Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Netcong grades B+ overall, 183rd of 466 graded towns in New Jersey. Natural-hazard risk is low. Residents are healthier than 85% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and crime is low: it reports less per resident than 78% of U.S. towns. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $346K, 3.5 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 14% of residents are under 18 in Netcong, below both the New Jersey town median (21%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Netcong has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Palace Theatre. Only 8 of the 468 New Jersey towns we compare have a lower July high than Netcong.
Where Netcong beats most towns.
Where Netcong’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 Netcong is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 941 in 1900, 3,375 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1915 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Netcong. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw39 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw39 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw39 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw38 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumMadison 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 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Netcong, 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 Netcong.
Netcong carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of New Jersey (mostly inland flooding) and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Jersey; it also reports more crime than Roxbury Township and its other graded neighbors.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 98% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $150 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Netcong is 9 of 100. Since 1980, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Netcong.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Netcong School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netcong Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 295 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 53% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
26% of Netcong adults have obesity. Netcong beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 17% of Netcong adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Netcong | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 28% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Netcong | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More binge drinkers | 18.2% | 15.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Netcong is safe by national standards, yet each of the 3 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Roxbury Township (A−) to Stanhope (A). At 8.9 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 65% of New Jersey’s graded towns.
Netcong’s property crime rate is 2.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Netcong | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.2 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.5 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Jobs based here fell from 1,496 in 2013 to 1,076.
Most working residents leave Netcong for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Netcong has lost 420 jobs, to 1,076 in 2023. The top destinations are New York (5%), Roxbury Township (5%) and Mount Olive Township (5%).
| Netcong | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $84,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.7% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Netcong has chilly winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 18° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Children under 18 are 14% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (40% statewide). Netcong has grown 16% since 2020, to 3,924 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 37% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Netcong.
| Netcong | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45.1 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 45% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.2 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Netcong | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.9% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 4.3% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.1% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.9% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.5% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.5% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 21.7% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.9% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.2% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.2% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.9% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.2% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.3% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 32.9% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.4% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,900, single groups can be off by several points
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
5 within 15 miles of the center of Netcong
About 5 of every 100 Netcong residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
2 places in Netcong on the National Register of Historic Places.
Borough in Morris County, New Jersey, US
Netcong is a borough in southwestern Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,375, an increase of 143 (+4.4%) from the 2010 census count of 3,232, which in turn reflected an increase of 652 (+25.3%) from the 2,580 counted in the 2000 census. Netcong lies on the shores of Lake Musconetcong. Established as South Stanhope by workers employed as miners in Stanhope, the name "Netcong" was adopted for the community in 1889 when a post office used the name. Netcong was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on October 23, 1894, from portions of both Mount Olive Township and Roxbury Township, based…
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4 towns share a border with Netcong.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its B+; Roxbury Township (A−) is closest.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netcong | #183 | B+ | C− | A− | B− | A |
| Stanhope | #124 | A | C− | A | B− | A |
| Mount Olive Township | #87 | A | C− | A | B+ | A |
| Roxbury Township | #157 | A− | D | A− | B− | A |
| Port Morris | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Port Morris isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Netcong with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Netcong grades B+ overall, better than 74% of U.S. towns and #183 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A for health, A− for safety and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $346,000, 40% below the New Jersey typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
2 notable people were born here, including Hugh Allen Meade and John Giannantonio.
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