Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,450, settled in 1941.
Winfield Township’s best subject grade is an A for walkability; its weakest is a D for schools. Only 14 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score higher on cost of living. Winfield Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 99% of U.S. towns. On history, just 7 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. Winfield Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Winfield Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Winfield Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 2,719 in 1950, 1,423 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Winfield Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw20 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw18 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw15 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & Museum
Big draw20 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a yearMadison 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 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Winfield 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 Winfield Township.
Its public schools are run by the Winfield Township school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield TownshipLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 141 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
Most working residents leave Winfield Township for work: only 2% work in town. At $64,000, Winfield Township’s median household income is where New Jersey’s towns sit at $113,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. 6.9% of Winfield Township workers work from home.
| Winfield Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.9% | 16% | 11% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Winfield Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 24° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 2.1 per 1,000 residents, Winfield Township’s violent crime rate is above the New Jersey town median (0.7) and near the median of U.S. towns (1.6).
| Winfield Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.1 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 10.4 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Winfield Township beats the New Jersey average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 16% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Winfield Township.
| Winfield Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 36% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Winfield Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.1% | 7.5% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 17.9% | 12.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
29 within 15 miles of the center of Winfield Township
About 5 of every 100 Winfield Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Where Winfield Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Township in Union County, New Jersey, US
Winfield Township (also called Winfield Park) is a township in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,423, its lowest decennial census and a decrease of 48 (−3.3%) from the 2010 census count of 1,471, which in turn reflected a decline of 43 (−2.8%) from the 1,514 counted in the 2000 census. The township is the sixth-smallest municipality in the state. Winfield and Linden share the same ZIP Code. Winfield Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on August 6, 1941, from portions of Clark and Linden, passing over the Governor's veto.
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Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
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