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For most people who can afford it, yes. Lyndhurst Township grades B overall, 236th of 466 graded towns in New Jersey. Few places in the country are easier to get around without a car. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 89% of the country and the median household earns $112K. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $652K for a typical one and 6.6 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Lyndhurst Township’s trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile, against 0.7 in New Jersey’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Lyndhurst Township has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them River Road School and Jacob W. Winkle House. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 78% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top.
Where Lyndhurst Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Lyndhurst Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 5%), so the B overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 957 in 1860, a low of 957 in 1860, 22,519 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lyndhurst Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw2 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw7 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw8 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw7 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw8 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw8 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumMetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lyndhurst 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 Lyndhurst Township.
Lyndhurst 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 mid-pack in New Jersey.
That puts Lyndhurst Township where New Jersey’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. 7.0 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Saw Mill Creek Wildlife Management Area, at 317 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Richard W. DeKorte Park | 3.9 mi | 286 |
| 2. Riverside County Park North | 1.2 mi | 44 |
| 3. Riverside County Park South | 1.2 mi | 22 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Lyndhurst Public School District. Two of its 10 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndhurst Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 610 | B− |
| Lyndhurst High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 841 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Within New Jersey it is healthier than 54% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
16% of Lyndhurst Township adults have been diagnosed with depression. Lyndhurst Township beats the New Jersey average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 27% of Lyndhurst Township adults have obesity.
| Lyndhurst Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 28% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.7% | 9.7% | 12% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Lyndhurst Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.8% | 9.6% |
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 8.7% | 10.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
452 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 116 properties have flooded more than once.
Since 1978, 452 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lyndhurst Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 11.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 55% of New Jersey’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 7 reported in 2025, 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
Lyndhurst Township’s violent crime rate is 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Lyndhurst Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 8 per 1,000 residents | 7.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Lyndhurst Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 24° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lyndhurst Township has about as many jobs (11,130) as working residents, but only 748 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Lyndhurst Township for work: only 7% work in town. Jobs based in Lyndhurst Township grew to 11,130 in 2023, 818 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in Lyndhurst Township is 29 minutes.
| Lyndhurst Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $112,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 14% | 17% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
60% of households own their home in Lyndhurst Township. Typical home values rose 4.5% in the year to September 2026.
| Lyndhurst Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 60% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,796 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (40% statewide). 42% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 44% across New Jersey.
| Lyndhurst Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 18% | 21% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 45% | 29% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women. Median age: women 42.8, men 38.7.
| Lyndhurst Township | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.6% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.5% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.7% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.5% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.8% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.5% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.7% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.7% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.7% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.7% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.4% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.2% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.8% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
125 within 15 miles of the center of Lyndhurst Township
About 5 of every 100 Lyndhurst Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
3 places in Lyndhurst Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
7 notable people were born in Lyndhurst Township.
Township in New Jersey
Lyndhurst is a township in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 22,519, an increase of 1,965 (+9.6%) from the 2010 census count of 20,554, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,171 (+6.0%) from the 19,383 counted in the 2000 census.
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6 towns share a border with Lyndhurst Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndhurst Township | #236 | B | D | B+ | C+ | A |
| Kearny | #383 | C− | D | — | C | B |
| North Arlington | #223 | B | D | B | B | A |
| Rutherford | #105 | A | D | B+ | A− | A+ |
| Secaucus | #294 | B− | D− | C− | B | A+ |
| Nutley Township | #149 | A− | D | A− | B+ | A+ |
| Belleville Township | #371 | C | D | C | C | A− |
Kearny reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Lyndhurst Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lyndhurst Township grades B overall, better than 62% of U.S. towns and #236 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A for health, B+ 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.
7 notable people were born here, including Melissa Fumero and Robert O'Brien.
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