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Plenty to like here, at a price. Bedminster Township’s overall grade is A, better than 91% of U.S. towns. The ranking puts it 76th of 466 in New Jersey. Its best grade is for health: it is healthier than 97% of U.S. towns. Add safety to its strengths (A): it reports less crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns. What counts against it is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $448K, 4.5 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 27% of the land here is conserved, against 11% in New Jersey’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The town has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Pluckemin Village Historic District and Lamington Historic District.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · FBI crime data, 2025 · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Bedminster Township beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,197 in 1790, a low of 1,088 in 1920, 8,272 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers and 6 maps from 1891 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Bedminster Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bedminster Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw39 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw37 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw39 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw35 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumMadison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bedminster 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 Bedminster Township.
Bedminster Township draws workers from Bridgewater Township and beyond, has less food insecurity than most of New Jersey and sees little violent crime.
Its widest gap with New Jersey is food insecurity: 6.9% of its 5,364 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.3% statewide.
In Bedminster Township, 6.9% of adults worry about having enough food. Of 32 CDC measures, Bedminster Township beats the New Jersey average on 18 and trails it on 1. 7.4% of adults in Bedminster Township smoke cigarettes; 16% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Bedminster Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.4% | 11% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 23% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 19% |
| What stands out | Bedminster Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.9% | 14.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.3% | 12.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Bedminster Township Public School District. Two of its 3 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. 412 students attend the town’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedminster Township Public SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 412 | A− |
| Somerset Hills Learning Institute PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 30 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
8,440 jobs are based in Bedminster Township, 2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Bedminster Township’s average trip to work comes in at 33 minutes. Jobs here fell by 783 from 2013 to 2023, to 8,440. 24% of Bedminster Township workers work remotely from home. Half the trips to work are shorter than 16 miles.
| Bedminster Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 24% | 16% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $124,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Violent crime is rare: 4 reported in 2025, 0.5 per 1,000 residents.
The town’s level of violent crime stands at 0.5 per 1,000 residents. In Bedminster Township, the property offense rate is 2.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Bedminster Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.5 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.5 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Bedminster Township has 3 parks and preserves, 47 acres in all. Its trail network density comes in at 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hacklebarney State Park | — | 18 |
| 2. River Road Park | — | 18 |
| 3. Burnt Mills Park | — | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In July, afternoons reach 86°; in January, nights fall to 21°, and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Flood insurance has paid out on 37 claims in Bedminster Township since 1980. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 55% of U.S. communities. Federal aid has come to Bedminster Township households in 7 declared disasters; the latest was in 2021. FEMA puts 80% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
8 within 15 miles of the center of Bedminster Township
About 5 of every 100 Bedminster Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Where Bedminster Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Bedminster Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, US
Bedminster is a township in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 8,272, an increase of 107 (+1.3%) from the 2010 census count of 8,165, which in turn reflected a decline of 137 (−1.7%) from the 8,302 counted in the 2000 census. Located within the Raritan Valley region, Bedminster is part of the Somerset Hills of northern Somerset County, bordering both Hunterdon and Morris counties. Bedminster was settled in 1710 by Dutch, German, and Scots-Irish immigrants. It was named after Bedminster, then in Somerset, England, and now a district of Bristol. Bedminster Township was created by Royal charter on April 4, 1749, …
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10 towns share a border with Bedminster Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedminster Township | #76 | A | D | A | A− | A+ |
| Tewksbury Township | #47 | A | D | A+ | A− | A+ |
| Bridgewater Township | #144 | A− | D | — | B+ | A+ |
| Bridgewater Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lamington | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Branchburg Township | #138 | A− | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Readington Township | #132 | A | C− | A | A− | A+ |
| Pluckemin | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bridgewater Township and Branchburg Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Bridgewater Center, Lamington and Pluckemin aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bedminster Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Bedminster Township grades A overall, better than 91% of U.S. towns and #76 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A+ for health, A for safety and A− 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.
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