WestonNJ
The town has 2,105 residents and lies in New Jersey.
Is Weston a good place to live?
Weston’s average trip to work is 56 minutes, above both New Jersey’s towns (30 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). No town among the 469 in New Jersey we compare has a higher age of the median resident than Weston. 28% of the land in Weston is conserved, above both New Jersey’s towns (11%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park, at 109 acres. We don’t grade Weston yet; the figures below are still real.
Weston has grown 64% from 2010 to 2020
1,235 counted in 2010 and 2,023 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Madison Square Garden and 491 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Weston. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw37 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw35 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw37 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw31 mi BeachConey IslandPhoto 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 · 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 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain
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Moving to Weston: who provides what
Weston is unincorporated, so Somerset 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 Weston.
Weston has set aside nearly a quarter of its land for conservation
Weston’s density of trails comes in at 1.0 miles per square mile. Trails run 1.4 miles in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Colonial Park | 1.1 mi | 55 |
| 2. Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park | — | 109 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Weston than in most of New Jersey or the rest of the country
The typical household income for Weston comes to $83,000. The top destinations are Franklin Township (11%), New York (6%) and New Brunswick (5%). Among residents in the town, 1.4% live below the poverty line. Half of commuters travel less than 16 miles.
| Weston | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.4% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.2% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $83,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: low risk in Weston, mostly inland flooding
Weston’s natural-hazard score from FEMA is 28 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 70% come from inland flooding and 9% from earthquakes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Weston
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 22°, with about 21 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A smaller share of adults in Weston binge drink than in the typical New Jersey or U.S. town
For adults 18 to 64 in Weston, the share who have no health insurance is 5.1%. Of the 469 New Jersey towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Weston. Also worth knowing: on the CDC’s 32 measures, Weston is ahead of New Jersey on 19 and behind on 7.
| Weston | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 7.8% | 15% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 6.2% | 16% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 32% | 35% |
| What stands out | Weston | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 3% | 12.3% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 1.9% | 7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 18.7% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Weston sells for about $835K at the median
Only one of the 469 New Jersey towns we compare has a higher home-ownership rate than Weston. A home in Weston typically sold within 35 days of listing. Bidding over the asking price: just over two in five homes sold in the town.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Weston
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Weston
About 1 of every 100 Weston residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
100% of working residents leave Weston for work
Where Weston’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Weston
Populated place in Somerset County, New Jersey, US
Weston is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Franklin Township, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Weston had a population of 2,023. Situated on the east side of the Millstone River north of East Millstone and south of Zarephath (which has grown to include some of the area once considered Weston), early names used for the area were Schenck's Mill, Van Nest's Mill and Frogtown. Historically, an area on the west side of the river in what is now part of the borough of Manville was also referred to as Weston (and is labeled as such on official present-day maps).
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- Area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 95 ft
Weston’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Weston.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weston | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Franklin Township | #246 | B | D | B+ | C | A |
| Hillsborough Township | #97 | A | D | A− | A− | A+ |
| Zarephath | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| East Millstone | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Franklin Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Manville | #372 | C | D | — | C | B+ |
Manville reports no FBI crime data of its own. Weston, Zarephath, East Millstone and Franklin Center aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Weston with a neighbor →
Questions about Weston
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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