Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Frenchtown’s best subject grades are an A+ for safety and an A for walkability and health; its weakest is a D for cost of living. On safety, just 27 of New Jersey’s 359 towns do better. 52% of households own their home in Frenchtown, against 77% in New Jersey’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. Frenchtown’s trail density is 6.8 miles per square mile, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 0.7 and U.S. towns at 0.4. No town in New Jersey scores higher than Frenchtown on the outdoors. Frenchtown has 1 place on the National Register. Frenchtown has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Frenchtown beats most towns.
Where Frenchtown’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 Frenchtown is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 912 in 1870, 1,370 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1873 and 6 maps from 1890 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Frenchtown. Close and well known come first.
Big draw32 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
Big draw39 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
40 mi MuseumPhiladelphia Museum of Art437K visitors a year
39 mi MuseumUSS Olympia
25 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
37 mi GardenDrew UniversityLynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain · Philadelphia Museum of Art: Unknown, Public domain · USS Olympia: 颐园居, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Drew University: CUBJONES83 (talk), Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Frenchtown, 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 Frenchtown.
Frenchtown’s property crime rate is 2 per 1,000 residents.
| Frenchtown | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the Frenchtown Borough School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchtown ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 97 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Frenchtown beats the New Jersey average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 18% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Frenchtown.
| Frenchtown | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 28% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 36% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 25% |
| What stands out | Frenchtown | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 11.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.7% | 14.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Frenchtown for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Frenchtown is 31 minutes. Since 2013, Frenchtown has lost 28 jobs, to 469 in 2023.
| Frenchtown | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $98,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.7% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 78% of U.S. communities. Since 1984, 92 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Frenchtown.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
8.2 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park, at 162 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Frenchtown Preserve | 7.1 mi | 147 |
| 2. Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park | — | 162 |
| 3. Frenchtown Park | 0.1 mi | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Frenchtown has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 20° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Children under 18 are 26% of residents (22% statewide). Frenchtown has grown 9.2% since 2020, to 1,500 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 52% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 44% across New Jersey.
| Frenchtown | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 26% | 21% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 18% | 18% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Frenchtown | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.9% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.6% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.2% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.9% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.1% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.6% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.9% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.8% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.1% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.1% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.6% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.7% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 31.7% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19.8% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
The typical Frenchtown home is worth about $588,000, up 2.9% in a year, close to the New Jersey typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2 within 15 miles of the center of Frenchtown
About 3 of every 100 Frenchtown residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
3 notable people were born in Frenchtown.
Borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, US
Frenchtown is a borough in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Frenchtown is located along the banks of the Delaware River on the Hunterdon Plateau, 32 miles (51 km) northwest of the state capital of Trenton. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,370, a decrease of three people (−0.2%) from the 2010 census count of 1,373, which in turn reflected a decline of 115 (−7.7%) from the 1,488 counted in the 2000 census.
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3 towns share a border with Frenchtown.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchtown | — | — | D | A+ | C+ | A |
| Alexandria Township | #331 | C+ | C | — | B− | A |
| Kingwood Township | #232 | B | D | — | B | A |
Frenchtown has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Alexandria Township and Kingwood Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Frenchtown with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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.
3 notable people were born here, including Harvey Spencer Lewis and John Linus McAtee.
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