Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Sandyston Township’s subject grades are an A− for health, an A+ for the outdoors, and an A for civic life; the weakest is a C− for walkability. On walkability, just 13 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. 75% of the land in Sandyston Township is conserved, above both New Jersey’s towns (11%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Stokes State Forest, at 11,137 acres with 45.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Only 29 of New Jersey’s 527 towns score higher on civic life. Sandyston Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Sandyston Township beats most towns.
Peters Valley Historic District
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1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Sandyston Township is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sandyston Township. Close and well known come first.
37 mi GardenDrew University
11 mi MountainHigh Point
2 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
22 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
26 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
16 mi Ski areaMountain Creek44 runs · 1,001 ft verticalDrew University: CUBJONES83 (talk), Public domain · High Point: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Mountain Creek: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sandyston 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 Sandyston Township.
62 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Sandyston Township’s trail density is 1.5 miles per square mile, above both the New Jersey town median (0.7) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Stokes State Forest | 45.3 mi | 11,137 |
| 2. Flatbrook Wildlife Management Area | 5.3 mi | 1,978 |
| 3. Hainesville Wildlife Management Area | — | 65 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandyston Walpack Consolidated SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 130 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Sandyston Township beats the New Jersey average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 27% of Sandyston Township adults have obesity.
| Sandyston Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 28% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Sandyston Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.2% | 14.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.6% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Sandyston Township for work: only 6% work in town. Sandyston Township’s average trip to work is 33 minutes. Jobs based in Sandyston Township fell to 346 in 2023, 85 fewer than in 2013.
| Sandyston Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.9% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $104,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 12% | 16% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
97% of households own their home in Sandyston Township. The typical Sandyston Township home is worth about $412,000, up 0.8% in a year, 28% below the New Jersey typical home. The median rent in Sandyston Township is $1,750 a month.
| Sandyston Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 97% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,750 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 69% of U.S. communities. Since 2005, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Sandyston Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Sandyston Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sandyston Township
About 5 of every 100 Sandyston Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
74.7% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
Township in Sussex County, New Jersey, US
Sandyston Township is a small rural township in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located in the northwestern part of the state near the Pennsylvania border. The township is surrounded by and part of many national and state parks. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,977, a decrease of 21 (−1.1%) from the 2010 census count of 1,998, which in turn reflected an increase of 173 (+9.5%) from the 1,825 counted in the 2000 census. Sandyston's growth in recent years has been attributed to the influx of people from more urban parts of the state and even New York City, located less than 75 miles (121 km) away. New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked San…
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5 towns share a border with Sandyston Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandyston Township | — | — | C | — | B− | A− |
| Frankford Township | #319 | C+ | C− | — | B− | A− |
| Montague Township | #352 | C | C | — | C+ | A− |
| Walpack Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Sandyston Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Sandyston Township, Frankford Township and Montague Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Walpack Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Sandyston Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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