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Little Silver is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, 20th among New Jersey's 466 graded towns. On CDC health estimates it is near the top nationally, the median household earns $241K, and its schools rank ahead of 93% of New Jersey towns. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $1.2 million for a typical one and 12.1 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 81% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Little Silver, against 45% in New Jersey’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Little Silver is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 96% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Little Silver Station and St. John's Episcopal Church.
Where Little Silver beats most towns.
Little Silver Station| Widest gap | Little Silver | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 4.4% | 14.3% |
Its founding year, 1663, comes before those of 98% of the New Jersey towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 1,109 in 1930, 6,131 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1875 and 6 maps from 1888 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Little Silver is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Little Silver. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw31 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw17 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw30 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw31 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 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Little Silver, 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 Little Silver.
Little Silver has schools in the top 5% of New Jersey and has less food insecurity than most of New Jersey, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New Jersey.
At 12.1 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $1.2M) costs more against local pay than in 94% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. Home values rose 54% in five years, to about $1.2M, against 35% across New Jersey.
The median rent in Little Silver is $3,501 a month. Typical home values rose 16% in the year to September 2026.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A ranks #16 of the 465 New Jersey towns we grade for schools. Its A for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.2M.
Its public schools are run by the Red Bank Regional School District. Three of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Red Bank Regional High School, with 1,261 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point Road SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 397 | A+ |
| Red Bank Regional High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,261 | B |
| Markham Place SchoolTop results in townGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 309 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New Jersey is food insecurity: 4.4% of its 4,588 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.3% statewide. Against the 494 U.S. towns with household incomes like Little Silver’s, it is healthier than 83%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
24% of adults feel lonely in Little Silver. Among 468 New Jersey towns, just 9 have a lower share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Little Silver. 11% of adults report frequent mental distress in Little Silver.
| Little Silver | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 36% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 23% |
| What stands out | Little Silver | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 4.4% | 14.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
3.4 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. Little Silver’s trail density is 1.0 miles per square mile.
| Little Silver | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.0 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.1% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sickles Park | 0.5 mi | 9 |
| 2. Little Silver Gazebo Park | — | 9 |
| 3. Dominick F. Santelle Park and Boat Ramp | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Reported crimes fell from 51 to 23 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Little Silver has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 26° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
345 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 25 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 67% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 345 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Little Silver.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Little Silver has about as many jobs (2,237) as working residents, but only 189 people both live and work here. 31.9% of workers work from home, against 16.8% across New Jersey.
1.2% of Little Silver residents live below the poverty line. Only 10 of the 468 New Jersey towns we compare have a higher median household income than Little Silver. Jobs based in Little Silver grew to 2,237 in 2023, 188 more than in 2013.
| Little Silver | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $241,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 1.2% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
4 within 15 miles of the center of Little Silver
About 4 of every 100 Little Silver residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
4 places in Little Silver on the National Register of Historic Places.
Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, US
Little Silver is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,131, an increase of 181 (+3.0%) from the 2010 census count of 5,950, which in turn reflected a drop of 220 (−3.6%) from the 6,170 counted in the 2000 census. Little Silver was established with a King's land grant in 1663 and settled in 1667. Little Silver was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 19, 1923, from portions of Shrewsbury Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 28, 1923.
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5 towns share a border with Little Silver.
At #20 in NJ, it grades higher overall than all 5 graded towns on its borders; Monmouth Beach (A+) comes closest.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Silver | #20 | A+ | D | A | A | A+ |
| Red Bank | #323 | C+ | D− | B− | C | A− |
| Oceanport | #91 | A | D | A | A− | A+ |
| Shrewsbury | #185 | B+ | D | C+ | A− | A |
| Rumson | #44 | A | D | — | A+ | A+ |
| Monmouth Beach | #34 | A+ | D | A+ | A− | A+ |
Rumson reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Little Silver with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Little Silver grades A+ overall, better than 98% of U.S. towns and #20 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A+ for health, A for safety and A 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 Susan Love and Frank E. Eulner.
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