Connecticut FarmsNJ
In New Jersey, this town has 516 residents.
Is Connecticut Farms a good place to live?
64% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Connecticut Farms, above both New Jersey’s towns (45%) and U.S. towns (29%). Of the 469 New Jersey towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Connecticut Farms. Connecticut Farms has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Connecticut Farms stand out
Where Connecticut Farms beats most towns.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Connecticut Farms.
A job hub: Connecticut Farms has 7.1 jobs for every working resident and draws in 1,977 commuters
Connecticut Farms’ typical household income is put at $75,000. Since 2014, Connecticut Farms has added 1,490 jobs, to 1,978 in 2024. Among residents in the town, 3.1% live below the poverty line. The top destinations are New York (10%), Newark (9%) and Union Township (8%).
| Connecticut Farms | Typical New Jersey town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.1% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $75,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
In Connecticut Farms, the FEMA risk score runs lower than in the typical New Jersey or U.S. town
Expected losses in Connecticut Farms break down as 42% from inland flooding and 19% from earthquakes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Connecticut Farms brings four seasons and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 32 inches of snow, with January nights at 24° and July afternoons at 87°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Connecticut Farms is
In Connecticut Farms, one in ten adults have diabetes. Against the New Jersey average, Connecticut Farms comes out ahead on 4 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 3. Two figures for adults in the town: 75% had a checkup this year, 40% sleep under 7 hours.
| Connecticut Farms | Typical New Jersey town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 78% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 36% |
| What stands out | Connecticut Farms | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.8% | 7.5% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 17.4% | 22.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.8% | 9.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
4.2% of the land in Connecticut Farms is protected from building
Its park or preserve gives Connecticut Farms 1 acres of open land.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Veterans Honor roll & Memorial Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Connecticut Farms sells for about $525K at the median
Connecticut Farms’ rent at the middle of the market is recorded as $2,265 a month. For households here, the share who live in a home they own is 35%.
| Connecticut Farms | Typical New Jersey town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 35% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $2,265 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Connecticut Farms
Madison Square Garden and 540 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Connecticut Farms. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw17 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw16 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw17 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw17 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 Connecticut Farms: who provides what
Connecticut Farms is unincorporated, so Union 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.
Every workday, about 1,977 people come to Connecticut Farms for work
Where Connecticut Farms’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
Colleges nearby
49 within 15 miles of the center of Connecticut Farms
About 5 of every 100 Connecticut Farms residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
About Connecticut Farms
Populated place in Union County, New Jersey, US
Connecticut Farms is a neighborhood and census-designated place (CDP) within Union Township, Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Connecticut Farms had a population of 545. Connecticut Farms used to be a major settlement until British forces sacked and burned the town at the Battle of Connecticut Farms. The CDP is bordered by Elmwood Avenue and Stuyvesant Avenue to the north, by Rosemont Avenue, Bond Drive, and Burke Parkway to the east, by the Garden State Parkway to the south, by Chestnut Street to the southwest, and by Pennsylvania Avenue to the west. Downtown Union borders the neighborhood to the north. U.S. Route 22 passes through the southern part of t…
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- Area
- 0.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 108 ft
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