#T1Fair Haven
Monmouth County · 6,096 peopleMedian household income·1.1% in poverty
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Fair Haven, #1 on this list · Photo: BetaMuKappa · CC BY-SA 4.0Fair Haven (tied with 7 more) has the highest median household income of New Jersey’s 468 towns of 2,500+: $250,000+ a year (Census ACS 2020–2024). The typical town here is at $113,332; 297 of the 468 top $100,000.
Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024: median household income. Each figure is an estimate with a margin of error (in the row); towns whose ranges overlap may not truly differ. The survey reports incomes over $250,000 only as “$250,000+”. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#T1Median household income·1.1% in poverty
Median household income·1.1% in poverty
#T1Median household income·0.0% in poverty
Median household income, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 10 towns here).
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Fair Haven (Monmouth County): its median household income is $250,000+. Glen Ridge ($250,000+) and Ho-Ho-Kus ($250,000+) follow.
By median household income in the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T), including every town at the survey’s $250,000+ ceiling. How grades work.
The list covers the towns of 2,500+ that TownRatings grades with an ACS income figure (468 in New Jersey). Smaller towns show their income on their own page. Every town is on the New Jersey page.
Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.