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For most people who can afford it, yes. Green Brook Township grades A− overall, 174th among New Jersey's 466 graded towns. The median household earns $208K and it reports less crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns. The trade-off is money: homes are expensive, about $696K for a typical one and 7 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Green Brook Township’s median household income is $208,000, above both the New Jersey town median ($113,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Green Brook Township is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Green Brook Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 94% of U.S. towns.
Where Green Brook Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Green Brook Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,217 in 1880, a low of 544 in 1930, 7,281 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1936 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Green Brook Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw30 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw28 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw30 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw26 mi BeachConey IslandMadison 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 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Green Brook 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 Brook Township.
Green Brook Township trades workers with New York City and other neighbors, is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey.
At 8.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 68% of New Jersey’s graded towns.
Green Brook Township’s property crime rate is 5.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Green Brook Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.2 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.1 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the Green Brook Township Public School District. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 404 | A− |
| Green Brook Middle SchoolTop results in townGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 304 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 67% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Against the 909 U.S. towns with household incomes like Green Brook Township’s, it is less healthy than 96%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Green Brook Township tracks New Jersey closely on all 32 CDC measures. 15% of Green Brook Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Green Brook Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 78% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 268 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Green Brook Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median rent in Green Brook Township is $2,115 a month. The typical Green Brook Township home is worth about $696,000, up 1.6% in a year, 21% above the New Jersey typical home. 93% of households own their home in Green Brook Township.
| Green Brook Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 93% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $2,115 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Green Brook Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 22° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Green Brook Township has about as many jobs (3,868) as working residents, but only 164 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Green Brook Township for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2013, Green Brook Township has added 654 jobs, to 3,868 in 2023. The top destinations are New York (7%), Bridgewater Township (4%) and Warren Township (3%).
| Green Brook Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.5% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
0.7 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Green Brook Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.4% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Top of the World Park | — | 8 |
| 2. Arthur L. Lewis Park | — | 4 |
| 3. Washington Rock State Park | 0.1 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
14 within 15 miles of the center of Green Brook Township
About 7 of every 100 Green Brook Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
2 places in Green Brook Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, US
Green Brook Township is a township in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is centrally located within the Raritan Valley region. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 7,281, an increase of 78 (+1.1%) from the 2010 census count of 7,203, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,549 (+27.4%) from the 5,654 counted in the 2000 census. What is now Green Brook was originally created as North Plainfield Township on April 2, 1872, from portions of Warren Township. Portions of the township were taken to form North Plainfield (June 9, 1885) and Watchung (March 23, 1926). Green Brook was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature o…
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8 towns share a border with Green Brook Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Brook Township | #174 | A− | D | A− | B+ | B+ |
| Middlesex | #188 | B+ | C− | A | B− | B+ |
| Dunellen | #421 | D | D | — | C+ | C |
| Watchung | #272 | B− | D− | C− | A− | A+ |
| Plainfield | #451 | D− | D | — | D− | C− |
| North Plainfield | #410 | D | D | C+ | C− | B− |
| Warren Township | #29 | A+ | D | A | A− | A+ |
| Martinsville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Dunellen and Plainfield report no FBI crime data of their own. Martinsville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Green Brook Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Green Brook Township grades A− overall, better than 76% of U.S. towns and #174 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B+ for health, A− for safety and B+ 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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