WatsessingNJ
A town of 8,232.
Is Watsessing a good place to live?
The biggest park or preserve is Watsessing Park, at 58 acres. We don’t grade Watsessing yet; the figures below are still real.
99% of working residents leave Watsessing for work
Where Watsessing’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Madison Square Garden and 544 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Watsessing. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw7 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw12 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw12 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw13 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw11 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumPhoto credits
Madison 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
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Moving to Watsessing: who provides what
Watsessing is unincorporated, so Essex 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 Watsessing.
Watsessing has 0.4 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Jobs in Watsessing grew by 309 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 1,638. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 1% of working residents work locally. The share of workers in Watsessing who work remotely from home is 27%, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 11%. The mean commuting time here is 34 minutes.
| Watsessing | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 27% | 16% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $103,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More adults under 35 in Watsessing than across New Jersey
Adults 18 to 34 are just over a third of residents (21% statewide); children under 18 are 15% of residents (22% statewide). For adults 25 and older in Watsessing, the share who hold a bachelor’s degree or more is 53%. Also worth knowing: its midpoint age is 36.4 years.
| Watsessing | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 53% | 45% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 36.4 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.3 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Watsessing | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.4% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.4% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 12% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 21.6% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.5% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.9% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.6% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.7% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.9% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.6% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 17.7% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.3% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.4% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 34.2% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.7% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Watsessing
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 24°, with about 28 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
15% of Watsessing is conserved land
0.2 miles of trail wind through 2 parks and preserves. The trail network density for Watsessing comes to 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Watsessing Park | 0.2 mi | 58 |
| 2. Troy Tower Commons | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The biggest natural risk in Watsessing is inland flooding, at a high overall level
FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in Watsessing than in 67% of U.S. communities. 205 flood insurance claims have been paid in the town since 1981. Expected losses in Watsessing break down as 75% from inland flooding and 9% from heat waves.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A smaller share of adults have high blood pressure in Watsessing than in most of New Jersey or the rest of the country
Among adults in Watsessing, 26% have obesity. This New Jersey town beats the New Jersey average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Watsessing | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 32% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Watsessing | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 3.7% | 5.1% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.1% | 5.6% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 14.4% | 12.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Watsessing sells for about $805K at the median
In Watsessing, 32% of households own their home. For Watsessing, the midpoint rent is $2,026 a month. A home in Watsessing typically sold within 35 days of listing.
| Watsessing | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 32% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $2,026 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Watsessing
Colleges nearby
93 within 15 miles of the center of Watsessing
About 11 of every 100 Watsessing residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
About Watsessing
Populated place in Essex County, New Jersey, US
Watsessing is a neighborhood and census-designated place (CDP) located in Bloomfield Township, Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Watsessing had a population of 8,078. It is in the southwest corner of the township, bordered to the northwest by Glen Ridge, to the southwest by East Orange, to the southeast by the Ampere North part of Bloomfield, and to the northeast by the rest of Bloomfield. Watsessing Park is in the center of the community, in the valley of the Second River or Watsessing River, part of the Passaic River watershed. The Garden State Parkway runs through the center of the community, on the southeast side of Watsessing Park, with access from E…
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 115 ft
Watsessing’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Watsessing.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watsessing | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bloomfield Township | #259 | B | D | B− | B− | A |
| Glen Ridge | #70 | A | D | B | A | A+ |
| Ampere North | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Watsessing and Ampere North aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Watsessing with a neighbor →
Questions about Watsessing
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Watsessing, NJ a good place to live?
We don’t grade Watsessing yet; the figures below are still real.