Green VillageNJ
A town of 1,130, settled in 1862.
Is Green Village a good place to live?
Green Village’s going rate for rent is $2,782 a month, above both New Jersey’s towns ($1,778 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Of the 469 New Jersey towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Green Village. 44% of the land in Green Village is conserved, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest park or preserve is Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, at 207 acres. We don’t grade Green Village yet; the figures below are still real.
1,130 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Green Village.
Green Village has set aside nearly a third of its land for conservation
Across 3 parks and preserves: 1.6 miles of trail. Green Village’s trail density stands at 0.7 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves in the town: 3, covering 395 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge | — | 207 |
| 2. Great Swamp Wilderness | — | 171 |
| 3. Fenske Property (Chatham Twp Open Space) | — | 17 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Green Village
July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Green Village has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Expected losses in Green Village break down as 81% from inland flooding and 6% from cold waves. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in nearly two thirds of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A job hub: Green Village has 1.4 jobs for every working resident and draws in 616 commuters
The typical household income for Green Village comes to $89,000. Jobs based in Green Village grew to 618 in 2023, 217 more than in 2013. The top destinations are New York (11%), Newark (5%) and Summit (4%). The median commute is under 13 miles.
| Green Village | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.5% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A smaller share of adults in Green Village have obesity than in the typical New Jersey or U.S. town
Only 9 of the 469 New Jersey towns we compare have a lower share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Green Village. Green Village: 15% of adults have been diagnosed with depression. Of 32 CDC measures, Green Village beats the New Jersey average on 23 and trails it on 1.
| Green Village | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 28% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6% | 11% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 36% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Green Village | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 3.1% | 9.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 4.8% | 14.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.2% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Green Village
Madison Square Garden and 534 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Green Village. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw25 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw24 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw26 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw27 mi BeachConey IslandPhoto credits
Madison 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
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Moving to Green Village: who provides what
Green Village is unincorporated, so Morris County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
2 miles of trails in Green Village
44.3% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
Colleges nearby
20 within 15 miles of the center of Green Village
About 10 of every 100 Green Village residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
About Green Village
Populated place in Morris County, New Jersey, US
Green Village is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) within Harding and Chatham townships in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 1,103. It is located just north of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge and is named after Ashbel Green, former president of Princeton University. In the Forbes magazine 2006 ranking of the Most Expensive ZIP Codes in the United States, Green Village was ranked as the 282nd most expensive in the country, with its median home sale price in 2005 of $777,465. As of 2021, the median home value within Green Village was $1,069,200.
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- Area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 246 ft
- ZIP code
- 07935
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