335 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1902 and 6 maps from 1888 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Allamuchy Township. Close and well known come first.
38 mi Stadium & arenaSports Illustrated Stadium
37 mi Stadium & arenaPrudential Center
7 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
24 mi LandmarkDrew University
34 mi Stadium & arenaSHI Stadium
27 mi Park & preserveDuke FarmsSports Illustrated Stadium: Sam Szapucki, CC BY 2.0 · Prudential Center: Jim.henderson, Public domain · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Drew University: CUBJONES83 (talk), Public domain · SHI Stadium: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Duke Farms: Ekem, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Allamuchy Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Allamuchy Township.
Allamuchy Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of New Jersey and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Jersey; it also trails Green Township and its other neighbors on schools.
Its 4,879 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 93% of New Jersey towns.
For Allamuchy Township, the concentration of trails is 2.2 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves in the town: 2, covering 5,663 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Allamuchy Mountain State Park | 32.2 mi | 4,814 |
| 2. Jenny Jump State Forest | 0.5 mi | 849 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Each of its 5 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than its C, Green Township highest at A−.
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. The Allamuchy Township School District runs its public schools. 2 public schools serve Allamuchy Township, with 426 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allamuchy Township SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 3–8 | Grades 3–8 | 253 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
Within New Jersey it is healthier than 58% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Against the 4,377 U.S. towns with household incomes like Allamuchy Township’s, it is healthier than 72%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
17% of adults binge drink in Allamuchy Township. The town does better than the New Jersey average on 12 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2. In Allamuchy Township, nearly one in ten adults have diabetes, and 11% report frequent physical distress.
| Allamuchy Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 9.7% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Allamuchy Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.3% | 14.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.6% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Allamuchy Township has 713 jobs for its 2,490 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 905 in 2013 to 713.
Most people who work leave Allamuchy Township to do it: just 5% work in town. Since 2013, Allamuchy Township has lost 192 jobs, to 713 in 2023. For Allamuchy Township, the median household income is $132,000. Half the trips to work are shorter than 22 miles.
| Allamuchy Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $132,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.2% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Among residents in Allamuchy Township, 18% are under 18. People 65 and older are 27% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (21% statewide). The median age for Allamuchy Township comes to 49.5 years. The town has grown 2.8% since 2020, to 5,484 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Allamuchy Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 27% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 49.5 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 52% | 45% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 18% | 21% | 22% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.1 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Allamuchy Township | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.3% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.2% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.3% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.1% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.6% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.2% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.3% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 18.9% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.1% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 17.6% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.5% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.7% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 31.7% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 20.5% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Federal aid has come to Allamuchy Township households in 6 declared disasters; the latest was in 2021. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in just over two thirds of U.S. communities. 53% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 20%. One flood insurance claim has been paid in the town since 2011.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The July high in the town is 84°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
3 within 15 miles of the center of Allamuchy Township
About 5 of every 100 Allamuchy Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Where Allamuchy Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Township in Warren County, New Jersey, US
Allamuchy Township is a township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 5,335, an increase of 1,012 (+23.4%) from the 2010 census count of 4,323, which in turn reflected an increase of 446 (+11.5%) from the 3,877 counted in the 2000 census. Allamuchy Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 4, 1873, from portions of Independence Township. The township's name comes from the Native American word "Allamachetey", meaning "place within the hills".
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6 towns share a border with Allamuchy Township.
All 4 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C; Hackettstown (B) is closest.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allamuchy Township | #350 | C | D | — | C | A |
| Mount Olive Township | #87 | A | C− | A | B+ | A |
| Independence Township | #136 | A− | D− | A+ | B | A |
| Panther Valley | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hackettstown | #224 | B | D | A | B− | A− |
| Frelinghuysen Township | — | — | D | — | C+ | A |
| Green Township | #147 | A− | C+ | — | A− | A |
Frelinghuysen Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Allamuchy Township, Frelinghuysen Township and Green Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Panther Valley isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Allamuchy Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Allamuchy Township grades C overall, better than 34% of U.S. towns and #350 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A for health and C for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
