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Warren Township is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, 29th among New Jersey's 466 graded towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 98% of the country, the median household earns $204K, and it reports less crime per resident than 93% of U.S. towns. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.1 million, 11.4 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Warren Township’s median household income is $204,000, above both New Jersey’s towns ($113,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Warren Township has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Joseph and Minnie White House and Baker-Dauderstadt Farm. Warren Township is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns.
Where Warren Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Mt. Horeb School | PK–5 | 331 |
| Central School | PK–5 | 312 |
| Angelo L. Tomaso School | K–5 | 261 |
Census counts: 1,354 in 1810, a low of 1,008 in 1900, 15,923 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1786 and 6 maps from 1891 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Warren Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for health (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 9%), so the A+ overall blends very different results.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Warren Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw31 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw29 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw31 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw27 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumMadison 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 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 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 Warren 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 Warren Township.
Warren Township has less tooth loss 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.
At 11.4 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $1.13M) costs more against local pay than in 92% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living.
Warren Township’s median rent is $2,170 a month. Typical home values rose 5.8% in the year to September 2026. 88% of households own their home in Warren Township.
| Warren Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,170 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 88% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A− for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.13M.
Three of its 10 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 547 | A |
| Watchung Hills Regional High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,653 | A− |
| Mt. Horeb SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 331 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New Jersey is tooth loss: 4.2% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 9.6% statewide. Against the 984 U.S. towns with household incomes like Warren Township’s, it is healthier than 63%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
12% of Warren Township adults report frequent mental distress. Warren Township beats the New Jersey average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of Warren Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Warren Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 28% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.1% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Warren Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.2% | 9.6% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.9% | 12.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Reported crimes fell from 101 to 44 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 crime rate in Warren Township is 2.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Warren Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.4 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
Warren Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
33.5% of workers work from home, against 16.8% across New Jersey.
Most working residents leave Warren Township for work: only 8% work in town. Jobs based in Warren Township fell to 10,109 in 2023, 1,656 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are New York (7%), Bridgewater Township (4%) and Newark (3%).
| Warren Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
6.2 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Second Watchung Greenway, at 117 acres.
| Warren Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8.9% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Glenhurst Meadows | 3.7 mi | 105 |
| 2. Second Watchung Greenway | — | 117 |
| 3. Greenwood Meadows Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 54% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 40 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Warren Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
13 within 15 miles of the center of Warren Township
About 6 of every 100 Warren Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
5 places in Warren Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 notable people were born in Warren Township.
Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, US
Warren Township is a township in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is a bedroom suburb of New York City in the much larger New York metropolitan area, located within the Raritan Valley region. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 15,923, an increase of 612 (+4.0%) from the 2010 census count of 15,311, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,052 (+7.4%) from the 14,259 counted in the 2000 census. Warren is situated in northeastern Somerset County bordering both Morris (along the Passaic River) and Union counties. The township has been one of the state's highest-income communities. Based on data from the American Community Survey for…
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10 towns share a border with Warren Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Township | #29 | A+ | D | A | A− | A+ |
| Bernards Township | #17 | A+ | D | A+ | A | A+ |
| Long Hill Township | #187 | B+ | D | — | A− | A+ |
| Martinsville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bridgewater Township | #144 | A− | D | — | B+ | A+ |
| Gillette | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liberty Corner | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stirling | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Long Hill Township and Bridgewater Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Martinsville, Gillette, Liberty Corner and Stirling aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Warren Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Warren Township grades A+ overall, better than 96% of U.S. towns and #29 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A+ for health, A for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
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.
5 notable people were born here, including Daniel Edelman and Martin Kratt.
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