Is Denville Township a good place to live?
Few places in the country grade higher. Denville Township earns an A+, 12th of 466 graded towns in New Jersey. It is healthier than 98% of U.S. towns, crime is low: it reports less per resident than 96% of U.S. towns, and the median household earns $161K. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $565K for a typical one and 5.7 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Denville Township’s median household income is $161,000, where New Jersey’s towns sit at $113,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Denville Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 86% of U.S. towns. Denville Township is home to Assumption College for Sisters.
What makes Denville Township stand out
Where Denville Township beats most towns.
23 miles of trails in Denville Township
19.9% of the town is conserved land, across 7 parks and preserves.
How Denville Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Denville Township is from typical.
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Madison Square Garden and 524 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Denville Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw28 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw28 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw29 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw28 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumPhoto 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 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Denville Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Denville 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Denville Township.
Denville Township trades workers with Parsippany-Troy Hills Township and other neighbors and has less food insecurity than most of New Jersey, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
19.9% of Denville Township is conserved land
Jonathan's Woods, at 450 acres with 6.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. There are 23 miles of trail across 7 parks and preserves. Denville Township’s concentration of trails stands at 1.8 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jonathan's Woods | 6.4 mi | 450 |
| 2. Tourne County Park | 6.1 mi | 266 |
| 3. Kwiatkowski Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Denville Township’s schools rank ahead of 79% of New Jersey districts
The largest public high school is Morris Knolls High School, with 1,450 students. Three of the 6 schools are below, and why each made the list. The 6 public schools in Denville Township teach 4,214 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 699 | A |
| Morris Knolls High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,450 | B+ |
| Morris County School of TechnologyTop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 885 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
For health, Denville Township earns an A+
Its widest gap with New Jersey is food insecurity: 6.7% of its 14,733 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.3% statewide.
Denville Township: nearly a third of adults sleep under 7 hours. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Denville Township is ahead of New Jersey on 20 and behind on 1. In Denville Township, 13% of adults report frequent mental distress, and 16% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Denville Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.1% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Denville Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.7% | 14.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.4% | 12.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For safety, Denville Township earns an A+
Reported crimes fell from 71 to 28 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
In Denville Township, the property crime rate is 1.6 per 1,000 residents. Police in Denville Township reported no violent crime.
| Denville Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.6 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The climate in Denville Township brings four seasons and pleasant summers
The range runs from 20° on a January night to 85° on a July afternoon, with about 28 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most of Denville Township’s workers leave town for work
Denville Township has about as many jobs (8,789) as working residents, but only 665 people both live and work here. 29.6% of workers work from home, against 16.8% across New Jersey.
Among workers in Denville Township, 30% work from home. The top destinations are Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (7%), New York (5%) and Morristown (4%). Half of commuters travel less than 14 miles.
| Denville Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 30% | 16% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 1.9% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a high hazard risk in Denville Township: inland flooding
778 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 94 properties have flooded more than once.
FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in Denville Township than in 60% of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 778 claims locally since 1978. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 14 declared disasters, most recently in 2021.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Denville Township
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Denville Township
About 5 of every 100 Denville Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Assumption College for Sisters calls Denville Township home
Famous people from Denville Township
15 notable people were born in Denville Township.
About Denville Township
Township in Morris County, New Jersey, US
Denville Township is a township in Morris County, in the northern portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a commuter town of New York City in the New York area, located 35 miles (56 km) west of Manhattan. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 17,107, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 472 (+2.8%) from the 2010 census count of 16,635, which in turn had reflected an increase of 811 (+5.1%) from the 15,824 counted at the 2000 census. Located at the center of the county, Denville's access to major transportation routes has made it known as the Hub of Morris County. The township's location in Morris County has contributed to the growth of its …
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- Area
- 13 sq mi
- Elevation
- 505 ft
- ZIP code
- 07834
Denville Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Denville Township.
At #12 in NJ, it grades higher overall than all 5 graded towns on its borders; Boonton Township (A) comes closest.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denville Township | #12 | A+ | C− | A+ | A− | A+ |
| Rockaway Township | #162 | A− | D | B+ | B+ | A |
| White Meadow Lake | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rockaway | #102 | A | C− | A+ | B | A |
| Boonton Township | #73 | A | C− | A+ | A− | A+ |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | #114 | A | D | B+ | A− | A+ |
| Morris Township | #200 | B+ | D | — | C+ | A+ |
Morris Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. White Meadow Lake isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Denville Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Denville Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Denville Township, NJ a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Denville Township grades A+ overall, better than 98% of U.S. towns and #12 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A+ for health, A+ for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Denville Township, NJ safe?
Yes, by national standards. Denville Township reports less crime per resident than 96% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade: 0 violent and 28 property crimes in 2025.
What is Denville Township, NJ known for?
15 notable people were born here, including Johnny Cardoso and Brian Tichy.