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For most people who can afford it, yes. Boonton Township grades A overall, 73rd of 466 graded towns in New Jersey. It has 14 miles of trail and 27% conserved land. It is healthier than 96% of U.S. towns and crime is low: it reports less per resident than 96% of U.S. towns. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $838K for a typical one and 8.5 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Boonton Township’s median household income is $192,000, above both the New Jersey town median ($113,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Boonton Township has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them James Dixon Farm and Rockaway Valley Methodist Church. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 81% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top.
Where Boonton Township beats most towns.
27.2% of the town is conserved land, across 8 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Boonton Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for health (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D for hazard risk (better than 13%), so the A overall blends very different results.
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Census counts: 3,458 in 1870, a low of 2,277 in 1880, 8,815 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1849 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Boonton Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw26 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw26 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw26 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw26 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 Boonton 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 Boonton Township.
Boonton Township is one of New Jersey’s best towns for the outdoors and has less food insecurity than most of New Jersey, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New Jersey.
Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #4 of 468 in New Jersey.
Tourne County Park, at 260 acres with 6.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Across 8 parks and preserves: 14 miles of trail. For Boonton Township, the density of trails is 1.7 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tourne County Park | 6.7 mi | 260 |
| 2. Rockaway Valley Aerodrome Fields | 1.8 mi | 55 |
| 3. Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area | 1.1 mi | 129 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A− for schools comes with a C− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $838K.
Its public schools are run by the Boonton Township School District. Enrollment at the town’s public school: 396 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockaway Valley SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 396 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
Its widest gap with New Jersey is food insecurity: 8.5% of its 12,750 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.3% statewide. Against the 1,073 U.S. towns with household incomes like Boonton Township’s, it is healthier than 57%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Boonton Township: nearly a fifth of adults get no exercise outside work. Of 32 CDC measures, Boonton Township beats the New Jersey average on 17 and trails it on 1. Among adults here, 15% have been diagnosed with depression and 13% report frequent mental distress.
| Boonton Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 28% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Boonton Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.5% | 14.3% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.8% | 9.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.8% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
The level of property crime for Boonton Township comes to 2.2 per 1,000 residents. The town recorded no violent offenses.
| Boonton Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.2 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
At 8.5 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $838K) costs more against local pay than in 83% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
Among households in Boonton Township, 95% own their home. Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 4.5% in value. The town’s rent at the middle of the market is $1,870 a month.
| Boonton Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 95% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,870 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Since 1979, Boonton Township has seen 47 flood insurance claims paid out. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 87% come from inland flooding. Federal aid has come to Boonton Township households in 9 declared disasters; the latest was in 2020.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here grew from 773 in 2013 to 1,031.
The average commute in Boonton Township is 26 minutes. The town had 1,031 jobs in 2023, up 258 from 2013. The top destinations are Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (7%), New York (6%) and Morristown (3%). For half of commuters, work is under 14 miles away.
| Boonton Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.1% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Boonton Township’s midsummer high stands at 84°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
11 within 15 miles of the center of Boonton Township
About 5 of every 100 Boonton Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Where Boonton Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Boonton Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Morris County, New Jersey, US
Boonton () is a town in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 8,815, an increase of 468 (+5.6%) from the 2010 census count of 8,347, which in turn reflected a decline of 149 (−1.8%) from the 8,496 counted in the 2000 census. The settlement was originally called "Boone-Towne" in 1761 in honor of the Colonial Governor Thomas Boone. Boonton was originally formed on March 16, 1866, within portions of Hanover Township and Pequannock Township. The town was reincorporated and became fully independent on March 18, 1867. The development of Boonton began in about 1829, as a result of the construction of the Morris Canal and the …
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6 towns share a border with Boonton Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boonton Township | #73 | A | C− | A+ | A− | A+ |
| Montville Township | #112 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| Boonton | #234 | B | D | B+ | B | A |
| Mountain Lakes | #11 | A+ | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Rockaway Township | #162 | A− | D | B+ | B+ | A |
| Denville Township | #12 | A+ | C− | A+ | A− | A+ |
| Kinnelon | #48 | A | D− | A+ | A | A+ |
Montville Township and Mountain Lakes report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Boonton Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Boonton Township grades A overall, better than 92% of U.S. towns and #73 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A+ for health, A+ for safety and A− for schools. Hazard risk 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 C−.
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