Bradley GardensNJ
A town of 14,165.
Is Bradley Gardens a good place to live?
24% of the land in Bradley Gardens is conserved, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Duke Island Park, at 324 acres with 1.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. We don’t grade Bradley Gardens yet; the figures below are still real.
98% of working residents leave Bradley Gardens for work
Where Bradley Gardens’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Madison Square Garden and 452 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bradley Gardens. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw39 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw38 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw39 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw36 mi BeachConey IslandPhoto credits
Madison 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 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain
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Moving to Bradley Gardens: who provides what
Bradley Gardens is unincorporated, so Somerset County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bradley Gardens.
Bradley Gardens has 0.4 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Bradley Gardens’ typical household income is $178,000, above both New Jersey’s towns ($113,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Jobs here fell by 771 from 2013 to 2023, to 3,088. For workers here, the share who do their job from home is 31%. The top destinations are Bridgewater Township (11%), New York (6%) and Branchburg Township (3%).
| Bradley Gardens | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 31% | 16% | 11% |
| Median household income | $178,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
24.4% of the land in Bradley Gardens is protected from building
In 2 parks and preserves, walkers have 2.0 miles of trail. Bradley Gardens’ trail network density comes in at 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Duke Island Park | 1.6 mi | 324 |
| 2. Ardmaer Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Bradley Gardens’ year
The range runs from 22° on a January night to 87° on a July afternoon, with about 21 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Bradley Gardens stands out in New Jersey and nationally, with fewer of its adults who binge drink
The share of adults in Bradley Gardens who report frequent physical distress: 9.6%. 13% of adults have been diagnosed with depression here.
| Bradley Gardens | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 28% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Bradley Gardens | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.4% | 11.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.2% | 12.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest natural risk in Bradley Gardens is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
FEMA puts three quarters of Bradley Gardens’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. The national flood insurance program has paid 105 claims here since 1979. In Bradley Gardens, the risk rating from FEMA is 51 of 100.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Bradley Gardens sells for about $648K at the median
90% of Bradley Gardens households own their home. Bradley Gardens’ typical rent stands at $2,670 a month. Homes sold in Bradley Gardens spent a median 18 days on the market.
| Bradley Gardens | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,670 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 90% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Bradley Gardens
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Bradley Gardens
About 4 of every 100 Bradley Gardens residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
About Bradley Gardens
Populated place in Somerset County, New Jersey, US
Bradley Gardens is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Bridgewater Township, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Bradley Gardens had a population of 14,077.
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- Area
- 4.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 115 ft
Bradley Gardens’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Bradley Gardens.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Gardens | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bridgewater Township | #144 | A− | D | — | B+ | A+ |
| Branchburg Township | #138 | A− | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Hillsborough Township | #97 | A | D | A− | A− | A+ |
| Raritan | #206 | B+ | D− | — | B+ | A |
| Bridgewater Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bridgewater Township, Branchburg Township and Raritan report no FBI crime data of their own. Bradley Gardens and Bridgewater Center aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bradley Gardens with a neighbor →
Questions about Bradley Gardens
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Is Bradley Gardens, NJ a good place to live?
We don’t grade Bradley Gardens yet; the figures below are still real.