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For most people who can afford it, yes. Verona Township grades A overall, 68th among New Jersey's 466 graded towns. It is among the healthiest towns in the country on CDC estimates. The median household earns $162K and crime is low: it reports less per resident than 86% of U.S. towns. The trade-off is money: homes are expensive, about $758K for a typical one and 7.6 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Verona Township’s density of trails is 3.9 miles per square mile, above both New Jersey’s towns (0.7) and U.S. towns (0.4). Verona Township is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. Verona Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 87% of U.S. towns.
Where Verona Township beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Verona Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.4% | 14.3% |
Census counts: 1,675 in 1910, 14,556 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1943 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Verona Township is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Verona Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw15 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw14 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw15 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw15 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumMadison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Verona 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 Verona Township.
Verona Township has less food insecurity than most of New Jersey and has seen reported crime fall by about half, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New Jersey.
Count the trails in 5 parks and preserves and they come to 11 miles. The biggest place to walk is Hilltop Reservation, 104 acres with 3.6 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hilltop Reservation | 3.6 mi | 104 |
| 2. Verona Park | 3.1 mi | 41 |
| 3. Eagle Rock Reservation | 2.1 mi | 56 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Three of the 10 schools are below, and why each made the list. The Verona Public School District runs its public schools. Public school enrollment in Verona Township: 872 students across 4 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry B. Whitehorne Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 702 | B+ |
| Verona High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 593 | B+ |
| Forest Avenue SchoolTop results in townGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 230 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New Jersey is food insecurity: 6.4% of its 11,319 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.3% statewide.
Against the New Jersey average, Verona Township comes out ahead on 23 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 1. 13% of Verona Township adults report frequent mental distress, below both the New Jersey town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (17%). Verona Township: 31% of adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Verona Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 32% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.6% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Verona Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.4% | 14.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.4% | 12.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Reported crimes fell from 98 to 47 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2025, 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
The property offense rate for Verona Township comes to 3 per 1,000 residents. The level of violent crime for Verona Township comes to 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Verona Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most people who work leave Verona Township to do it: just 6% work in town. Nearly a quarter of workers do their job from home in the town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Newark (5%) and Montclair Township (4%). The mean commuting time here is 32 minutes.
| Verona Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $162,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 23% | 16% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 7.6 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $758K) costs more against local pay than in 76% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 7.5%. For Verona Township, the median rent is $2,130 a month. The share of households in Verona Township who are owner-occupiers: 79%.
| Verona Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,130 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 79% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The range runs from 22° on a January night to 86° on a July afternoon, with about 24 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities. Verona Township has had 59 paid flood insurance claims since 1978. FEMA puts 77% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 7% to heat waves. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Verona Township after 11 declared disasters, most recently in 2021.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
63 within 15 miles of the center of Verona Township
About 5 of every 100 Verona Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
14.7% of the town is conserved land, across 5 parks and preserves.
7 notable people were born in Verona Township.
Township in Essex County, New Jersey, US
Verona is a township in Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 14,572, an increase of 1,240 (+9.3%) from the 2010 census count of 13,332, which in turn reflected a decline of 201 (−1.5%) from the 13,533 counted in the 2000 census.
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5 towns share a border with Verona Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verona Township | #68 | A | D | A | B+ | A+ |
| Montclair Township | #126 | A | D− | B+ | B+ | A+ |
| Cedar Grove Township | #60 | A | D | A | B+ | A+ |
| North Caldwell | #108 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| West Orange Township | #256 | B | D− | B− | C+ | A |
| Essex Fells | — | — | D− | B | A | A+ |
Essex Fells has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. North Caldwell reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Verona Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Verona Township grades A overall, better than 92% of U.S. towns and #68 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A+ for health, A for safety and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes, by national standards. Verona Township reports less crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade: 3 violent and 44 property crimes in 2025.
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.
7 notable people were born here, including Jay Mohr and Jon Okafor.
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