These Are The 10 Best Cities For Singles In New Jersey For 2018

Are you trying to find love in New Jersey?

Or are you just looking to hook up?

Either way, we’ve got you covered here. At least, we’ll point you in the right direction – which is why you came here in the first place, right?

According to the Pew Research Center, the number of Americans who have remained single (not married) is growing. That means, people are dating a lot longer than they used to.

There are many reasons for that, including financial and cultural. And, we suspect smartphones and social media has a lot to do with it, too. After all, we’re all a lot more distracted these days.

If you live in New Jersey, there’s a pretty good chance there are a lot of singles in your area. The Garden State ranks in the top 10 when it comes to number of people over the age of 18 who aren’t married, or in a serious relationship. That’s great news for people looking for their match.

So, where are the best cities for singles in New Jersey? We’ve got the answers here.

These are the best cities for singles in New Jersey. Try not to jump in the car with a dozen roses:

1. Hoboken (Photos)
2. Asbury Park (Photos)
3. West New York (Photos)
4. Guttenberg (Photos)
5. Hackensack (Photos)
6. New Brunswick (Photos)
7. Newark (Photos)
8. Bayonne (Photos)
9. Passaic (Photos)
10. Trenton (Photos)

Read on below to see how we crunched the numbers and how each city ranked. If you live in or really close to one of these cities, and you’re single, you should probably get out more often. And stop staring at your phone. Just sayin’.

The most boring place in New Jersey? That would be Ringwood.

And after you find a mate, you’ll no doubt want to start a family and buy a home right? Don’t forget to check out the best places to live in New Jersey or the safest places to live in New Jersey.

How do you determine which city is best for singles in New Jersey anyways?

To give you the places in New Jersey which are best for singles to find one another, we have to look at a handful of metrics. Of course, we want to measure the type of people who live in each city, and make some assumptions about what single people like.

So we researched the internet for a database that contains all that information.

How we crunched the numbers for the Garden State

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using the 2011-2015 American Community Survey Census data produced for the state of New Jersey, we looked at every single city in the state. We paid particular attention to:

• Population density
• % of population that’s male vs. female (closer to a 50-50 ratio is better)
• % of households with kids
• Median age
• Number of unmarried people in each city

We then gave each city a Singles Score.

The higher the score, the better the city is for singles to find one another. We also limited our results to cities with populations over 10,000 people. For New Jersey, that meant a total of 100 cities.

Read on to see why Hoboken is the talk of the town while Ringwood is probably a bit on the boring side.

1. Hoboken

Population: 53,136
Median Age: 31.6
Married households: 30.4%
Households with kids: 18.5%
Hoboken (/hobokn/ HOH-boh-kn; Unami: Hupokàn) is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city’s population was 50,005, having grown by 11,428 (+29.6%) from 38,577 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 5,180 (+15.5%) from the 33,397 in the 1990 Census. Hoboken is part of the New York metropolitan area and is the site of Hoboken Terminal, a major transportation hub for the region.

2. Asbury Park

Population: 15,850
Median Age: 34.7
Married households: 21.4%
Households with kids: 25.3%
Asbury Park is a city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, located on the Jersey Shore and part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city’s population was 16,116, reflecting a decline of 814 (4.8%) from the 16,930 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 131 (+0.8%) from the 16,799 counted in the 1990 Census.

3. West New York

Population: 52,407
Median Age: 35.0
Married households: 36.4%
Households with kids: 33.3%
West New York is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, situated upon the New Jersey Palisades. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town’s population was 49,708, reflecting an increase of 3,940 (+8.6%) from the 45,768 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 7,643 (+20.0%) from the 38,125 counted in the 1990 Census.

4. Guttenberg

Population: 11,628
Median Age: 36.4
Married households: 31.5%
Households with kids: 27.1%
Guttenberg (/tnbr/) is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town’s population was 11,176. Only four blocks wide, Guttenberg is the ninth-smallest municipality in the state and the most densely populated incorporated municipality in the United States, as well as one of the most densely populated municipalities worldwide, with 57,116 people per square mile (22,052/km²) of land area.

5. Hackensack

Population: 44,271
Median Age: 38.9
Married households: 34.8%
Households with kids: 26.0%
Hackensack is a city in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, and serves as its county seat. The area was officially named New Barbadoes Township until 1921, but it was informally known as Hackensack. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city’s population was 43,010, reflecting an increase of 333 (+0.8%) from the 42,677 counted in the 2000 Census, which had, in turn, increased by 5,628 (+15.2%) from the 37,049 counted in the 1990 Census.

6. New Brunswick

Population: 56,427
Median Age: 23.6
Married households: 29.0%
Households with kids: 40.2%
New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It is the county seat of Middlesex County, and the home of Rutgers University. The city is on the Northeast Corridor rail line, 27 miles (43 km) southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of New Brunswick was 55,181, reflecting an increase of 6,608 (+13.6%) from the 48,573 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 6,862 (+16.5%) from the 41,711 counted in the 1990 Census. Due to the concentration of medical facilities in the area, including Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Saint Peter’s University Hospital, as well as Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey’s Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick is known as ‘the Hub City.’ The corporate headquarters and production facilities of several global pharmaceutical companies are situated in the city, including Johnson & Johnson and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

7. Newark

Population: 280,139
Median Age: 33.0
Married households: 26.1%
Households with kids: 37.8%
Newark (/nju.rk/, locally /njrk/) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County. As one of the nation’s major air, shipping, and rail hubs, the city had a population of 277,140 in 2010, making it the nation’s 67th-most populous municipality, after being ranked 63rd in the nation in 2000. For 2015, the Census Bureau’s Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 281,944, an increase of 1.7% from the 2010 enumeration, ranking the city the 70th largest in the nation. Newark is the second largest city in the New York metropolitan area, located approximately 8 miles (13 km) west of lower Manhattan.

8. Bayonne

Population: 65,772
Median Age: 37.8
Married households: 41.9%
Households with kids: 34.6%
Bayonne /bejon/ bay-OWN is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Located in the Gateway Region, Bayonne is situated on a peninsula located between Newark Bay to the west, the Kill Van Kull to the south, and New York Bay to the east. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city’s population was 63,024, reflecting an increase of 1,182 (+1.9%) from the 61,842 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 398 (+0.6%) from the 61,444 counted in the 1990 Census.

9. Passaic

Population: 70,536
Median Age: 29.0
Married households: 39.7%
Households with kids: 47.7%
Passaic (/pse.k/ p-SAY-ik or locally /psek/ p-SAYK) is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 69,781, maintaining its status as the 15th largest municipality in New Jersey with an increase of 1,920 residents (+2.8%) from the 2000 Census population of 67,861, which had in turn increased by 9,820 (+16.9%) from the 58,041 counted in the 1990 Census. Passaic is the tenth most densely populated municipality in the entire United States with 22,000+ people per square mile.

10. Trenton

Population: 84,559
Median Age: 33.7
Married households: 28.9%
Households with kids: 38.0%
Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. It was briefly the capital of the United States. The city’s metropolitan area is grouped with the New York metropolitan area by the United States Census Bureau, but directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is part of the Federal Communications Commission’s Philadelphia Designated Market Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, Trenton had a population of 84,913, making it the state’s 10th-largest municipality. The Census Bureau estimated that the city’s population was 84,034 in 2014.

There You Have It – The Best Cities for Singles in New Jersey

If you’re looking for a breakdown of cities in New Jersey ranked by criteria that most would agree make a place a great spot for finding a single person (and potentially love), this is an accurate list.

Here’s a look at the most boring cities in New Jersey according to the data:

1. Ringwood
2. Tenafly
3. Hillsdale

For more New Jersey reading, check out:

• These Are The 10 Best Places To Live In New Jersey
• These Are The 10 Worst Places To Live In New Jersey
• These Are The 10 Most Ghetto Cities In New Jersey

Detailed List Of The Best Cities For Singles In New Jersey

City	Rank	Population	Median Age
Hoboken	1	53,136	31.6
Asbury Park	2	15,850	34.7
West New York	3	52,407	35.0
Guttenberg	4	11,628	36.4
Hackensack	5	44,271	38.9
New Brunswick	6	56,427	23.6
Newark	7	280,139	33.0
Bayonne	8	65,772	37.8
Passaic	9	70,536	29.0
Trenton	10	84,559	33.7
Red Bank	11	12,218	36.3
Fairview	12	14,314	35.9
Long Branch	13	30,705	36.9
East Orange	14	64,621	37.0
Harrison	15	15,007	34.5
Lodi	16	24,654	36.7
Plainfield	17	50,578	34.4
Elizabeth	18	128,042	33.3
Little Ferry	19	10,868	40.4
Camden	20	76,005	28.9
Collingswood	21	13,925	39.4
Perth Amboy	22	52,265	32.6
Paterson	23	146,894	33.0
Glassboro	24	19,195	28.6
Highland Park	25	14,245	33.9
Manville	26	10,448	39.2
Palisades Park	27	20,499	39.5
Rahway	28	28,884	37.9
North Plainfield	29	22,106	37.1
Wallington	30	11,618	39.2
Woodbury	31	10,024	37.1
Edgewater	32	11,998	38.2
Lindenwold	33	17,482	35.0
Roselle Park	34	13,560	37.4
Englewood	35	28,184	39.1
Cliffside Park	36	24,661	43.9
Garfield	37	31,456	35.5
Somerville	38	12,207	35.5
Clifton	39	85,578	38.0
Bellmawr	40	11,503	41.6
Kearny	41	42,029	36.7
Linden	42	41,595	37.1
North Arlington	43	15,788	40.5
Hawthorne	44	18,950	39.0
Ridgefield Park	45	12,976	37.3
Bound Brook	46	10,512	34.3
Secaucus	47	18,737	40.0
Elmwood Park	48	20,135	38.9
Roselle	49	21,507	40.4
South River	50	16,305	38.0
Dover	51	18,317	36.4
Fort Lee	52	36,607	45.8
Pleasantville	53	20,532	35.4
Phillipsburg	54	14,570	39.8
Carteret	55	23,966	35.3
Millville	56	28,399	38.5
Freehold	57	11,944	34.0
Ridgefield	58	11,294	40.9
Sayreville	59	44,260	38.9
Beachwood	60	11,153	35.6
Hopatcong	61	14,633	43.4
Somers Point	62	10,686	41.2
Bridgeton	63	25,209	29.8
New Milford	64	16,682	41.5
Rutherford	65	18,480	40.9
Woodland Park	66	12,358	40.2
Bergenfield	67	27,513	39.5
Lincoln Park	68	10,488	45.7
Hasbrouck Heights	69	12,124	41.7
Pompton Lakes	70	11,163	41.5
Pine Hill	71	10,472	36.7
Point Pleasant	72	18,464	42.7
Metuchen	73	13,791	41.6
Dumont	74	17,788	43.0
River Edge	75	11,586	42.0
South Plainfield	76	23,963	41.1
Florham Park	77	11,787	39.4
New Providence	78	12,434	39.7
Middlesex	79	13,811	39.1
Vineland	80	60,876	38.3
Tinton Falls	81	17,910	45.9
Hammonton	82	14,630	42.2
Totowa	83	10,900	42.7
Haddonfield	84	11,444	43.2
Summit	85	21,895	40.3
Paramus	86	26,795	46.9
Glen Rock	87	11,887	41.9
Fair Lawn	88	33,205	42.1
Westwood	89	11,170	42.7
Madison	90	16,090	39.2
Franklin Lakes	91	10,810	46.5
Westfield	92	30,438	41.4
Kinnelon	93	10,239	43.7
Ridgewood	94	25,430	41.6
Oakland	95	13,041	42.7
Ramsey	96	15,000	43.9
Wanaque	97	11,636	46.0
Hillsdale	98	10,454	44.0
Tenafly	99	14,821	43.2
Ringwood	100	12,398	42.8