SewarenNJ
Population 3,248: a town 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 commute 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 City parkCentral 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.
Natural hazards: very low risk in Sewaren, mostly inland flooding
The natural-hazard score from FEMA in Sewaren is 18 of 100. The national flood insurance program has paid 67 claims here since 1983. Expected losses in Sewaren break down as 43% from inland flooding and 20% from coastal flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Sewaren’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.1 jobs for each of them
The share of residents in Sewaren who live below the poverty line: 4.7%. The town had 213 jobs in 2023, down 230 from 2013. The top destinations are Woodbridge Township (18%), New York (8%) and Edison Township (6%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 11 miles.
| 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
In Sewaren, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 86°; in January, nights fall 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
Just over one in ten adults report frequent physical distress in Sewaren. Among adults here, 39% sleep under 7 hours and 34% feel lonely.
| 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
A home in Sewaren is worth about $534K, on Zillow’s estimate
Sewaren’s rent at the middle of the market stands at $1,387 a month. Home values are up 4% over the year to September 2026. 71% of Sewaren households are owner-occupiers.
| 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
Sewaren keeps 5.2% of its land conserved
Sewaren’s trail network density comes in at 0.2 miles per square mile. Trails total 0.4 miles in 2 parks and preserves.
| 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.