Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Jamesburg grades B+ overall, 199th of 466 graded towns in New Jersey. The median household earns $111K. Crime is low: it reports less per resident than 86% of U.S. towns. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $456K, 4.6 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Jamesburg is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 90% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 9 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. Jamesburg's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 89% of U.S. towns.
Where Jamesburg beats most towns.
Where Jamesburg’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 Jamesburg is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 681 in 1880, 5,783 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1923 and 7 maps from 1888 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Jamesburg. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw39 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw29 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw37 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw39 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a yearMadison 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 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Jamesburg, 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 Jamesburg.
Jamesburg sees little violent crime, has commutes shorter than most of New Jersey and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey.
Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2025, 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
Jamesburg’s level of property crime stands at 4.4 per 1,000 residents. In Jamesburg, the rate of reported violence is 0.3 per 1,000 residents, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 0.7 and U.S. towns at 1.6.
| Jamesburg | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.4 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by the Jamesburg Public School District. The 2 public schools in Jamesburg teach 694 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 477 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
The average commute for its 2,993 working residents takes 22.4 minutes, against 30.5 across New Jersey.
Commuting out is the norm in Jamesburg: 5% of working residents work locally. In Jamesburg, the average trip to work is 22 minutes, below both New Jersey’s towns (30 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jamesburg: 2.8% of residents live below the poverty line. Also worth knowing: jobs based in the town fell to 1,964 in 2023, 201 fewer than in 2013.
| Jamesburg | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $111,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 68% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Against the 7,002 U.S. towns with household incomes like Jamesburg’s, it is healthier than 53%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
In Jamesburg, 16% of adults report frequent mental distress. Of 32 CDC measures, Jamesburg beats the New Jersey average on 3 and trails it on 2. Among adults in the town, 35% feel lonely and 39% sleep under 7 hours.
| Jamesburg | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 36% |
| What stands out | Jamesburg | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.6% | 3.1% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.7% | 5.6% |
| More adults with obesity | 33.2% | 28.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Jamesburg, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 32 of 100. Since 1979, 36 flood insurance claims have been paid out locally. 64% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 6%. Federal aid has come to Jamesburg households in 8 declared disasters; the latest was in 2021.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In July, afternoons reach 87°; in January, nights fall to 23°, and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Values rose 2.4% in the 12 months to September 2026. In Jamesburg, the median rent is $1,957 a month. A home in Jamesburg typically sold within 50 days of listing.
| Jamesburg | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,957 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
9 within 15 miles of the center of Jamesburg
About 5 of every 100 Jamesburg residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, US
Jamesburg is a borough in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 5,783, a decrease of 132 (−2.2%) from the 2010 census count of 5,915, which in turn reflected a decline of 110 (−1.8%) from the 6,025 counted in the 2000 census.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Jamesburg grades B+ overall, better than 71% of U.S. towns and #199 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B+ for health, A for safety and C+ 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.
2 notable people were born here, including Frankie Hayes and Thomas S. Timberman.
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