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A town of 17,133, settled in 1828.
Few places in the country grade higher. New Milford earns an A, 67th of 466 graded towns in New Jersey. It is healthier than 95% of U.S. towns, it reports less crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, and the median household earns $115K. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $738K, 7.4 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. New Milford is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 97% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 51 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. New Milford has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Jacobus DesMarest House and Demarest-Bloomer House.
Where New Milford beats most towns.
Where New Milford’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 New Milford is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 5%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 860 in 1900, a low of 860 in 1900, 16,923 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Milford. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw12 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw11 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaYankee StadiumCentral Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 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 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in New Milford, 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 New Milford.
New Milford sends most of its workers to New York City and beyond and sees little violent crime, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
14% of New Milford adults have been diagnosed with depression, against 16% in New Jersey’s towns and 23% across U.S. towns. 25% of New Milford adults have obesity. New Milford beats the New Jersey average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| New Milford | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.2% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | New Milford | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.9% | 14.3% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.9% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the New Milford Public School District. Two of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is New Milford High School, with 584 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| David E. Owens Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 523 | B |
| New Milford High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 584 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Violent crime is rare: 4 reported in 2025, 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
At 0.2 per 1,000 residents, New Milford’s violent crime rate is where New Jersey’s towns sit at 0.7 and U.S. towns at 1.6. The property crime rate in New Milford is 4.7 per 1,000 residents.
| New Milford | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.7 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
New Milford has 2,223 jobs for its 8,505 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave New Milford for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in New Milford grew to 2,223 in 2023, 218 more than in 2013. 4.2% of residents live below the poverty line in New Milford.
| New Milford | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $115,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 17% | 16% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical home values rose 11% in the year to September 2026. New Milford’s median rent is $1,765 a month.
| New Milford | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 61% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,765 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
New Milford has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 23° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Warren Street Park | — | 2 |
| 2. New Bridge Landing | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
753 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 144 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 753 flood insurance claims have been paid out in New Milford.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New Jersey average. 47% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 44% across New Jersey.
| New Milford | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 47% | 45% | 29% |
| Median age | 39.6 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 22% | 21% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 18% | 18% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.9 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women. Median age: women 39.9, men 39.5.
| New Milford | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.4% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.9% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.1% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.7% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.3% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.6% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.9% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.2% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.8% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.6% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 32.4% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
99 within 15 miles of the center of New Milford
About 5 of every 100 New Milford residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
2 places in New Milford on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 notable people were born in New Milford.
Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, US
New Milford is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 16,923, an increase of 582 (+3.6%) from the 2010 census count of 16,341, which in turn reflected a decline of 59 (−0.4%) from the 16,400 counted in the 2000 census. New Milford was authorized to be incorporated as a borough on March 11, 1922, from what remained of Palisades Township, subject to approval in a referendum (which took place on April 18, 1922). With the creation of New Milford, Palisades Township (which had been created in 1871) was dissolved. The borough is believed to have been named for Milford, Pennsylvania.
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5 towns share a border with New Milford.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Milford | #67 | A | D | A | A− | A |
| River Edge | #33 | A+ | D | A− | A | A+ |
| Bergenfield | #109 | A | D | A+ | B | A |
| Oradell | #1 | A+ | D | A+ | A | A+ |
| Teaneck Township | #201 | B+ | D | B+ | C+ | A |
| Dumont | #35 | A+ | D | A | A− | A |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. New Milford grades A overall, better than 92% of U.S. towns and #67 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.
5 notable people were born here, including Chris Mañon and Rob McClure.
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