Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Green Township's standout: it has 17 miles of trail. Overall it grades A−, ranked 147th of 466 in New Jersey. It is healthier than 90% of U.S. towns and the median household earns $142K. 24% of the land in Green Township is conserved, above both New Jersey’s towns (11%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 28 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score higher on cost of living. The biggest place to walk is Allamuchy Mountain State Park, 221 acres with 1.2 miles of trail.
Where Green Township beats most towns.
Where Green 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 Green Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 801 in 1830, a low of 454 in 1920, 3,627 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1988 and 6 maps from 1888 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Green Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
38 mi Stadium & arenaSports Illustrated Stadium
37 mi Stadium & arenaPrudential Center
7 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
25 mi GardenDrew University
40 mi Stadium & arenaMeadowlands ArenaMetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Sports Illustrated Stadium: Sam Szapucki, CC BY 2.0 · Prudential Center: Jim.henderson, Public domain · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Drew University: CUBJONES83 (talk), Public domain · Meadowlands Arena: Heath Brandon, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Green 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 Green Township.
Green Township has better schools than Andover Township or any other neighbor, has more than doubled its jobs in ten years and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Jersey.
Within New Jersey it is healthier than 57% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Its widest gap with New Jersey is food insecurity: 9.1% of its 13,071 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.3% statewide.
27% of Green Township adults have obesity, below both the New Jersey town median (28%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). 19% of Green Township adults have been diagnosed with depression. Green Township beats the New Jersey average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Green Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 28% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 9.7% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 25% |
| What stands out | Green Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.1% | 14.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.3% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.2% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its A− is the best School Grade on its borders; Andover Township (B+) is next.
Its public schools are run by the Green Township School District. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Hills SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 414 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
The trail density in Green Township is 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dark Moon Preserve | 1.9 mi | 83 |
| 2. Allamuchy Mountain State Park | 1.2 mi | 221 |
| 3. Evergreen Park | 0.2 mi | 38 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Jobs based here grew from 314 in 2013 to 867.
Most working residents leave Green Township for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Green Township has added 553 jobs, to 867 in 2023. Green Township’s average trip to work is 30 minutes.
| Green Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $142,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Green Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 58% of U.S. communities. Since 2011, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Green Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Green Township
About 6 of every 100 Green Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Township in Sussex County, New Jersey, US
Green Township 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 3,627, an increase of 26 (+0.7%) from the 2010 census count of 3,601, which in turn reflected increase of 381 (+11.8%) from the 3,220 counted in the 2000 census.
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4 towns share a border with Green Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Township | #147 | A− | C+ | — | A− | A |
| Frelinghuysen Township | — | — | D | — | C+ | A |
| Andover Township | #107 | A | C− | A+ | B+ | A |
| Fredon Township | #166 | A− | B− | — | B− | A− |
| Allamuchy Township | #350 | C | D | — | C | A |
Frelinghuysen Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Green Township, Frelinghuysen Township, Fredon Township and Allamuchy Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Green Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Green Township grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #147 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A for health and A− 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 C+.
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