100 Best Places To Buy A House In New Jersey In 2017

Yes, New Jersey can be expensive, but there are plenty of places where you can get a good bang for your buck. One market researcher has outlined a number of places that offer the best value.

Niche.com has composed its latest list of best places to buy a house in New Jersey, ranking them based on home values, property taxes, home ownership rates, housing costs and real estate trends. The ranking is derived from data from the U.S. Census, FBI and other data sources.

None of New Jersey's top 100 made the national list. But there are plenty of places that offer the right balance between safety and affordability — even if each of them deals with some of the same issues affecting many communities across the United States.

One review mentions that Hopewell Township, which tops the list, may have had "drug problems" in the high school. "However, I moved to this town after graduating and do not experience these first hand. The cops are reliable, and are very quick to pay attention to the law," according to the review.

"There have been minor occurrences in the past two years I've been living here of law issues, however they were solved quickly. The roads are okay, but there are many potholes and a big circle in the middle of town that often causes accidents."

You can view the full methodology here.

Here is the list click on each town to view local real estate listings.

1. Hopewell Township
2. Princeton Junction
3. Heathcote
4. Short Hills
5. Glen Ridge
6. Springdale (section of South Brunswick)
7. Beckett (Swedesboro-Logan Township area)
8. North Caldwell
9. Dayton (section of South Brunswick)
10. Lawrenceville
11. Bradley Gardens
12. Greentree
13. Livingston
14. Princeton Meadows
15. Woodstown
16. Tewksbury
17. Glen Rock
18. Haddonfield
19. Elmer
20. Plainsboro
21. Bedminster
22. Ramblewood
23. Kendall Park (section of South Brunswick)
24. Haworth
25. Metuchen
26. Upper Pittsgrove Township
27. Branchburg
28. Mansfield Township
29. Demarest
30. Fanwood
31. Ashland
32. Ramsey
33. Hillsborough
34. Westampton Township
35. East Brunswick
36. West Amwell Township
37. Moorestown
38. Readington Township
39. Raritan Township
40. Chester Township
41. Woodland Township
42. Mahwah
43. Edison
44. White Meadow Lake
45. East Greenwich Township
46. Clinton
47. Bethlehem Township
48. Green Brook Township
49. Gibbsboro
50. Westfield
51. Hopewell
52. Chesterfield Township
53. Ten Mile Run
54. Allentown
55. Ho-Ho-Kus
56. Mannington Township
57. Chatham Township
58. New Providence
59. Morris Township
60. Succasunna
61. Society Hill
62. Lambertville
63. Cranbury
64. Lake Mohawk
65. Union Township
66. Oradell
67. Ridgewood
68. Pennington
69. Milltown
70. Twin Rivers
71. Fair Haven
72. Little Silver
73. Monmouth Junction (section of South Brunswick)
74. Medford Township
75. Parsippany-Troy Hills Township
76. Finderne
77. Newfield
78. Robertsville
79. Kenvil
80. Denville Township
81. Bernards Township
82. Haddon Heights
83. Strathmore
84. Berkeley Heights
85. Chatham
86. Cranford
87. Fair Lawn
88. Warren
89. Clementon
90. Kinnelon
91. Mountain Lakes
92. Lower Alloways Creek Township
93. Allendale
94. Delran
95. South Harrison
96. Long Hill Township
97. Riverton
98. Hardyston Township
99. Medford Lakes
100. Morganville (section of Marlboro)

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