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Fredon Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, ranked 166th of 466 in New Jersey, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $143K. It also does better than most on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 80% of the country. A typical home there costs about $458K, 4.6 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 30% of the land in Fredon Township is conserved, against 11% in New Jersey’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. On cost of living, just 8 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Paulinskill River Wildlife Management Area, at 361 acres.
Where Fredon Township beats most towns.
Where Fredon 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 Fredon Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 150 in 1870, a low of 150 in 1870, 3,235 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 4 maps from 1891 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fredon Township. Close and well known come first.
39 mi Stadium & arenaPrudential Center
10 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
27 mi GardenDrew University
40 mi Stadium & arenaSHI Stadium
22 mi MountainHigh Point
9 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a yearPrudential Center: Jim.henderson, Public domain · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Drew University: CUBJONES83 (talk), Public domain · SHI Stadium: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · High Point: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fredon 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 Fredon Township.
Fredon Township carries less natural-hazard risk than most of New Jersey (mostly inland flooding) and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Jersey.
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 61% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Against the 3,327 U.S. towns with household incomes like Fredon Township’s, it is less healthy than 68%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
19% of Fredon Township adults have been diagnosed with depression, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 23%. 28% of adults have obesity in Fredon Township. Fredon Township beats the New Jersey average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5.
| Fredon Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Fredon Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.3% | 11.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.9% | 14.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Fredon Township School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fredon Township SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 203 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
6.1 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lodestar Park | 1.3 mi | 65 |
| 2. Paulinskill River Wildlife Management Area | — | 361 |
| 3. Windy Orchard | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Fredon Township for work: only 6% work in town. The average trip to work in Fredon Township is 37 minutes. Jobs based in Fredon Township grew to 995 in 2023, 205 more than in 2013.
| Fredon Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 37 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $143,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 16% | 17% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.5% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 87% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $413 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
Fredon Township’s FEMA risk score is 22 of 100. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Fredon Township since 2011.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fredon Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 18° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (21% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (40% statewide). 49% of Fredon Township adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Fredon Township has grown 2.9% since 2020, to 3,332 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Fredon Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.6 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 49% | 45% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 18% | 18% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Fredon Township | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.9% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.5% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.1% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.7% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17.9% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.2% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.8% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.2% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.6% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.8% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.5% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.4% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 22.5% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,300, single groups can be off by several points
2 within 15 miles of the center of Fredon Township
About 4 of every 100 Fredon Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Township in Sussex County, New Jersey, US
Fredon Township ( FREE-dən) is a township in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 3,235, a decrease of 202 (−5.9%) from the 2010 census count of 3,437, which in turn reflected an increase of 577 (+20.2%) from the 2,860 counted in the 2000 census. In 1800, Isaac V. Coursen named the Stillwater Township area "Coursen's Corners" after establishing a post office in his store, the Coursen House, but changed the name to Fredon Village before his death in 1855. Stillwater Township's Bicentennial Committee obtained information from the Postmaster General which "states that 'Fredon' is derived from the German word "fredoni…
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5 towns share a border with Fredon Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fredon Township | #166 | A− | B− | — | B− | A− |
| Stillwater Township | #292 | B− | C | — | B | A− |
| Hampton Township | #309 | B− | C− | — | B− | A− |
| Newton | #362 | C | C− | B | C+ | B |
| Andover Township | #107 | A | C− | A+ | B+ | A |
| Green Township | #147 | A− | C+ | — | A− | A |
Fredon Township, Stillwater Township, Hampton Township and Green Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fredon Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Fredon Township grades A− overall, better than 78% of U.S. towns and #166 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A− for health and B− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
