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For most people who can afford it, yes. Blairstown Township grades B overall, ranked 249th of 466 in New Jersey. It has 40 miles of trail and 26% conserved land. Crime is low: it reports less per resident than 87% of U.S. towns and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 85% of the country. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $498K, 5.9 years of the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 92% of U.S. towns, with 2 places on the National Register. 26% of the land in Blairstown Township is conserved, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Only 30 of New Jersey’s 527 towns score higher on civic life. Limestone Ridge Marsh Preserve, at 371 acres with 1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Blairstown Township beats most towns.
Blair Presbyterial Academy
Census counts: 1,405 in 1850, 5,704 in 2020. The archive holds 24 old photos and papers going back to 1848 and 3 maps from 1943 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Blairstown Township is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Blairstown Township. Close and well known come first.
33 mi GardenDrew University
17 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
40 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
4 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
33 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
29 mi MountainHigh PointDrew University: CUBJONES83 (talk), Public domain · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · Lake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · High Point: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Blairstown 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 Blairstown Township.
Blairstown Township has seen reported crime fall by about half and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Jersey; it also has a long record of flood insurance claims.
40 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. Blairstown Township’s trail density is 1.3 miles per square mile, against 0.7 in New Jersey’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hemlock Ridge & Ravine Preserve | 1.9 mi | 167 |
| 2. Maple Hill Preserve | 1.7 mi | 118 |
| 3. Limestone Ridge Marsh Preserve | 1 mi | 371 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the North Warren Regional school district. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is North Warren Regional School, with 582 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blairstown Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 418 | C |
| North Warren Regional SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 582 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes fell from 35 to 13 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
Blairstown Township’s property crime rate is 2.1 per 1,000 residents.
| Blairstown Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.1 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 54% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Against the 5,140 U.S. towns with household incomes like Blairstown Township’s, it is healthier than 62%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
18% of Blairstown Township adults have been diagnosed with depression. Blairstown Township beats the New Jersey average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 31% of Blairstown Township adults have obesity.
| Blairstown Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 28% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 11% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 9.7% | 12% |
| What stands out | Blairstown Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.8% | 14.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.1% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.4% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Blairstown Township for work: only 13% work in town. The average trip to work in Blairstown Township is 36 minutes. Jobs based in Blairstown Township grew to 1,676 in 2023, 237 more than in 2013.
| Blairstown Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $124,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Blairstown Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
95% of households own their home in Blairstown Township. The typical Blairstown Township home is worth about $498,000, up 2.2% in a year, 13% below the New Jersey typical home.
| Blairstown Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 95% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,694 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (21% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (40% statewide). 46% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 44% across New Jersey.
| Blairstown Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 46% | 45% | 29% |
| Median age | 44.7 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 21% | 22% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 93% are women (NJ 49%).
| Blairstown Township | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.8% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.5% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.8% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.5% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.6% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.4% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.8% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.5% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.9% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.2% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.1% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.8% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 35.6% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.4% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
68 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 18 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 68 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Blairstown Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Blairstown Township
About 8 of every 100 Blairstown Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Where Blairstown Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Blairstown Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Warren County, New Jersey, US
Blairstown 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 5,704, a decrease of 263 (−4.4%) from the 2010 census count of 5,967, which in turn reflected an increase of 220 (+3.8%) from the 5,747 counted in the 2000 census. The area had been known as Smith's Mill and was later called Butts Bridge (variously spelled as "Butt's Bridge" and "Butts' Bridge"), named for a family that owned the eponymous crossing of the Paulins Kill. Blairstown was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 14, 1845, from portions of Knowlton Township, based on the results of a referendum held that …
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4 towns share a border with Blairstown Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blairstown Township | #249 | B | D | A | C | A− |
| Hardwick Township | — | — | D | — | C | A− |
| Frelinghuysen Township | — | — | D | — | C+ | A |
| Hope Township | — | — | D | — | C | A− |
| Knowlton Township | #370 | C | D | — | C | A− |
Hardwick Township, Frelinghuysen Township and Hope Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Hardwick Township, Frelinghuysen Township, Hope Township and Knowlton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Blairstown Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Blairstown Township grades B overall, better than 58% of U.S. towns and #249 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A− for health, A for safety 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.
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