SewarenNJ
A town of 3,248, settled in 1884.
Is Sewaren a good place to live?
Of the 469 New Jersey towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Sewaren. Sewaren’s average trip to work is 35 minutes, above both the New Jersey town median (30 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The biggest park or preserve is Alvin P. Williams Memorial Park, at 36 acres. We don’t grade Sewaren yet; the figures below are still real.
Sewaren lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 20% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Madison Square Garden and 542 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sewaren. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw23 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw15 mi BeachConey Island
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw21 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw17 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumPhoto credits
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 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Sewaren: who provides what
Sewaren is unincorporated, so Middlesex County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sewaren.
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Sewaren
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 82% of U.S. communities. Since 1983, 67 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Sewaren.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Sewaren’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Sewaren for work: only 0% work in town. Jobs based in Sewaren fell to 213 in 2023, 230 fewer than in 2013. 4.7% of Sewaren residents live below the poverty line, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 6.1% and U.S. towns at 9.6%.
| Sewaren | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $109,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Sewaren has four seasons and pleasant summers
Sewaren has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 26° and about 32 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Sewaren is
Sewaren beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of Sewaren adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Sewaren | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Sewaren | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with obesity | 33.3% | 28.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Sewaren’s typical home value is about $534K
The typical Sewaren home is worth about $534,000, up 4% in a year, 7% below the New Jersey typical home. The median rent in Sewaren is $1,387 a month.
| Sewaren | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,387 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 71% | 77% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
5.2% of Sewaren is conserved land
0.4 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Sewaren’s trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Sewaren | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.2% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alvin P. Williams Memorial Park | 0.3 mi | 36 |
| 2. Woodbridge Dog Park | 0.1 mi | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Sewaren
Colleges nearby
21 within 15 miles of the center of Sewaren
About 10 of every 100 Sewaren residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
100% of working residents leave Sewaren for work
Where Sewaren’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Sewaren
Populated place in Middlesex County, New Jersey, US
Sewaren (pronounced SEE-waren) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) within Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP's population was 2,885. PSE&G's Sewaren Generating Station is a 538-megawatt facility on 152 acres (62 ha) along the Arthur Kill. The facility had five steam generators and one combustion turbine. Four of the steam units were installed during and just after World War II, from 1942 to 1951. Generator 5, which included a gas/oil-fired boiler and two turbine generators, came down in 2002. Seawaren Unit #7 was installed in 2018, 538 MW, combined cycle combustion turbine, with one combustion turbine…
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- Area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 16 ft
- ZIP code
- 07077
Sewaren’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Sewaren.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewaren | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Woodbridge Township | #277 | B− | D− | — | C+ | A− |
| Perth Amboy | #436 | D | D | C | C− | C− |
| Port Reading | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Woodbridge Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Sewaren and Port Reading aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Sewaren with a neighbor →
Questions about Sewaren
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sewaren, NJ a good place to live?
We don’t grade Sewaren yet; the figures below are still real.