New Jersey Cities Make Top 50 Safest & Richest In America

New Jersey often gets a bad rap. Unfairly, in many cases. The Garden State ranks towards the bottom in a number of different surveys.

Not this time.

New Jersey has seven (7) cities that are ranked in the top 50 safest and richest cities in America for 2025, according to new research from GOBankingRates.

New Jersey Cities That Rank In The Top 50 Safest & Richest In America

• Ridgewood (mean household income: $ 288,861; average home value: $ 1.18M; violent crime rate: 0.379 per 1,000),
• Westfield ($297,367; $1.26M; 0.164).
• Summit ($304,408; $1.36M; 0.494).
• Madison ($247,235; $1.05M; 0.125).
• Haddonfield ($279,257; $832K; 0.239).
• Glen Ridge ($300,489; $1.16M; 0.370).
• Metuchen ($190,858; $712K; 0.400).

Where Did The Data Come From To Determine These Rankings?

• U.S. Census.
• Zillow home values.
• Sperling’s BestPlaces cost-of-living indexes.
• FBI crime statistics.

A city must have a minimum livability index above 80 to make The Top 50 safest and richest cities.

Components Within The Data

household incomes.

low crime rate.

enviable livability scores.

Other Nearby States Who Have Cities In The Top 50

• New York.
• Connecticut.
• Pennsylvania.
• Maryland.
• Virginia.

New Jersey Deserves A Better Reputation

New Jersey is a great place to live, work and make a home for a lifetime.

The quality of life is outstanding. New Jersey has many different scenes: ocean and bay front areas; urban, suburban, rolling hills and so much more.

New Jersey has a perception versus reality problem. However, until a false perception is overcome with facts and persistence … it is how your reputation is formed.

SOURCE: GoBankingRates Survey.