Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 9,537, settled in 1851.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lopatcong Township grades B overall, 257th of 466 graded towns in New Jersey. It has 6 miles of trail. It reports less crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns. The trade-off is money: homes are expensive, about $358K for a typical one and 4.2 times the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income. Lopatcong Township’s average trip to work is 39 minutes, above both the New Jersey town median (30 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On history, just 50 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. Marble Hill Natural Resource Area, at 207 acres with 2.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Lopatcong Township beats most towns.
Where Lopatcong 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 Lopatcong Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,741 in 1860, a low of 766 in 1910, 8,776 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 5 maps from 1890 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lopatcong Township. Close and well known come first.
22 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
3 mi Park & preserveLehigh River
38 mi GardenDrew University
28 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
39 mi Stadium & arenaSHI Stadium
18 mi Stadium & arenaPPL CenterDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Drew University: CUBJONES83 (talk), Public domain · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · SHI Stadium: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lopatcong 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 Lopatcong Township.
Lopatcong Township sends many workers across the state line to New York City, reports less crime than Greenwich Township or any other graded neighbor and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey.
Its A− tops all 3 graded towns on its borders; Greenwich Township (C+) comes closest. At 8.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 68% of New Jersey’s graded towns.
Lopatcong Township’s property crime rate is 4.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Lopatcong Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.3 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the Phillipsburg School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Phillipsburg High School, with 1,750 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lopatcong Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 389 | B |
| Phillipsburg High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,750 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
5.5 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Lopatcong Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.7% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Marble Hill Natural Resource Area | 2.2 mi | 207 |
| 2. Lopatcong Park | 1.2 mi | 96 |
| 3. Port Warren Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
23% of working residents cross a state line to work, New York City among the top destinations. The average commute for its 4,148 working residents takes 39 minutes, against 30.5 across New Jersey.
Most working residents leave Lopatcong Township for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Lopatcong Township fell to 1,716 in 2023, 210 fewer than in 2013. The median household income in Lopatcong Township is $91,000.
| Lopatcong Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $91,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 74% of U.S. communities. Since 2004, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lopatcong Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 76% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
Lopatcong Township beats the New Jersey average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 19% of Lopatcong Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Lopatcong Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 28% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 22% | 25% |
| What stands out | Lopatcong Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.3% | 11.3% |
| More adults with depression | 18.5% | 15.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lopatcong Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 19° and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
People 65 and older are 25% of residents (17% statewide); children under 18 are 18% of residents (22% statewide). Lopatcong Township has grown 8.4% since 2020, to 9,537 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 41% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Lopatcong Township.
| Lopatcong Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 25% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 46.1 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 18% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 45% | 29% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Lopatcong Township | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.7% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.1% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.9% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.8% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.9% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.1% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.1% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 13.4% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.5% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.2% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.3% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.5% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.4% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
5 within 15 miles of the center of Lopatcong Township
About 5 of every 100 Lopatcong Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Township in Warren County, New Jersey, US
Lopatcong Township () is a township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 8,776, an increase of 762 (+9.5%) from the 2010 census count of 8,014, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,249 (+39.0%) from the 5,765 counted in the 2000 census.
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8 towns share a border with Lopatcong Township.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Greenwich Township (B−) comes closest. Phillipsburg next door grades lower for schools (C− to Lopatcong Township’s B) and higher for cost of living (C+ to D).
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lopatcong Township | #257 | B | D | A− | B | B+ |
| Phillipsburg | #420 | D | C+ | C+ | C− | C |
| Greenwich Township | #286 | B− | D | C+ | B+ | A |
| Harmony Township | #408 | C− | C− | — | C+ | B |
| Upper Stewartsville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pohatcong Township | #379 | C− | C− | C− | C | B+ |
Harmony Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Upper Stewartsville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lopatcong Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lopatcong Township grades B overall, better than 55% of U.S. towns and #257 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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