Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
11,457 people live in this town, settled in 1928. A regional job hub with 16,096 jobs.
Trash & recyclingEast Hanover Township’s strongest subject is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 97% of the country. With a B+ overall, East Hanover Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns. The ranking puts it 190th of 466 in New Jersey. It also does well on incomes — the median household earns $150K. What holds it back is cost of living (D−): the typical home is worth about $856K, 8.6 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. The town has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them First Presbyterian Church of Hanover and Ellis Cook House. Its median rent is $2,711 a month, against $1,778 a month in New Jersey’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. This New Jersey town is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places.
Where East Hanover Township beats most towns.
Where East Hanover Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far East Hanover Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 946 in 1930, 11,105 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 8 maps from 1888 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Hanover Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw21 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw20 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw21 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw20 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 East Hanover 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 East Hanover Township.
East Hanover Township draws workers from Parsippany-Troy Hills Township and beyond, but it reports more crime than Hanover Township and its other graded neighbors and has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New Jersey.
Its widest gap with New Jersey is food insecurity: 6.9% of its 9,102 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.3% statewide.
The share of adults in East Hanover Township who sleep under 7 hours: 32%. CDC measures, 32 in all: East Hanover Township beats New Jersey on 17 and trails on 1. In East Hanover Township, 12% of adults report frequent mental distress, and 15% have been diagnosed with depression.
| East Hanover Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | East Hanover Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.9% | 14.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6% | 12.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its A− for schools comes with a D− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $856K.
The largest public high school is Hanover Park High School, with 706 students. The East Hanover Township School District runs its public schools. Of its 5 schools, three are listed below, each with the reason.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 2–5 | Grades 2–5 | 439 | B+ |
| Hanover Park High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 706 | A− |
| East Hanover Middle SchoolTop results in townGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 325 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
16,096 jobs are based in East Hanover Township, 2.9 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Half commute less than 10 miles. In East Hanover Township, 2.3% of residents live below the poverty line. Only just over a tenth of working residents stay in East Hanover Township for work; the rest commute out. Its mean commuting time comes in at 25 minutes.
| East Hanover Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $150,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.3% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 8.6 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $856K) costs more against local pay than in 83% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
A typical home in East Hanover Township is worth about $856,000, up 5% in a year, 49% above the New Jersey typical home. For households here, the share who are owner-occupiers is 92%.
| East Hanover Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,711 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 92% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In East Hanover Township, the density of trails is 0.8 miles per square mile. Count the trails in 6 parks and preserves and they come to 6.8 miles. Also worth knowing: the biggest place to walk is Troy Meadows, 541 acres with 2.2 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Troy Meadows | 2.2 mi | 541 |
| 2. Joseph G. Lurker Memorial Park | 0.8 mi | 30 |
| 3. Black Meadows Preserve | — | 52 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
89 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 10 properties have flooded more than once.
Federal disaster aid has reached households in East Hanover Township after 12 declared disasters, most recently in 2021. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 70% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims here since 1978: 89. FEMA puts four fifths of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 6% to earthquakes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In July, afternoons reach 86°; in January, nights fall to 22°, and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
East Hanover Township is safe by national standards, yet each of the 4 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Hanover Township (B) to West Caldwell Township (A−). At 18.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 67% of New Jersey’s graded towns.
East Hanover Township’s violent crime rate stands at 0.4 per 1,000 residents. Its property crime rate comes in at 20 per 1,000 residents.
| East Hanover Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 20 per 1,000 residents | 7.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.4 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
25 within 15 miles of the center of East Hanover Township
About 5 of every 100 East Hanover Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
3 places in East Hanover Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Morris County, New Jersey, US
East Hanover Township is a township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 11,105, a decrease of 52 (−0.5%) from the 2010 census count of 11,157, which in turn reflected a decline of 236 (−2.1%) from the 11,393 counted in the 2000 census. Located between the Passaic and Whippany rivers, East Hanover shares a border with four Essex County municipalities; but only has roadways that connect the township with neighboring Livingston and Roseland. East Hanover is notably home to the North American headquarters of Mondelez International (parent company of Nabisco) and the pharmaceutical company Novartis.
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10 towns share a border with East Hanover Township.
All 6 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its B+; Hanover Township (A−) is closest.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Hanover Township | #190 | B+ | D− | B− | A− | A+ |
| Hanover Township | #169 | A− | D− | B | B+ | A+ |
| Pine Brook | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Livingston Township | #39 | A+ | D | B+ | A | A+ |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | #114 | A | D | B+ | A− | A+ |
| Montville Township | #112 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
| West Caldwell Township | #69 | A | D | A− | A− | A+ |
| Roseland | #96 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
Montville Township and Roseland report no FBI crime data of their own. Pine Brook isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare East Hanover Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. East Hanover Township grades B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns and #190 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A+ for health, B− for safety and A− 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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