Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,551.
Belvidere grades B− overall, 276th among New Jersey's 466 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. It is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 87% of U.S. towns. On the other side, FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 88% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 100% of U.S. towns, with 1 place on the National Register. Only 45 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score higher on cost of living. Belvidere Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. Only 8 of the 463 New Jersey towns we compare have a lower median rent than Belvidere.
Where Belvidere beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Belvidere Historic DistrictWhere Belvidere’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Belvidere is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,001 in 1850, 2,520 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1859 and 7 maps from 1891 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Belvidere. Close and well known come first.
34 mi GardenDrew University
30 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
20 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
38 mi Stadium & arenaSHI Stadium
8 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
12 mi Park & preserveLehigh RiverDrew University: CUBJONES83 (talk), Public domain · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · SHI Stadium: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Belvidere, 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 Belvidere.
Belvidere is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New Jersey (mostly inland flooding).
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $914 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on. 155 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 40 properties have flooded more than once.
Since 1979, 155 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Belvidere.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Belvidere School District. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Belvidere High School, with 303 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belvidere Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 274 | C− |
| Belvidere High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 303 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
The typical Belvidere home is worth about $382,000, about the same as a year ago, 34% below the New Jersey typical home. 57% of Belvidere households own their home, below both New Jersey’s towns (77%) and U.S. towns (73%).
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Jobs based here fell from 530 in 2013 to 411.
Most working residents leave Belvidere for work: only 5% work in town. Belvidere’s average trip to work is 33 minutes, above both the New Jersey town median (30 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2013, Belvidere has lost 119 jobs, to 411 in 2023.
| Belvidere | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 7% | 17% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.9% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 75% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
33% of Belvidere adults have obesity. Among 468 New Jersey towns, just 7 have a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Belvidere. 9.3% of Belvidere adults have diabetes.
| Belvidere | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 78% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Belvidere | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.6% | 11.3% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.6% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 12.7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 51% of New Jersey’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2025, 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
The property crime rate in Belvidere is 14.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Belvidere | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 14.5 per 1,000 residents | 7.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Belvidere has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 19° and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Garrett D. Wall Park | — | 4 |
| 2. Budd M. Jones Municipal Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
4 within 15 miles of the center of Belvidere
About 6 of every 100 Belvidere residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
9 notable people were born in Belvidere.
Town in Warren County, New Jersey, US
Belvidere is a town in and the county seat of Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 2,520, a decrease of 161 (−6.0%) from the 2010 census count of 2,681, which in turn reflected a decline of 90 (−3.2%) from the 2,771 counted in the 2000 census. Belvidere was incorporated as a town by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 7, 1845, from portions of Oxford Township, based on the results of a referendum held that day. The town's name is a misspelling of "beautiful to see" in Italian.
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4 towns share a border with Belvidere.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belvidere | #276 | B− | C | B+ | C | B+ |
| White Township | #314 | C+ | C | — | B− | B+ |
| Brookfield | — | — | — | — | — | — |
White Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Brookfield isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Belvidere with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Belvidere grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #276 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B+ for health, B+ for safety and C for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 4.5 years of the area's median household income ($84,587 across the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
Belvidere has 1 place on the National Register of Historic Places. 9 notable people were born here, including Ernest Schelling and Ely Moore.
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