# List of municipalities in New Jersey

New Jersey is a state located in the Northeastern United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, New Jersey is the 11th most populous state with 9,288,994 inhabitants but the fifth smallest by land area, spanning 7,354.76 square miles (19,048.7 km$^2$). As of 2024, New Jersey is divided into 21 counties and contains 564 municipalities consisting of five types: 253 boroughs, 52 cities, 15 towns, 240 townships, and four villages. The largest municipality by population in New Jersey is Newark, with 311,549 residents, whereas the smallest is Walpack Township, with seven residents. New Jersey is the most populous U.S. state with no cities ranked in the top 50 most populous United States cities, with the next most populous being South Carolina.
As in most Northeastern states, all territories within New Jersey are incorporated.

## List of municipalities

* Largest municipalities in New Jersey by population
* Newark, New Jersey's largest city by population
* Jersey City, New Jersey's second-largest city by population
* Paterson, New Jersey's third-largest city by population
* Elizabeth, New Jersey's fourth-largest city by population
* Trenton, the state capital of New Jersey
* Camden, the largest city in South Jersey by population
| Name | Type | County | Population (2020) | Population (2010) | Change | Land area | Land area | Population density | Form of government | Incorporated |
| Name | Type | County | Population (2020) | Population (2010) | Change | sq mi | km$^2$ | Population density | Form of government | Incorporated |
| Newark | City | Essex | 311,549 | 277,140 | +12.4% | 24.144 | 62.53 | 12,903.8/sq mi (4,982.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1693 |
| Jersey City | City | Hudson | 292,449 | 247,597 | +18.1% | 14.744 | 38.19 | 19,835.1/sq mi (7,658.4/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1838 |
| Paterson | City | Passaic | 159,732 | 146,199 | +9.3% | 8.413 | 21.79 | 18,986.3/sq mi (7,330.7/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1831 |
| Elizabeth | City | Union | 137,298 | 124,969 | +9.9% | 12.319 | 31.91 | 11,145.2/sq mi (4,303.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1855 |
| Lakewood Township | Township | Ocean | 135,158 | 92,843 | +45.6% | 24.681 | 63.92 | 5,476.2/sq mi (2,114.4/km$^2$) | Township (New Jersey) | 1892 |
| Edison | Township | Middlesex | 107,588 | 99,967 | +7.6% | 30.068 | 77.88 | 3,578.2/sq mi (1,381.5/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1870 |
| Woodbridge Township | Township | Middlesex | 103,639 | 99,585 | +4.1% | 23.258 | 60.24 | 4,456.1/sq mi (1,720.5/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| Toms River | Township | Ocean | 95,438 | 91,239 | +4.6% | 40.541 | 105.00 | 2,354.1/sq mi (908.9/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| Hamilton Township | Township | Mercer | 92,297 | 88,464 | +4.3% | 39.438 | 102.14 | 2,340.3/sq mi (903.6/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1842 |
| Trenton | City | Mercer | 90,871 | 84,913 | +7.0% | 7.579 | 19.63 | 11,989.8/sq mi (4,629.3/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1792 |
| Clifton | City | Passaic | 90,296 | 84,136 | +7.3% | 11.275 | 29.20 | 8,008.5/sq mi (3,092.1/km$^2$) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1917 |
| Cherry Hill Township | Township | Camden | 74,553 | 71,045 | +4.9% | 24.072 | 62.35 | 3,097.1/sq mi (1,195.8/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1844 |
| Brick Township | Township | Ocean | 73,620 | 75,072 | −1.9% | 25.587 | 66.27 | 2,877.2/sq mi (1,110.9/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1850 |
| Camden | City | Camden | 71,791 | 77,344 | −7.2% | 8.921 | 23.11 | 8,047.4/sq mi (3,107.1/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1828 |
| Bayonne | City | Hudson | 71,686 | 63,024 | +13.7% | 5.821 | 15.08 | 12,315.1/sq mi (4,754.9/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1861 |
| Passaic | City | Passaic | 70,537 | 69,781 | +1.1% | 3.133 | 8.11 | 22,514.2/sq mi (8,692.8/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1873 |
| East Orange | City | Essex | 69,612 | 64,270 | +8.3% | 3.928 | 10.17 | 17,722.0/sq mi (6,842.5/km$^2$) | City (New Jersey) | 1863 |
| Union City | City | Hudson | 68,589 | 66,455 | +3.2% | 1.287 | 3.33 | 53,293.7/sq mi (20,576.8/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1925 |
| Franklin Township | Township | Somerset | 68,364 | 62,300 | +9.7% | 46.170 | 119.58 | 1,480.7/sq mi (571.7/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Middletown | Township | Monmouth | 67,106 | 66,522 | +0.9% | 40.949 | 106.06 | 1,638.8/sq mi (632.7/km$^2$) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| Old Bridge Township | Township | Middlesex | 66,876 | 65,375 | +2.3% | 38.181 | 98.89 | 1,751.6/sq mi (676.3/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1869 |
| Gloucester Township | Township | Camden | 66,034 | 64,634 | +2.2% | 22.954 | 59.45 | 2,876.8/sq mi (1,110.7/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| North Bergen | Township | Hudson | 63,361 | 60,773 | +4.3% | 5.136 | 13.30 | 12,336.6/sq mi (4,763.2/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1843 |
| Irvington | Township | Essex | 61,176 | 53,926 | +13.4% | 2.914 | 7.55 | 20,993.8/sq mi (8,105.8/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1874 |
| Piscataway | Township | Middlesex | 60,804 | 56,044 | +8.5% | 18.794 | 48.68 | 3,235.3/sq mi (1,249.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| Vineland | City | Cumberland | 60,780 | 60,724 | +0.1% | 68.393 | 177.14 | 888.7/sq mi (343.1/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1952 |
| Hoboken | City | Hudson | 60,419 | 50,005 | +20.8% | 1.250 | 3.24 | 48,335.2/sq mi (18,662.3/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1849 |
| Union | Township | Union | 59,728 | 56,642 | +5.4% | 9.051 | 23.44 | 6,599.0/sq mi (2,547.9/km$^2$) | Township (New Jersey) | 1808 |
| Jackson Township | Township | Ocean | 58,544 | 54,856 | +6.7% | 99.174 | 256.86 | 590.3/sq mi (227.9/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1844 |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills | Township | Morris | 56,162 | 53,238 | +5.5% | 23.632 | 61.21 | 2,376.5/sq mi (917.6/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1928 |
| Perth Amboy | City | Middlesex | 55,436 | 50,814 | +9.1% | 4.662 | 12.07 | 11,891.0/sq mi (4,591.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1718 |
| New Brunswick | City | Middlesex | 55,266 | 55,181 | +0.2% | 5.233 | 13.55 | 10,561.1/sq mi (4,077.6/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1784 |
| Wayne | Township | Passaic | 54,838 | 54,717 | +0.2% | 23.722 | 61.44 | 2,311.7/sq mi (892.5/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1847 |
| Plainfield | City | Union | 54,586 | 49,808 | +9.6% | 5.959 | 15.43 | 9,160.3/sq mi (3,536.8/km$^2$) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1869 |
| Howell | Township | Monmouth | 53,537 | 51,075 | +4.8% | 60.271 | 156.10 | 888.3/sq mi (343.0/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1801 |
| Bloomfield | Township | Essex | 53,105 | 47,315 | +12.2% | 5.337 | 13.82 | 9,950.3/sq mi (3,841.9/km$^2$) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1812 |
| West New York | Town | Hudson | 52,912 | 49,708 | +6.4% | 0.994 | 2.57 | 53,231.4/sq mi (20,552.8/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1898 |
| East Brunswick | Township | Middlesex | 49,715 | 47,512 | +4.6% | 21.784 | 56.42 | 2,282.2/sq mi (881.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1860 |
| West Orange | Township | Essex | 48,843 | 46,207 | +5.7% | 12.003 | 31.09 | 4,069.2/sq mi (1,571.1/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1863 |
| Washington Township | Township | Gloucester | 48,677 | 48,559 | +0.2% | 21.346 | 55.29 | 2,280.4/sq mi (880.5/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1836 |
| Monroe Township | Township | Middlesex | 48,594 | 39,132 | +24.2% | 41.943 | 108.63 | 1,158.6/sq mi (447.3/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1838 |
| Egg Harbor Township | Township | Atlantic | 47,842 | 43,323 | +10.4% | 67.047 | 173.65 | 713.6/sq mi (275.5/km$^2$) | Township (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| South Brunswick | Township | Middlesex | 47,043 | 43,417 | +8.4% | 40.614 | 105.19 | 1,158.3/sq mi (447.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Evesham | Township | Burlington | 46,826 | 45,538 | +2.8% | 29.156 | 75.51 | 1,606.1/sq mi (620.1/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Hackensack | City | Bergen | 46,030 | 43,010 | +7.0% | 4.191 | 10.85 | 10,983.1/sq mi (4,240.6/km$^2$) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1693 |
| Bridgewater Township | Township | Somerset | 45,977 | 44,464 | +3.4% | 31.888 | 82.59 | 1,441.8/sq mi (556.7/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| Sayreville | Borough | Middlesex | 45,345 | 42,704 | +6.2% | 15.830 | 41.00 | 2,864.5/sq mi (1,106.0/km$^2$) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1876 |
| Manchester Township | Township | Ocean | 45,115 | 43,070 | +4.7% | 81.417 | 210.87 | 554.1/sq mi (213.9/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1865 |
| Mount Laurel | Township | Burlington | 44,633 | 41,864 | +6.6% | 21.724 | 56.26 | 2,054.5/sq mi (793.3/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1872 |
| North Brunswick | Township | Middlesex | 43,905 | 40,742 | +7.8% | 12.032 | 31.16 | 3,649.0/sq mi (1,408.9/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council–administrator) | 1798 |
| Berkeley Township | Township | Ocean | 43,754 | 41,255 | +6.1% | 42.710 | 110.62 | 1,024.4/sq mi (395.5/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1875 |
| Linden | City | Union | 43,738 | 40,499 | +8.0% | 10.688 | 27.68 | 4,092.3/sq mi (1,580.0/km$^2$) | City (New Jersey) | 1925 |
| Hillsborough Township | Township | Somerset | 43,276 | 38,303 | +13.0% | 54.614 | 141.45 | 792.4/sq mi (305.9/km$^2$) | Township (New Jersey) | 1771 |
| Kearny | Town | Hudson | 41,999 | 40,684 | +3.2% | 8.844 | 22.91 | 4,748.9/sq mi (1,833.5/km$^2$) | Town (New Jersey) | 1867 |
| Marlboro | Township | Monmouth | 41,502 | 40,191 | +3.3% | 30.340 | 78.58 | 1,367.9/sq mi (528.1/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1848 |
| Teaneck | Township | Bergen | 41,246 | 39,776 | +3.7% | 6.041 | 15.65 | 6,827.7/sq mi (2,636.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1895 |
| Montclair | Township | Essex | 40,921 | 37,669 | +8.6% | 6.238 | 16.16 | 6,560.0/sq mi (2,532.8/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1868 |
| Manalapan | Township | Monmouth | 40,905 | 38,872 | +5.2% | 30.651 | 79.39 | 1,334.5/sq mi (515.3/km$^2$) | Township (New Jersey) | 1848 |
| Fort Lee | Borough | Bergen | 40,191 | 35,345 | +13.7% | 2.518 | 6.52 | 15,961.5/sq mi (6,162.8/km$^2$) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1904 |
| Winslow Township | Township | Camden | 39,907 | 39,499 | +1.0% | 57.417 | 148.71 | 695.0/sq mi (268.4/km$^2$) | Township (New Jersey) | 1845 |
| Atlantic City | City | Atlantic | 38,497 | 39,558 | −2.7% | 10.760 | 27.87 | 3,577.8/sq mi (1,381.4/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1854 |
| Belleville | Township | Essex | 38,222 | 35,926 | +6.4% | 3.296 | 8.54 | 11,596.5/sq mi (4,477.4/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1839 |
| Galloway | Township | Atlantic | 37,813 | 37,349 | +1.2% | 88.668 | 229.65 | 426.5/sq mi (164.7/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Ewing Township | Township | Mercer | 37,264 | 35,790 | +4.1% | 15.206 | 39.38 | 2,450.6/sq mi (946.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1834 |
| Monroe Township | Township | Gloucester | 37,117 | 36,129 | +2.7% | 46.421 | 120.23 | 799.6/sq mi (308.7/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1859 |
| Pennsauken | Township | Camden | 37,074 | 35,885 | +3.3% | 10.479 | 27.14 | 3,537.9/sq mi (1,366.0/km$^2$) | Township (New Jersey) | 1892 |
| Freehold Township | Township | Monmouth | 35,369 | 36,184 | −2.3% | 38.653 | 100.11 | 915.0/sq mi (353.3/km$^2$) | Township (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| Fair Lawn | Borough | Bergen | 34,927 | 32,457 | +7.6% | 5.135 | 13.30 | 6,801.8/sq mi (2,626.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1924 |
| Orange | Township | Essex | 34,447 | 30,134 | +14.3% | 2.213 | 5.73 | 15,565.7/sq mi (6,010.0/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1806 |
| Lawrence Township | Township | Mercer | 33,077 | 33,472 | −1.2% | 21.725 | 56.27 | 1,522.5/sq mi (587.9/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Garfield | City | Bergen | 32,655 | 30,487 | +7.1% | 2.111 | 5.47 | 15,469.0/sq mi (5,972.6/km$^2$) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1898 |
| Deptford | Township | Gloucester | 31,977 | 30,561 | +4.6% | 17.331 | 44.89 | 1,845.1/sq mi (712.4/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Willingboro | Township | Burlington | 31,889 | 31,629 | +0.8% | 7.725 | 20.01 | 4,128.0/sq mi (1,593.8/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Long Branch | City | Monmouth | 31,667 | 30,719 | +3.1% | 5.124 | 13.27 | 6,180.1/sq mi (2,386.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1867 |
| Livingston | Township | Essex | 31,330 | 29,366 | +6.7% | 13.785 | 35.70 | 2,272.8/sq mi (877.5/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1813 |
| Voorhees | Township | Camden | 31,069 | 29,131 | +6.7% | 11.471 | 29.71 | 2,708.5/sq mi (1,045.8/km$^2$) | Township (New Jersey) | 1899 |
| Westfield | Town | Union | 31,032 | 30,316 | +2.4% | 6.724 | 17.42 | 4,615.1/sq mi (1,781.9/km$^2$) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| Princeton | Borough | Mercer | 30,681 | 28,400 | +8.0% | 17.946 | 46.48 | 1,709.6/sq mi (660.1/km$^2$) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1813/2013 |
| Nutley | Township | Essex | 30,143 | 28,117 | +7.2% | 3.372 | 8.73 | 8,939.2/sq mi (3,451.4/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1874 |
| East Windsor | Township | Mercer | 30,045 | 27,165 | +10.6% | 15.567 | 40.32 | 1,930.0/sq mi (745.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Rahway | City | Union | 29,556 | 27,291 | +8.3% | 3.896 | 10.09 | 7,586.2/sq mi (2,929.1/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1858 |
| West Windsor | Township | Mercer | 29,518 | 27,147 | +8.7% | 25.549 | 66.17 | 1,155.3/sq mi (446.1/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| Englewood | City | Bergen | 29,308 | 26,764 | +9.5% | 4.925 | 12.76 | 5,950.9/sq mi (2,297.6/km$^2$) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1899 |
| Mount Olive | Township | Morris | 28,886 | 27,935 | +3.4% | 29.617 | 76.71 | 975.3/sq mi (376.6/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1871 |
| Lacey Township | Township | Ocean | 28,655 | 27,346 | +4.8% | 83.248 | 215.61 | 344.2/sq mi (132.9/km$^2$) | Township (New Jersey) | 1871 |
| Stafford Township | Township | Ocean | 28,617 | 26,503 | +8.0% | 46.114 | 119.43 | 620.6/sq mi (239.6/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1798 |
| Bergenfield | Borough | Bergen | 28,321 | 26,652 | +6.3% | 2.904 | 7.52 | 9,752.4/sq mi (3,765.4/km$^2$) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1894 |
| Neptune Township | Township | Monmouth | 28,061 | 27,912 | +0.5% | 8.127 | 21.05 | 3,452.8/sq mi (1,333.1/km$^2$) | Township (New Jersey) | 1879 |
| Bernards Township | Township | Somerset | 27,830 | 26,535 | +4.9% | 24.201 | 62.68 | 1,150.0/sq mi (444.0/km$^2$) | Township (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| Ocean Township | Township | Monmouth | 27,672 | 27,190 | +1.8% | 10.867 | 28.15 | 2,546.4/sq mi (983.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1849 |
| Millville | City | Cumberland | 27,491 | 28,370 | −3.1% | 41.999 | 108.78 | 654.6/sq mi (252.7/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1801 |
| Hamilton Township | Township | Atlantic | 27,484 | 26,342 | +4.3% | 110.895 | 287.22 | 247.8/sq mi (95.7/km$^2$) | Township (New Jersey) | 1813 |
| Bridgeton | City | Cumberland | 27,263 | 24,958 | +9.2% | 6.228 | 16.13 | 4,377.5/sq mi (1,690.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1865 |
| Pemberton Township | Township | Burlington | 26,903 | 27,644 | −2.7% | 61.556 | 159.43 | 437.0/sq mi (168.7/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1846 |
| Paramus | Borough | Bergen | 26,698 | 26,164 | +2.0% | 10.445 | 27.05 | 2,556.1/sq mi (986.9/km$^2$) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1922 |
| Wall | Township | Monmouth | 26,525 | 25,890 | +2.5% | 30.659 | 79.41 | 865.2/sq mi (334.0/km$^2$) | Township (New Jersey) | 1851 |
| Randolph | Township | Morris | 26,504 | 25,349 | +4.6% | 20.905 | 54.14 | 1,267.8/sq mi (489.5/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1806 |
| Lodi | Borough | Bergen | 26,206 | 23,943 | +9.5% | 2.272 | 5.88 | 11,534.3/sq mi (4,453.4/km$^2$) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1894 |
| Ridgewood | Village | Bergen | 25,979 | 24,156 | +7.5% | 5.742 | 14.87 | 4,524.4/sq mi (1,746.9/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1894 |
| Cliffside Park | Borough | Bergen | 25,693 | 23,510 | +9.3% | 0.956 | 2.48 | 26,875.5/sq mi (10,376.7/km$^2$) | | 1895 |
| Maplewood | Township | Essex | 25,684 | 23,594 | +8.9% | 3.874 | 10.03 | 6,629.8/sq mi (2,559.8/km$^2$) | | 1861 |
| Mahwah | Township | Bergen | 25,487 | 25,850 | −1.4% | 25.392 | 65.76 | 1,003.7/sq mi (387.5/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1849 |
| Rockaway Township | Township | Morris | 25,341 | 24,136 | +5.0% | 41.733 | 108.09 | 607.2/sq mi (234.4/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1844 |
| Carteret | Borough | Middlesex | 25,326 | 22,625 | +11.9% | 4.391 | 11.37 | 5,767.7/sq mi (2,226.9/km$^2$) | | 1906 |
| Scotch Plains | Township | Union | 24,968 | 23,385 | +6.8% | 9.021 | 23.36 | 2,767.8/sq mi (1,068.6/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1878 |
| West Milford | Township | Passaic | 24,862 | 25,734 | −3.4% | 75.932 | 196.66 | 327.4/sq mi (126.4/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council–administrator) | 1834 |
| Medford | Township | Burlington | 24,497 | 22,999 | +6.5% | 38.799 | 100.49 | 631.4/sq mi (243.8/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1847 |
| South Plainfield | Borough | Middlesex | 24,338 | 23,324 | +4.3% | 8.296 | 21.49 | 2,933.7/sq mi (1,132.7/km$^2$) | | 1926 |
| Barnegat Township | Township | Ocean | 24,296 | 20,726 | +17.2% | 34.239 | 88.68 | 709.6/sq mi (274.0/km$^2$) | | 1846 |
| Plainsboro Township | Township | Middlesex | 24,084 | 22,866 | +5.3% | 11.738 | 30.40 | 2,051.8/sq mi (792.2/km$^2$) | | 1919 |
| Burlington Township | Township | Burlington | 23,983 | 22,306 | +7.5% | 13.476 | 34.90 | 1,779.7/sq mi (687.1/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Cranford | Township | Union | 23,847 | 22,594 | +5.5% | 4.835 | 12.52 | 4,932.2/sq mi (1,904.3/km$^2$) | | 1871 |
| Montgomery Township | Township | Somerset | 23,690 | 22,185 | +6.8% | 32.300 | 83.66 | 733.4/sq mi (283.2/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Raritan Township | Township | Hunterdon | 23,447 | 21,936 | +6.9% | 37.482 | 97.08 | 625.6/sq mi (241.5/km$^2$) | | 1838 |
| Glassboro | Borough | Gloucester | 23,149 | 18,533 | +24.9% | 9.320 | 24.14 | 2,483.8/sq mi (959.0/km$^2$) | | 1878 |
| Morris Township | Township | Morris | 22,974 | 22,254 | +3.2% | 15.682 | 40.62 | 1,465.0/sq mi (565.6/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Roxbury | Township | Morris | 22,950 | 23,033 | −0.4% | 20.852 | 54.01 | 1,100.6/sq mi (424.9/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| North Plainfield | Borough | Somerset | 22,808 | 21,677 | +5.2% | 2.807 | 7.27 | 8,125.4/sq mi (3,137.2/km$^2$) | | 1885 |
| Summit | City | Union | 22,719 | 21,404 | +6.1% | 5.994 | 15.52 | 3,790.3/sq mi (1,463.4/km$^2$) | City (New Jersey) | 1899 |
| Roselle | Borough | Union | 22,695 | 20,936 | +8.4% | 2.635 | 6.82 | 8,612.9/sq mi (3,325.5/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Lyndhurst | Township | Bergen | 22,519 | 20,334 | +10.7% | 4.584 | 11.87 | 4,912.5/sq mi (1,896.7/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1852 |
| Hillside | Township | Union | 22,456 | 21,314 | +5.4% | 2.767 | 7.17 | 8,115.6/sq mi (3,133.5/km$^2$) | | 1913 |
| Montville | Township | Morris | 22,450 | 21,457 | +4.6% | 18.627 | 48.24 | 1,205.2/sq mi (465.3/km$^2$) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1867 |
| Vernon Township | Township | Sussex | 22,358 | 23,867 | −6.3% | 67.595 | 175.07 | 330.8/sq mi (127.7/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1798 |
| West Deptford | Township | Gloucester | 22,197 | 21,528 | +3.1% | 15.357 | 39.77 | 1,445.4/sq mi (558.1/km$^2$) | | 1871 |
| Secaucus | Town | Hudson | 22,181 | 16,198 | +36.9% | 5.826 | 15.09 | 3,807.2/sq mi (1,470.0/km$^2$) | Town (New Jersey) | 1900 |
| Lower Township | Township | Cape May | 22,057 | 22,844 | −3.4% | 27.378 | 70.91 | 805.6/sq mi (311.1/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Millburn | Township | Essex | 21,710 | 20,065 | +8.2% | 9.333 | 24.17 | 2,326.2/sq mi (898.1/km$^2$) | | 1857 |
| Lindenwold | Borough | Camden | 21,641 | 17,479 | +23.8% | 3.902 | 10.11 | 5,546.1/sq mi (2,141.4/km$^2$) | | 1929 |
| Elmwood Park | Borough | Bergen | 21,422 | 19,131 | +12.0% | 2.643 | 6.85 | 8,105.2/sq mi (3,129.4/km$^2$) | | 1916 |
| Moorestown | Township | Burlington | 21,355 | 20,554 | +3.9% | 14.729 | 38.15 | 1,449.9/sq mi (559.8/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1922 |
| Little Egg Harbor Township | Township | Ocean | 20,784 | 19,722 | +5.4% | 47.346 | 122.63 | 439.0/sq mi (169.5/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Pleasantville | City | Atlantic | 20,629 | 20,149 | +2.4% | 5.721 | 14.82 | 3,605.8/sq mi (1,392.2/km$^2$) | City (New Jersey) | 1889 |
| Jefferson | Township | Morris | 20,538 | 21,085 | −2.6% | 38.903 | 100.76 | 527.9/sq mi (203.8/km$^2$) | | 1804 |
| Middle Township | Township | Cape May | 20,380 | 18,791 | +8.5% | 70.238 | 181.92 | 290.2/sq mi (112.0/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Palisades Park | Borough | Bergen | 20,292 | 19,403 | +4.6% | 1.239 | 3.21 | 16,377.7/sq mi (6,323.5/km$^2$) | | 1899 |
| Morristown | Town | Morris | 20,180 | 18,392 | +9.7% | 2.909 | 7.53 | 6,937.1/sq mi (2,678.4/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1865 |
| Hazlet | Township | Monmouth | 20,125 | 20,249 | −0.6% | 5.569 | 14.42 | 3,613.8/sq mi (1,395.3/km$^2$) | | 1848 |
| Maple Shade | Township | Burlington | 19,980 | 18,911 | +5.7% | 3.827 | 9.91 | 5,220.8/sq mi (2,015.8/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Hawthorne | Borough | Passaic | 19,637 | 18,579 | +5.7% | 3.318 | 8.59 | 5,918.3/sq mi (2,285.1/km$^2$) | | 1898 |
| Sparta | Township | Sussex | 19,600 | 19,622 | −0.1% | 36.788 | 95.28 | 532.8/sq mi (205.7/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1845 |
| Harrison | Town | Hudson | 19,450 | 13,574 | +43.3% | 1.211 | 3.14 | 16,061.1/sq mi (6,201.2/km$^2$) | Town (New Jersey) | 1840 |
| Aberdeen | Township | Monmouth | 19,329 | 18,157 | +6.5% | 5.444 | 14.10 | 3,550.5/sq mi (1,370.9/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1857 |
| Tinton Falls | Borough | Monmouth | 19,181 | 17,613 | +8.9% | 15.475 | 40.08 | 1,239.5/sq mi (478.6/km$^2$) | | 1950 |
| Point Pleasant | Borough | Ocean | 18,941 | 18,210 | +4.0% | 3.491 | 9.04 | 5,425.7/sq mi (2,094.9/km$^2$) | | 1920 |
| Rutherford | Borough | Bergen | 18,834 | 17,892 | +5.3% | 2.781 | 7.20 | 6,772.4/sq mi (2,614.8/km$^2$) | | 1881 |
| South Orange | Village | Essex | 18,484 | 16,126 | +14.6% | 2.846 | 7.37 | 6,494.7/sq mi (2,507.6/km$^2$) | Village (New Jersey) | 1869 |
| Dover | Town | Morris | 18,460 | 18,061 | +2.2% | 2.676 | 6.93 | 6,898.4/sq mi (2,663.5/km$^2$) | Town (New Jersey) | 1896 |
| Washington Township | Township | Morris | 18,197 | 18,411 | −1.2% | 44.582 | 115.47 | 408.2/sq mi (157.6/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Delran Township | Township | Burlington | 17,882 | 16,820 | +6.3% | 6.630 | 17.17 | 2,697.1/sq mi (1,041.4/km$^2$) | | 1880 |
| Dumont | Borough | Bergen | 17,863 | 17,304 | +3.2% | 1.949 | 5.05 | 9,165.2/sq mi (3,538.7/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Hopewell Township | Township | Mercer | 17,491 | 16,896 | +3.5% | 58.071 | 150.40 | 301.2/sq mi (116.3/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Holmdel | Township | Monmouth | 17,400 | 16,696 | +4.2% | 17.847 | 46.22 | 975.0/sq mi (376.4/km$^2$) | | 1857 |
| Weehawken | Township | Hudson | 17,197 | 12,417 | +38.5% | 0.784 | 2.03 | 21,934.9/sq mi (8,469.1/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1859 |
| Springfield | Township | Union | 17,178 | 15,569 | +10.3% | 5.157 | 13.36 | 3,331.0/sq mi (1,286.1/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Denville | Township | Morris | 17,107 | 16,341 | +4.7% | 11.992 | 31.06 | 1,426.5/sq mi (550.8/km$^2$) | | 1913 |
| Cinnaminson | Township | Burlington | 17,064 | 15,540 | +9.8% | 7.424 | 19.23 | 2,298.5/sq mi (887.5/km$^2$) | | 1860 |
| Madison | Borough | Morris | 16,937 | 15,817 | +7.1% | 4.313 | 11.17 | 3,927.0/sq mi (1,516.2/km$^2$) | | 1889 |
| New Milford | Borough | Bergen | 16,923 | 16,264 | +4.1% | 2.283 | 5.91 | 7,412.6/sq mi (2,862.0/km$^2$) | | 1922 |
| Wyckoff | Township | Bergen | 16,585 | 16,635 | −0.3% | 6.591 | 17.07 | 2,516.3/sq mi (971.6/km$^2$) | | 1926 |
| North Arlington | Borough | Bergen | 16,457 | 15,311 | +7.5% | 2.484 | 6.43 | 6,625.2/sq mi (2,558.0/km$^2$) | | 1896 |
| Franklin Township | Township | Gloucester | 16,380 | 16,773 | −2.3% | 55.830 | 144.60 | 293.4/sq mi (113.3/km$^2$) | | 1820 |
| Readington Township | Township | Hunterdon | 16,128 | 16,116 | +0.1% | 47.558 | 123.17 | 339.1/sq mi (130.9/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| South River | Borough | Middlesex | 16,118 | 15,845 | +1.7% | 2.785 | 7.21 | 5,787.4/sq mi (2,234.5/km$^2$) | | 1898 |
| Warren Township | Township | Somerset | 15,923 | 15,217 | +4.6% | 19.566 | 50.68 | 813.8/sq mi (314.2/km$^2$) | | 1806 |
| Pequannock | Township | Morris | 15,571 | 15,392 | +1.2% | 6.787 | 17.58 | 2,294.2/sq mi (885.8/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Clark | Township | Union | 15,544 | 14,707 | +5.7% | 4.273 | 11.07 | 3,637.7/sq mi (1,404.5/km$^2$) | | 1864 |
| Robbinsville Township | Township | Mercer | 15,476 | 13,635 | +13.5% | 20.441 | 52.94 | 757.1/sq mi (292.3/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (mayor–council) | 1859 |
| Tenafly | Borough | Bergen | 15,409 | 14,473 | +6.5% | 4.586 | 11.88 | 3,360.0/sq mi (1,297.3/km$^2$) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1894 |
| Haddon Township | Township | Camden | 15,407 | 14,488 | +6.3% | 2.692 | 6.97 | 5,723.3/sq mi (2,209.8/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1865 |
| Phillipsburg | Town | Warren | 15,249 | 14,791 | +3.1% | 3.191 | 8.26 | 4,778.8/sq mi (1,845.1/km$^2$) | | 1861 |
| Mantua Township | Township | Gloucester | 15,235 | 15,147 | +0.6% | 16.005 | 41.45 | 951.9/sq mi (367.5/km$^2$) | | 1853 |
| Asbury Park | City | Monmouth | 15,188 | 16,008 | −5.1% | 1.429 | 3.70 | 10,628.4/sq mi (4,103.7/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1874 |
| Highland Park | Borough | Middlesex | 15,072 | 13,926 | +8.2% | 1.821 | 4.72 | 8,276.8/sq mi (3,195.7/km$^2$) | | 1905 |
| Metuchen | Borough | Middlesex | 15,049 | 13,478 | +11.7% | 2.849 | 7.38 | 5,282.2/sq mi (2,039.5/km$^2$) | | 1900 |
| Fairview | Borough | Bergen | 15,025 | 13,712 | +9.6% | 0.844 | 2.19 | 17,802.1/sq mi (6,873.4/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Branchburg | Township | Somerset | 14,940 | 14,432 | +3.5% | 20.071 | 51.98 | 744.4/sq mi (287.4/km$^2$) | | 1845 |
| Ramsey | Borough | Bergen | 14,798 | 14,459 | +2.3% | 5.503 | 14.25 | 2,689.1/sq mi (1,038.3/km$^2$) | | 1908 |
| Hammonton | Town | Atlantic | 14,711 | 14,756 | −0.3% | 40.749 | 105.54 | 361.0/sq mi (139.4/km$^2$) | Town (New Jersey) | 1866 |
| Hanover | Township | Morris | 14,677 | 13,659 | +7.5% | 10.513 | 27.23 | 1,396.1/sq mi (539.0/km$^2$) | | 1740 |
| Middlesex | Borough | Middlesex | 14,636 | 13,620 | +7.5% | 3.488 | 9.03 | 4,196.1/sq mi (1,620.1/km$^2$) | | 1913 |
| Verona | Township | Essex | 14,572 | 13,297 | +9.6% | 2.794 | 7.24 | 5,215.5/sq mi (2,013.7/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1907 |
| Hopatcong | Borough | Sussex | 14,362 | 14,950 | −3.9% | 10.889 | 28.20 | 1,318.9/sq mi (509.2/km$^2$) | | 1898 |
| Edgewater | Borough | Bergen | 14,336 | 11,513 | +24.5% | 0.971 | 2.51 | 14,764.2/sq mi (5,700.5/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Saddle Brook | Township | Bergen | 14,294 | 13,642 | +4.8% | 2.692 | 6.97 | 5,309.8/sq mi (2,050.1/km$^2$) | | 1716 |
| Collingswood | Borough | Camden | 14,186 | 13,835 | +2.5% | 1.830 | 4.74 | 7,751.9/sq mi (2,993.0/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1888 |
| Roselle Park | Borough | Union | 13,967 | 13,183 | +5.9% | 1.225 | 3.17 | 11,401.6/sq mi (4,402.2/km$^2$) | | 1901 |
| New Providence | Borough | Union | 13,650 | 12,171 | +12.2% | 3.688 | 9.55 | 3,701.2/sq mi (1,429.0/km$^2$) | | 1899 |
| Harrison Township | Township | Gloucester | 13,641 | 12,411 | +9.9% | 18.932 | 49.03 | 720.5/sq mi (278.2/km$^2$) | | 1844 |
| Eatontown | Borough | Monmouth | 13,597 | 12,559 | +8.3% | 5.841 | 15.13 | 2,327.9/sq mi (898.8/km$^2$) | | 1873 |
| Clinton Township | Township | Hunterdon | 13,505 | 13,409 | +0.7% | 29.869 | 77.36 | 452.1/sq mi (174.6/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1841 |
| Woodland Park | Borough | Passaic | 13,484 | 11,819 | +14.1% | 2.939 | 7.61 | 4,588.0/sq mi (1,771.4/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1914 |
| Little Falls | Township | Passaic | 13,360 | 13,982 | −4.4% | 2.795 | 7.24 | 4,780.0/sq mi (1,845.6/km$^2$) | | 1868 |
| Berkeley Heights | Township | Union | 13,285 | 12,754 | +4.2% | 6.220 | 16.11 | 2,135.9/sq mi (824.7/km$^2$) | | 1809 |
| Ridgefield Park | Village | Bergen | 13,224 | 12,729 | +3.9% | 1.705 | 4.42 | 7,756.0/sq mi (2,994.6/km$^2$) | | 1892 |
| Cedar Grove | Township | Essex | 12,980 | 12,373 | +4.9% | 4.237 | 10.97 | 3,063.5/sq mi (1,182.8/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1892 |
| Red Bank | Borough | Monmouth | 12,936 | 12,206 | +6.0% | 1.746 | 4.52 | 7,408.9/sq mi (2,860.6/km$^2$) | | 1870 |
| Florence Township | Township | Burlington | 12,812 | 12,109 | +5.8% | 9.769 | 25.30 | 1,311.5/sq mi (506.4/km$^2$) | | 1872 |
| Lumberton | Township | Burlington | 12,803 | 12,554 | +2.0% | 12.881 | 33.36 | 993.9/sq mi (383.8/km$^2$) | | 1860 |
| Oakland | Borough | Bergen | 12,748 | 12,754 | 0.0% | 8.502 | 22.02 | 1,499.4/sq mi (578.9/km$^2$) | | 1902 |
| Pennsville Township | Township | Salem | 12,684 | 13,332 | −4.9% | 21.266 | 55.08 | 596.4/sq mi (230.3/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Florham Park | Borough | Morris | 12,585 | 11,696 | +7.6% | 7.308 | 18.93 | 1,722.1/sq mi (664.9/km$^2$) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1899 |
| Woolwich Township | Township | Gloucester | 12,577 | 10,200 | +23.3% | 21.072 | 54.58 | 596.9/sq mi (230.4/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Haddonfield | Borough | Camden | 12,550 | 11,593 | +8.3% | 2.796 | 7.24 | 4,488.6/sq mi (1,733.0/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1875 |
| Upper Township | Township | Cape May | 12,539 | 12,307 | +1.9% | 62.027 | 160.65 | 202.2/sq mi (78.1/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Freehold Borough | Borough | Monmouth | 12,538 | 12,052 | +4.0% | 1.932 | 5.00 | 6,489.6/sq mi (2,505.7/km$^2$) | | 1869 |
| Somerville | Borough | Somerset | 12,346 | 12,098 | +2.0% | 2.338 | 6.06 | 5,280.6/sq mi (2,038.8/km$^2$) | | 1863 |
| Glen Rock | Borough | Bergen | 12,133 | 11,601 | +4.6% | 2.703 | 7.00 | 4,488.7/sq mi (1,733.1/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Hasbrouck Heights | Borough | Bergen | 12,125 | 11,842 | +2.4% | 1.523 | 3.94 | 7,961.3/sq mi (3,073.9/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| River Edge | Borough | Bergen | 12,049 | 11,340 | +6.3% | 1.833 | 4.75 | 6,573.4/sq mi (2,538.0/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Guttenberg | Town | Hudson | 12,017 | 11,176 | +7.5% | 0.193 | 0.50 | 62,264.2/sq mi (24,040.4/km$^2$) | Town (New Jersey) | 1859 |
| Bound Brook | Borough | Somerset | 11,988 | 10,402 | +15.2% | 1.661 | 4.30 | 7,217.3/sq mi (2,786.6/km$^2$) | | 1891 |
| Wallington | Borough | Bergen | 11,868 | 11,335 | +4.7% | 0.994 | 2.57 | 11,939.6/sq mi (4,609.9/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Bordentown Township | Township | Burlington | 11,791 | 11,367 | +3.7% | 8.663 | 22.44 | 1,361.1/sq mi (525.5/km$^2$) | | 1852 |
| Ringwood | Borough | Passaic | 11,735 | 12,228 | −4.0% | 25.588 | 66.27 | 458.6/sq mi (177.1/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1918 |
| Bellmawr | Borough | Camden | 11,707 | 11,583 | +1.1% | 2.984 | 7.73 | 3,923.3/sq mi (1,514.8/km$^2$) | | 1926 |
| East Greenwich Township | Township | Gloucester | 11,706 | 9,555 | +22.5% | 14.443 | 37.41 | 810.5/sq mi (312.9/km$^2$) | | 1881 |
| Ridgefield | Borough | Bergen | 11,501 | 11,032 | +4.3% | 2.543 | 6.59 | 4,522.6/sq mi (1,746.2/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1892 |
| Gloucester City | City | Camden | 11,484 | 11,456 | +0.2% | 2.315 | 6.00 | 4,960.7/sq mi (1,915.3/km$^2$) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1868 |
| Wanaque | Borough | Passaic | 11,317 | 11,116 | +1.8% | 8.066 | 20.89 | 1,403.0/sq mi (541.7/km$^2$) | | 1918 |
| Westwood | Borough | Bergen | 11,282 | 10,908 | +3.4% | 2.259 | 5.85 | 4,994.2/sq mi (1,928.3/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Ocean City | City | Cape May | 11,229 | 11,701 | −4.0% | 6.753 | 17.49 | 1,662.8/sq mi (642.0/km$^2$) | | 1884 |
| Pompton Lakes | Borough | Passaic | 11,127 | 11,097 | +0.3% | 2.887 | 7.48 | 3,854.2/sq mi (1,488.1/km$^2$) | | 1895 |
| East Hanover | Township | Morris | 11,105 | 11,157 | −0.5% | 7.875 | 20.40 | 1,410.2/sq mi (544.5/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1928 |
| Franklin Lakes | Borough | Bergen | 11,079 | 10,590 | +4.6% | 9.414 | 24.38 | 1,176.9/sq mi (454.4/km$^2$) | | 1922 |
| Totowa | Borough | Passaic | 11,065 | 10,804 | +2.4% | 4.000 | 10.36 | 2,766.3/sq mi (1,068.1/km$^2$) | | 1898 |
| West Caldwell | Township | Essex | 11,012 | 10,759 | +2.4% | 5.097 | 13.20 | 2,160.5/sq mi (834.2/km$^2$) | | 1904 |
| Little Ferry | Borough | Bergen | 10,987 | 10,626 | +3.4% | 1.477 | 3.83 | 7,438.7/sq mi (2,872.1/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Chatham Township | Township | Morris | 10,983 | 10,452 | +5.1% | 9.078 | 23.51 | 1,209.8/sq mi (467.1/km$^2$) | | 1806 |
| Manville | Borough | Somerset | 10,953 | 10,344 | +5.9% | 2.361 | 6.11 | 4,639.1/sq mi (1,791.2/km$^2$) | | 1929 |
| Lincoln Park | Borough | Morris | 10,915 | 10,521 | +3.7% | 6.398 | 16.57 | 1,706.0/sq mi (658.7/km$^2$) | | 1922 |
| Beachwood | Borough | Ocean | 10,859 | 11,045 | −1.7% | 2.763 | 7.16 | 3,930.1/sq mi (1,517.4/km$^2$) | | 1917 |
| Wantage Township | Township | Sussex | 10,811 | 11,358 | −4.8% | 66.760 | 172.91 | 161.9/sq mi (62.5/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Pine Hill | Borough | Camden | 10,764 | 10,245 | +5.1% | 4.866 | 12.60 | 2,212.1/sq mi (854.1/km$^2$) | | 1929 |
| Somers Point | City | Atlantic | 10,469 | 10,795 | −3.0% | 4.010 | 10.39 | 2,610.7/sq mi (1,008.0/km$^2$) | City (New Jersey) | 1886 |
| Waterford Township | Township | Camden | 10,421 | 10,649 | −2.1% | 36.002 | 93.24 | 289.5/sq mi (111.8/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Millstone Township | Township | Monmouth | 10,376 | 10,566 | −1.8% | 36.607 | 94.81 | 283.4/sq mi (109.4/km$^2$) | | 1844 |
| Southampton | Township | Burlington | 10,317 | 10,464 | −1.4% | 43.957 | 113.85 | 234.7/sq mi (90.6/km$^2$) | | 1845 |
| Hackettstown | Town | Warren | 10,248 | 9,724 | +5.4% | 3.612 | 9.36 | 2,837.2/sq mi (1,095.5/km$^2$) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1853 |
| Hillsdale | Borough | Bergen | 10,143 | 10,219 | −0.7% | 2.902 | 7.52 | 3,495.2/sq mi (1,349.5/km$^2$) | | 1898 |
| Wood-Ridge | Borough | Bergen | 10,137 | 7,626 | +32.9% | 1.114 | 2.89 | 9,099.6/sq mi (3,513.4/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Maywood | Borough | Bergen | 10,080 | 9,555 | +5.5% | 1.287 | 3.33 | 7,832.2/sq mi (3,024.0/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Waldwick | Borough | Bergen | 10,058 | 9,625 | +4.5% | 2.046 | 5.30 | 4,915.9/sq mi (1,898.1/km$^2$) | | 1919 |
| East Rutherford | Borough | Bergen | 10,022 | 8,913 | +12.4% | 3.712 | 9.61 | 2,699.9/sq mi (1,042.4/km$^2$) | | 1889 |
| Mount Holly | Township | Burlington | 9,981 | 9,536 | +4.7% | 2.824 | 7.31 | 3,534.3/sq mi (1,364.6/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Kinnelon | Borough | Morris | 9,966 | 10,248 | −2.8% | 18.029 | 46.69 | 552.8/sq mi (213.4/km$^2$) | | 1922 |
| Woodbury | City | Gloucester | 9,963 | 10,174 | −2.1% | 2.020 | 5.23 | 4,932.2/sq mi (1,904.3/km$^2$) | City (New Jersey) | 1854 |
| Colts Neck | Township | Monmouth | 9,957 | 10,142 | −1.8% | 30.715 | 79.55 | 324.2/sq mi (125.2/km$^2$) | | 1847 |
| River Vale | Township | Bergen | 9,909 | 9,659 | +2.6% | 4.070 | 10.54 | 2,434.6/sq mi (940.0/km$^2$) | | 1906 |
| Keansburg | Borough | Monmouth | 9,755 | 10,105 | −3.5% | 1.072 | 2.78 | 9,099.8/sq mi (3,513.5/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1917 |
| Burlington City | City | Burlington | 9,743 | 9,920 | −1.8% | 3.035 | 7.86 | 3,210.2/sq mi (1,239.5/km$^2$) | | 1784 |
| Matawan | Borough | Monmouth | 9,565 | 8,810 | +8.6% | 2.266 | 5.87 | 4,221.1/sq mi (1,629.8/km$^2$) | | 1895 |
| Chesterfield | Township | Burlington | 9,422 | 7,699 | +22.4% | 21.311 | 55.20 | 442.1/sq mi (170.7/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| South Amboy | City | Middlesex | 9,411 | 8,631 | +9.0% | 1.538 | 3.98 | 6,119.0/sq mi (2,362.6/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Leonia | Borough | Bergen | 9,304 | 8,937 | +4.1% | 1.523 | 3.94 | 6,109.0/sq mi (2,358.7/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Washington Township | Township | Bergen | 9,285 | 9,102 | +2.0% | 2.953 | 7.65 | 3,144.3/sq mi (1,214.0/km$^2$) | | 1840 |
| Chatham Borough | Borough | Morris | 9,212 | 8,962 | +2.8% | 2.347 | 6.08 | 3,925.0/sq mi (1,515.5/km$^2$) | | 1892 |
| Ventnor City | City | Atlantic | 9,210 | 10,650 | −13.5% | 1.955 | 5.06 | 4,711.0/sq mi (1,818.9/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1903 |
| Cresskill | Borough | Bergen | 9,155 | 8,573 | +6.8% | 2.065 | 5.35 | 4,433.4/sq mi (1,711.8/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Absecon | City | Atlantic | 9,137 | 8,411 | +8.6% | 5.468 | 14.16 | 1,671.0/sq mi (645.2/km$^2$) | City (New Jersey) | 1872 |
| Westampton | Township | Burlington | 9,121 | 8,813 | +3.5% | 10.974 | 28.42 | 831.1/sq mi (320.9/km$^2$) | | 1850 |
| Haledon | Borough | Passaic | 9,052 | 8,318 | +8.8% | 1.215 | 3.15 | 7,450.2/sq mi (2,876.5/km$^2$) | | 1908 |
| Caldwell | Borough | Essex | 9,027 | 7,822 | +15.4% | 1.178 | 3.05 | 7,663.0/sq mi (2,958.7/km$^2$) | | 1892 |
| Edgewater Park | Township | Burlington | 8,930 | 8,881 | +0.6% | 2.919 | 7.56 | 3,059.3/sq mi (1,181.2/km$^2$) | | 1924 |
| North Haledon | Borough | Passaic | 8,927 | 8,417 | +6.1% | 3.464 | 8.97 | 2,577.1/sq mi (995.0/km$^2$) | | 1901 |
| Mansfield Township | Township | Burlington | 8,897 | 8,544 | +4.1% | 21.733 | 56.29 | 409.4/sq mi (158.1/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Park Ridge | Borough | Bergen | 8,883 | 8,645 | +2.8% | 2.607 | 6.75 | 3,407.4/sq mi (1,315.6/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Ocean Township | Township | Ocean | 8,835 | 8,332 | +6.0% | 20.866 | 54.04 | 423.4/sq mi (163.5/km$^2$) | | 1876 |
| Boonton Town | Town | Morris | 8,815 | 8,347 | +5.6% | 2.335 | 6.05 | 3,775.2/sq mi (1,457.6/km$^2$) | Town (New Jersey) | 1866 |
| Clayton | Borough | Gloucester | 8,807 | 8,179 | +7.7% | 7.075 | 18.32 | 1,244.8/sq mi (480.6/km$^2$) | | 1858 |
| Pitman | Borough | Gloucester | 8,780 | 9,011 | −2.6% | 2.218 | 5.74 | 3,958.5/sq mi (1,528.4/km$^2$) | | 1905 |
| Bogota | Borough | Bergen | 8,778 | 8,187 | +7.2% | 0.755 | 1.96 | 11,626.5/sq mi (4,489.0/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Pittsgrove | Township | Salem | 8,777 | 9,393 | −6.6% | 44.899 | 116.29 | 195.5/sq mi (75.5/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Lopatcong | Township | Warren | 8,776 | 8,014 | +9.5% | 7.316 | 18.95 | 1,199.6/sq mi (463.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1851 |
| Audubon | Borough | Camden | 8,707 | 8,819 | −1.3% | 1.482 | 3.84 | 5,875.2/sq mi (2,268.4/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1905 |
| Carneys Point | Township | Salem | 8,637 | 8,049 | +7.3% | 16.912 | 43.80 | 510.7/sq mi (197.2/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Long Hill | Township | Morris | 8,629 | 8,702 | −0.8% | 11.797 | 30.55 | 731.5/sq mi (282.4/km$^2$) | | 1866 |
| Closter | Borough | Bergen | 8,594 | 8,373 | +2.6% | 3.160 | 8.18 | 2,719.6/sq mi (1,050.1/km$^2$) | | 1904 |
| West Long Branch | Borough | Monmouth | 8,587 | 8,097 | +6.1% | 2.856 | 7.40 | 3,006.7/sq mi (1,160.9/km$^2$) | | 1908 |
| Montvale | Borough | Bergen | 8,436 | 7,844 | +7.5% | 4.023 | 10.42 | 2,096.9/sq mi (809.6/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Northfield | City | Atlantic | 8,434 | 8,624 | −2.2% | 3.582 | 9.28 | 2,354.6/sq mi (909.1/km$^2$) | City (New Jersey) | 1905 |
| Kenilworth | Borough | Union | 8,427 | 7,914 | +6.5% | 2.147 | 5.56 | 3,925.0/sq mi (1,515.5/km$^2$) | | 1907 |
| Newton | Town | Sussex | 8,374 | 7,997 | +4.7% | 3.360 | 8.70 | 2,492.3/sq mi (962.3/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1864 |
| Upper Saddle River | Borough | Bergen | 8,353 | 8,208 | +1.8% | 5.253 | 13.61 | 1,590.1/sq mi (614.0/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Runnemede | Borough | Camden | 8,324 | 8,468 | −1.7% | 2.051 | 5.31 | 4,058.5/sq mi (1,567.0/km$^2$) | | 1926 |
| Bedminster | Township | Somerset | 8,272 | 8,165 | +1.3% | 26.123 | 67.66 | 316.7/sq mi (122.3/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Oradell | Borough | Bergen | 8,244 | 7,978 | +3.3% | 2.411 | 6.24 | 3,419.3/sq mi (1,320.2/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Spotswood | Borough | Middlesex | 8,163 | 8,257 | −1.1% | 2.307 | 5.98 | 3,538.4/sq mi (1,366.2/km$^2$) | | 1908 |
| Hardyston | Township | Sussex | 8,125 | 8,213 | −1.1% | 31.985 | 82.84 | 254.0/sq mi (98.1/km$^2$) | Special charter (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| Plumsted | Township | Ocean | 8,072 | 8,421 | −4.1% | 39.137 | 101.36 | 206.2/sq mi (79.6/km$^2$) | | 1845 |
| Butler | Borough | Morris | 8,047 | 7,539 | +6.7% | 2.034 | 5.27 | 3,956.2/sq mi (1,527.5/km$^2$) | | 1901 |
| Byram Township | Township | Sussex | 8,028 | 8,350 | −3.9% | 21.531 | 55.77 | 372.9/sq mi (144.0/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Riverside | Township | Burlington | 8,003 | 8,079 | −0.9% | 1.484 | 3.84 | 5,392.9/sq mi (2,082.2/km$^2$) | | 1895 |
| North Hanover Township | Township | Burlington | 7,963 | 7,678 | +3.7% | 17.368 | 44.98 | 458.5/sq mi (177.0/km$^2$) | | 1905 |
| Bernardsville | Borough | Somerset | 7,893 | 7,707 | +2.4% | 12.836 | 33.25 | 614.9/sq mi (237.4/km$^2$) | | 1924 |
| Fairfield | Township | Essex | 7,872 | 7,466 | +5.4% | 10.128 | 26.23 | 777.3/sq mi (300.1/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1798 |
| Raritan | Borough | Somerset | 7,835 | 6,881 | +13.9% | 1.992 | 5.16 | 3,933.2/sq mi (1,518.6/km$^2$) | | 1868 |
| Glen Ridge | Borough | Essex | 7,802 | 7,527 | +3.7% | 1.275 | 3.30 | 6,119.2/sq mi (2,362.6/km$^2$) | | 1895 |
| Mansfield Township | Township | Warren | 7,781 | 7,725 | +0.7% | 29.586 | 76.63 | 263.0/sq mi (101.5/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Bloomingdale | Borough | Passaic | 7,777 | 7,656 | +1.6% | 8.801 | 22.79 | 883.6/sq mi (341.2/km$^2$) | | 1918 |
| Fanwood | Borough | Union | 7,774 | 7,318 | +6.2% | 1.340 | 3.47 | 5,801.5/sq mi (2,240.0/km$^2$) | | 1895 |
| Brigantine | City | Atlantic | 7,716 | 9,450 | −18.3% | 6.522 | 16.89 | 1,183.1/sq mi (456.8/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1890 |
| Chester Township | Township | Morris | 7,713 | 7,838 | −1.6% | 29.132 | 75.45 | 264.8/sq mi (102.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1799 |
| Upper Deerfield Township | Township | Cumberland | 7,645 | 7,660 | −0.2% | 31.241 | 80.91 | 244.7/sq mi (94.5/km$^2$) | | 1922 |
| Dunellen | Borough | Middlesex | 7,637 | 7,227 | +5.7% | 1.062 | 2.75 | 7,191.1/sq mi (2,776.5/km$^2$) | | 1887 |
| Haddon Heights | Borough | Camden | 7,495 | 7,473 | +0.3% | 1.566 | 4.06 | 4,786.1/sq mi (1,847.9/km$^2$) | | 1904 |
| Berlin Borough | Borough | Camden | 7,489 | 7,588 | −1.3% | 3.594 | 9.31 | 2,083.8/sq mi (804.5/km$^2$) | | 1927 |
| Palmyra | Borough | Burlington | 7,438 | 7,398 | +0.5% | 1.849 | 4.79 | 4,022.7/sq mi (1,553.2/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Rumson | Borough | Monmouth | 7,343 | 7,122 | +3.1% | 5.067 | 13.12 | 1,449.2/sq mi (559.5/km$^2$) | | 1907 |
| Washington Borough | Borough | Warren | 7,299 | 6,461 | +13.0% | 1.965 | 5.09 | 3,714.5/sq mi (1,434.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1868 |
| Emerson | Borough | Bergen | 7,290 | 7,401 | −1.5% | 2.231 | 5.78 | 3,267.6/sq mi (1,261.6/km$^2$) | | 1903 |
| Green Brook Township | Township | Somerset | 7,281 | 7,203 | +1.1% | 4.407 | 11.41 | 1,652.1/sq mi (637.9/km$^2$) | | 1872 |
| Upper Freehold | Township | Monmouth | 7,273 | 6,902 | +5.4% | 46.476 | 120.37 | 156.5/sq mi (60.4/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Wharton | Borough | Morris | 7,241 | 6,522 | +11.0% | 2.072 | 5.37 | 3,494.7/sq mi (1,349.3/km$^2$) | | 1895 |
| Keyport | Borough | Monmouth | 7,204 | 7,240 | −0.5% | 1.381 | 3.58 | 5,216.5/sq mi (2,014.1/km$^2$) | | 1908 |
| Barrington | Borough | Camden | 7,075 | 6,983 | +1.3% | 1.581 | 4.09 | 4,475.0/sq mi (1,727.8/km$^2$) | | 1917 |
| Milltown | Borough | Middlesex | 7,037 | 6,893 | +2.1% | 1.554 | 4.02 | 4,528.3/sq mi (1,748.4/km$^2$) | | 1889 |
| Buena Vista Township | Township | Atlantic | 7,033 | 7,570 | −7.1% | 41.080 | 106.40 | 171.2/sq mi (66.1/km$^2$) | | 1867 |
| Mountainside | Borough | Union | 7,020 | 6,685 | +5.0% | 3.996 | 10.35 | 1,756.8/sq mi (678.3/km$^2$) | | 1895 |
| Midland Park | Borough | Bergen | 7,014 | 7,128 | −1.6% | 1.571 | 4.07 | 4,464.7/sq mi (1,723.8/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Stratford | Borough | Camden | 6,981 | 7,040 | −0.8% | 1.570 | 4.07 | 4,446.5/sq mi (1,716.8/km$^2$) | | 1925 |
| Linwood | City | Atlantic | 6,971 | 7,092 | −1.7% | 3.811 | 9.87 | 1,829.2/sq mi (706.2/km$^2$) | City (New Jersey) | 1889 |
| Allendale | Borough | Bergen | 6,848 | 6,505 | +5.3% | 3.097 | 8.02 | 2,211.2/sq mi (853.7/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Tabernacle | Township | Burlington | 6,776 | 6,949 | −2.5% | 49.202 | 127.43 | 137.7/sq mi (53.2/km$^2$) | | 1901 |
| North Caldwell | Borough | Essex | 6,694 | 6,183 | +8.3% | 3.068 | 7.95 | 2,181.9/sq mi (842.4/km$^2$) | | 1898 |
| Rockaway Borough | Borough | Morris | 6,598 | 6,438 | +2.5% | 2.074 | 5.37 | 3,181.3/sq mi (1,228.3/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Union Township | Township | Hunterdon | 6,507 | 5,908 | +10.1% | 18.765 | 48.60 | 346.8/sq mi (133.9/km$^2$) | | 1853 |
| Washington Township | Township | Warren | 6,492 | 6,651 | −2.4% | 17.961 | 46.52 | 361.4/sq mi (139.6/km$^2$) | | 1849 |
| Shamong | Township | Burlington | 6,460 | 6,490 | −0.5% | 44.452 | 115.13 | 145.3/sq mi (56.1/km$^2$) | | 1852 |
| Watchung | Borough | Somerset | 6,449 | 5,801 | +11.2% | 6.016 | 15.58 | 1,072.0/sq mi (413.9/km$^2$) | | 1926 |
| Carlstadt | Borough | Bergen | 6,372 | 6,127 | +4.0% | 3.947 | 10.22 | 1,614.4/sq mi (623.3/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Prospect Park | Borough | Passaic | 6,372 | 5,865 | +8.6% | 0.465 | 1.20 | 13,703.2/sq mi (5,290.8/km$^2$) | | 1901 |
| New Hanover Township | Township | Burlington | 6,367 | 7,385 | −13.8% | 22.334 | 57.84 | 285.1/sq mi (110.1/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Roseland | Borough | Essex | 6,299 | 5,819 | +8.2% | 3.618 | 9.37 | 1,741.0/sq mi (672.2/km$^2$) | | 1908 |
| Dennis Township | Township | Cape May | 6,285 | 6,467 | −2.8% | 60.421 | 156.49 | 104.0/sq mi (40.2/km$^2$) | | 1827 |
| Fair Haven | Borough | Monmouth | 6,269 | 6,121 | +2.4% | 1.593 | 4.13 | 3,935.3/sq mi (1,519.4/km$^2$) | | 1912 |
| Maurice River Township | Township | Cumberland | 6,218 | 7,976 | −22.0% | 93.166 | 241.30 | 66.7/sq mi (25.8/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Paulsboro | Borough | Gloucester | 6,196 | 6,097 | +1.6% | 1.924 | 4.98 | 3,220.4/sq mi (1,243.4/km$^2$) | | 1904 |
| Lebanon Township | Township | Hunterdon | 6,195 | 6,588 | −6.0% | 31.429 | 81.40 | 197.1/sq mi (76.1/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Eastampton | Township | Burlington | 6,191 | 6,069 | +2.0% | 5.730 | 14.84 | 1,080.5/sq mi (417.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1880 |
| Morris Plains | Borough | Morris | 6,153 | 5,532 | +11.2% | 2.554 | 6.61 | 2,409.2/sq mi (930.2/km$^2$) | | 1926 |
| Oceanport | Borough | Monmouth | 6,150 | 5,832 | +5.5% | 3.172 | 8.22 | 1,938.8/sq mi (748.6/km$^2$) | | 1920 |
| Little Silver | Borough | Monmouth | 6,131 | 5,950 | +3.0% | 2.712 | 7.02 | 2,260.7/sq mi (872.9/km$^2$) | | 1923 |
| Woodcliff Lake | Borough | Bergen | 6,128 | 5,730 | +6.9% | 3.376 | 8.74 | 1,815.2/sq mi (700.8/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Hainesport | Township | Burlington | 6,035 | 6,110 | −1.2% | 6.470 | 16.76 | 932.8/sq mi (360.1/km$^2$) | | 1924 |
| Mendham Township | Township | Morris | 6,016 | 5,869 | +2.5% | 17.784 | 46.06 | 338.3/sq mi (130.6/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Logan Township | Township | Gloucester | 6,000 | 6,042 | −0.7% | 21.928 | 56.79 | 273.6/sq mi (105.6/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1877 |
| Andover Township | Township | Sussex | 5,996 | 6,319 | −5.1% | 20.044 | 51.91 | 299.1/sq mi (115.5/km$^2$) | | 1864 |
| Manasquan | Borough | Monmouth | 5,938 | 5,897 | +0.7% | 1.380 | 3.57 | 4,302.9/sq mi (1,661.4/km$^2$) | | 1887 |
| Mount Arlington | Borough | Morris | 5,909 | 5,050 | +17.0% | 2.140 | 5.54 | 2,761.2/sq mi (1,066.1/km$^2$) | | 1890 |
| Belmar | Borough | Monmouth | 5,907 | 5,794 | +2.0% | 1.045 | 2.71 | 5,652.6/sq mi (2,182.5/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1885 |
| Hightstown | Borough | Mercer | 5,900 | 5,494 | +7.4% | 1.233 | 3.19 | 4,785.1/sq mi (1,847.5/km$^2$) | | 1853 |
| Old Tappan | Borough | Bergen | 5,888 | 5,750 | +2.4% | 3.315 | 8.59 | 1,776.2/sq mi (685.8/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Tewksbury | Township | Hunterdon | 5,870 | 5,993 | −2.1% | 31.645 | 81.96 | 185.5/sq mi (71.6/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Berlin Township | Township | Camden | 5,867 | 5,357 | +9.5% | 3.342 | 8.66 | 1,755.5/sq mi (677.8/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1910 |
| Mullica Township | Township | Atlantic | 5,816 | 6,147 | −5.4% | 56.375 | 146.01 | 103.2/sq mi (39.8/km$^2$) | | 1838 |
| Rochelle Park | Township | Bergen | 5,814 | 5,530 | +5.1% | 0.991 | 2.57 | 5,866.8/sq mi (2,265.2/km$^2$) | | 1871 |
| Jamesburg | Borough | Middlesex | 5,783 | 5,915 | −2.2% | 0.882 | 2.28 | 6,556.7/sq mi (2,531.6/km$^2$) | | 1887 |
| Union Beach | Borough | Monmouth | 5,723 | 6,245 | −8.4% | 1.782 | 4.62 | 3,211.6/sq mi (1,240.0/km$^2$) | | 1925 |
| Blairstown | Township | Warren | 5,704 | 5,967 | −4.4% | 29.887 | 77.41 | 190.9/sq mi (73.7/km$^2$) | | 1845 |
| Norwood | Borough | Bergen | 5,641 | 5,711 | −1.2% | 2.785 | 7.21 | 2,025.5/sq mi (782.0/km$^2$) | | 1905 |
| Somerdale | Borough | Camden | 5,566 | 5,151 | +8.1% | 1.392 | 3.61 | 3,998.6/sq mi (1,543.9/km$^2$) | | 1929 |
| Fairfield Township | Township | Cumberland | 5,546 | 6,295 | −11.9% | 41.119 | 106.50 | 134.9/sq mi (52.1/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Greenwich Township | Township | Warren | 5,473 | 5,712 | −4.2% | 10.581 | 27.40 | 517.2/sq mi (199.7/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Independence Township | Township | Warren | 5,469 | 5,662 | −3.4% | 19.830 | 51.36 | 275.8/sq mi (106.5/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Englewood Cliffs | Borough | Bergen | 5,342 | 5,281 | +1.2% | 2.126 | 5.51 | 2,512.7/sq mi (970.2/km$^2$) | | 1895 |
| Clementon | Borough | Camden | 5,338 | 5,000 | +6.8% | 1.893 | 4.90 | 2,819.9/sq mi (1,088.8/km$^2$) | | 1925 |
| Allamuchy Township | Township | Warren | 5,335 | 4,323 | +23.4% | 19.992 | 51.78 | 266.9/sq mi (103.0/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1873 |
| Margate City | City | Atlantic | 5,317 | 6,354 | −16.3% | 1.416 | 3.67 | 3,754.9/sq mi (1,449.8/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1885 |
| Frankford | Township | Sussex | 5,302 | 5,565 | −4.7% | 33.876 | 87.74 | 156.5/sq mi (60.4/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Salem | City | Salem | 5,296 | 5,146 | +2.9% | 2.344 | 6.07 | 2,259.4/sq mi (872.4/km$^2$) | City (New Jersey) | 1798 |
| Holland Township | Township | Hunterdon | 5,177 | 5,291 | −2.2% | 23.469 | 60.78 | 220.6/sq mi (85.2/km$^2$) | | 1874 |
| Wildwood | City | Cape May | 5,157 | 5,325 | −3.2% | 1.541 | 3.99 | 3,346.5/sq mi (1,292.1/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1895 |
| Brielle | Borough | Monmouth | 4,982 | 4,774 | +4.4% | 1.756 | 4.55 | 2,837.1/sq mi (1,095.4/km$^2$) | | 1919 |
| Demarest | Borough | Bergen | 4,981 | 4,881 | +2.0% | 2.072 | 5.37 | 2,404.0/sq mi (928.2/km$^2$) | | 1903 |
| Mendham Borough | Borough | Morris | 4,981 | 4,981 | 0.0% | 5.931 | 15.36 | 839.8/sq mi (324.3/km$^2$) | | 1906 |
| Greenwich Township | Township | Gloucester | 4,917 | 4,899 | +0.4% | 8.982 | 23.26 | 547.4/sq mi (211.4/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1798 |
| Franklin Borough | Borough | Sussex | 4,912 | 5,045 | −2.6% | 4.356 | 11.28 | 1,127.6/sq mi (435.4/km$^2$) | | 1913 |
| Hampton Township | Township | Sussex | 4,893 | 5,196 | −5.8% | 24.570 | 63.64 | 199.1/sq mi (76.9/km$^2$) | | 1864 |
| Spring Lake Heights | Borough | Monmouth | 4,890 | 4,713 | +3.8% | 1.295 | 3.35 | 3,776.1/sq mi (1,457.9/km$^2$) | | 1927 |
| Flemington | Borough | Hunterdon | 4,876 | 4,581 | +6.4% | 1.077 | 2.79 | 4,527.4/sq mi (1,748.0/km$^2$) | | 1910 |
| South Bound Brook | Borough | Somerset | 4,863 | 4,563 | +6.6% | 0.645 | 1.67 | 7,539.5/sq mi (2,911.0/km$^2$) | | 1907 |
| Penns Grove | Borough | Salem | 4,837 | 5,147 | −6.0% | 0.893 | 2.31 | 5,416.6/sq mi (2,091.4/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Delanco | Township | Burlington | 4,824 | 4,283 | +12.6% | 2.358 | 6.11 | 2,045.8/sq mi (789.9/km$^2$) | | 1859 |
| Alexandria | Township | Hunterdon | 4,809 | 4,938 | −2.6% | 27.534 | 71.31 | 174.7/sq mi (67.4/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Point Pleasant Beach | Borough | Ocean | 4,766 | 4,665 | +2.2% | 1.424 | 3.69 | 3,346.9/sq mi (1,292.2/km$^2$) | | 1886 |
| Northvale | Borough | Bergen | 4,761 | 4,640 | +2.6% | 1.265 | 3.28 | 3,763.6/sq mi (1,453.1/km$^2$) | | 1916 |
| Harrington Park | Borough | Bergen | 4,741 | 4,664 | +1.7% | 1.846 | 4.78 | 2,568.3/sq mi (991.6/km$^2$) | | 1904 |
| Commercial Township | Township | Cumberland | 4,669 | 5,178 | −9.8% | 31.914 | 82.66 | 146.3/sq mi (56.5/km$^2$) | | 1874 |
| Mount Ephraim | Borough | Camden | 4,651 | 4,676 | −0.5% | 0.884 | 2.29 | 5,261.3/sq mi (2,031.4/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1926 |
| Neptune City | Borough | Monmouth | 4,626 | 4,869 | −5.0% | 0.896 | 2.32 | 5,162.9/sq mi (1,993.4/km$^2$) | | 1881 |
| Highlands | Borough | Monmouth | 4,621 | 5,005 | −7.7% | 0.740 | 1.92 | 6,244.6/sq mi (2,411.1/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1900 |
| White | Township | Warren | 4,606 | 4,882 | −5.7% | 27.366 | 70.88 | 168.3/sq mi (65.0/km$^2$) | | 1913 |
| Delaware Township | Township | Hunterdon | 4,560 | 4,563 | −0.1% | 36.656 | 94.94 | 124.4/sq mi (48.0/km$^2$) | | 1838 |
| Buena | Borough | Atlantic | 4,501 | 4,603 | −2.2% | 7.573 | 19.61 | 594.3/sq mi (229.5/km$^2$) | | 1948 |
| Mountain Lakes | Borough | Morris | 4,472 | 4,160 | +7.5% | 2.641 | 6.84 | 1,693.3/sq mi (653.8/km$^2$) | | 1924 |
| Garwood | Borough | Union | 4,454 | 4,226 | +5.4% | 0.650 | 1.68 | 6,852.3/sq mi (2,645.7/km$^2$) | | 1903 |
| Elk Township | Township | Gloucester | 4,424 | 4,216 | +4.9% | 19.157 | 49.62 | 230.9/sq mi (89.2/km$^2$) | | 1891 |
| Atlantic Highlands | Borough | Monmouth | 4,414 | 4,385 | +0.7% | 1.264 | 3.27 | 3,492.1/sq mi (1,348.3/km$^2$) | | 1887 |
| Egg Harbor City | City | Atlantic | 4,396 | 4,243 | +3.6% | 10.851 | 28.10 | 405.1/sq mi (156.4/km$^2$) | City (New Jersey) | 1858 |
| Hopewell Township | Township | Cumberland | 4,391 | 4,571 | −3.9% | 29.890 | 77.41 | 146.9/sq mi (56.7/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Boonton Township | Township | Morris | 4,380 | 4,263 | +2.7% | 8.131 | 21.06 | 538.7/sq mi (208.0/km$^2$) | | 1867 |
| Magnolia | Borough | Camden | 4,352 | 4,341 | +0.3% | 0.978 | 2.53 | 4,449.9/sq mi (1,718.1/km$^2$) | | 1915 |
| Bradley Beach | Borough | Monmouth | 4,282 | 4,298 | −0.4% | 0.610 | 1.58 | 7,019.7/sq mi (2,710.3/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1893 |
| Medford Lakes | Borough | Burlington | 4,264 | 4,146 | +2.8% | 1.140 | 2.95 | 3,740.4/sq mi (1,444.2/km$^2$) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1939 |
| Westville | Borough | Gloucester | 4,264 | 4,288 | −0.6% | 1.024 | 2.65 | 4,164.1/sq mi (1,607.8/km$^2$) | | 1914 |
| Ho-Ho-Kus | Borough | Bergen | 4,258 | 4,078 | +4.4% | 1.739 | 4.50 | 2,448.5/sq mi (945.4/km$^2$) | | 1908 |
| Shrewsbury Borough | Borough | Monmouth | 4,184 | 3,809 | +9.8% | 2.161 | 5.60 | 1,936.1/sq mi (747.5/km$^2$) | | 1926 |
| Pilesgrove | Township | Salem | 4,183 | 4,016 | +4.2% | 34.935 | 90.48 | 119.7/sq mi (46.2/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Lambertville | City | Hunterdon | 4,139 | 3,906 | +6.0% | 1.084 | 2.81 | 3,818.3/sq mi (1,474.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1849 |
| Riverdale | Borough | Morris | 4,107 | 3,559 | +15.4% | 2.026 | 5.25 | 2,027.1/sq mi (782.7/km$^2$) | | 1923 |
| Mine Hill | Township | Morris | 4,015 | 3,651 | +10.0% | 2.939 | 7.61 | 1,366.1/sq mi (527.5/km$^2$) | | 1923 |
| Stillwater Township | Township | Sussex | 4,004 | 4,099 | −2.3% | 26.924 | 69.73 | 148.7/sq mi (57.4/km$^2$) | | 1824 |
| Bordentown City | City | Burlington | 3,993 | 3,924 | +1.8% | 0.935 | 2.42 | 4,270.6/sq mi (1,648.9/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1825 |
| Oaklyn | Borough | Camden | 3,930 | 4,038 | −2.7% | 0.627 | 1.62 | 6,267.9/sq mi (2,420.1/km$^2$) | | 1905 |
| East Amwell Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,917 | 4,013 | −2.4% | 28.455 | 73.70 | 137.7/sq mi (53.1/km$^2$) | | 1846 |
| Harding | Township | Morris | 3,871 | 3,838 | +0.9% | 20.054 | 51.94 | 193.0/sq mi (74.5/km$^2$) | | 1922 |
| Cranbury | Township | Middlesex | 3,842 | 3,857 | −0.4% | 13.283 | 34.40 | 289.2/sq mi (111.7/km$^2$) | | 1872 |
| Merchantville | Borough | Camden | 3,820 | 3,821 | 0.0% | 0.593 | 1.54 | 6,441.8/sq mi (2,487.2/km$^2$) | | 1874 |
| Kingwood | Township | Hunterdon | 3,802 | 3,845 | −1.1% | 35.006 | 90.67 | 108.6/sq mi (41.9/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Montague | Township | Sussex | 3,792 | 3,847 | −1.4% | 45.231 | 117.15 | 83.8/sq mi (32.4/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Bethlehem Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,745 | 3,979 | −5.9% | 20.683 | 53.57 | 181.1/sq mi (69.9/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Woodstown | Borough | Salem | 3,678 | 3,505 | +4.9% | 1.575 | 4.08 | 2,335.2/sq mi (901.6/km$^2$) | | 1882 |
| South Toms River | Borough | Ocean | 3,643 | 3,684 | −1.1% | 1.157 | 3.00 | 3,148.7/sq mi (1,215.7/km$^2$) | | 1927 |
| Green Township | Township | Sussex | 3,627 | 3,601 | +0.7% | 16.034 | 41.53 | 226.2/sq mi (87.3/km$^2$) | | 1824 |
| North Wildwood | City | Cape May | 3,621 | 4,041 | −10.4% | 1.725 | 4.47 | 2,099.1/sq mi (810.5/km$^2$) | City (New Jersey) | 1885 |
| Tuckerton | Borough | Ocean | 3,577 | 3,347 | +6.9% | 3.362 | 8.71 | 1,064.0/sq mi (410.8/km$^2$) | | 1901 |
| High Bridge | Borough | Hunterdon | 3,546 | 3,648 | −2.8% | 2.391 | 6.19 | 1,483.1/sq mi (572.6/km$^2$) | | 1871 |
| Stanhope | Borough | Sussex | 3,526 | 3,610 | −2.3% | 1.838 | 4.76 | 1,918.4/sq mi (740.7/km$^2$) | | 1904 |
| Upper Pittsgrove | Township | Salem | 3,432 | 3,505 | −2.1% | 40.242 | 104.23 | 85.3/sq mi (32.9/km$^2$) | | 1846 |
| South Harrison Township | Township | Gloucester | 3,395 | 3,162 | +7.4% | 15.895 | 41.17 | 213.6/sq mi (82.5/km$^2$) | | 1883 |
| Netcong | Borough | Morris | 3,375 | 3,232 | +4.4% | 0.833 | 2.16 | 4,051.6/sq mi (1,564.3/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Saddle River | Borough | Bergen | 3,372 | 3,152 | +7.0% | 4.916 | 12.73 | 685.9/sq mi (264.8/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Haworth | Borough | Bergen | 3,343 | 3,382 | −1.2% | 1.937 | 5.02 | 1,725.9/sq mi (666.4/km$^2$) | | 1904 |
| Alloway Township | Township | Salem | 3,283 | 3,467 | −5.3% | 33.477 | 86.71 | 98.1/sq mi (37.9/km$^2$) | | 1767 |
| Franklin Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,267 | 3,195 | +2.3% | 23.035 | 59.66 | 141.8/sq mi (54.8/km$^2$) | | 1845 |
| Hamburg | Borough | Sussex | 3,266 | 3,277 | −0.3% | 1.145 | 2.97 | 2,852.4/sq mi (1,101.3/km$^2$) | | 1920 |
| Springfield | Township | Burlington | 3,245 | 3,414 | −5.0% | 29.512 | 76.44 | 110.0/sq mi (42.5/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1798 |
| Pohatcong | Township | Warren | 3,241 | 3,339 | −2.9% | 13.370 | 34.63 | 242.4/sq mi (93.6/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1882 |
| Fredon Township | Township | Sussex | 3,235 | 3,437 | −5.9% | 17.640 | 45.69 | 183.4/sq mi (70.8/km$^2$) | | 1904 |
| Monmouth Beach | Borough | Monmouth | 3,174 | 3,279 | −3.2% | 1.042 | 2.70 | 3,046.1/sq mi (1,176.1/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1906 |
| Long Beach Township | Township | Ocean | 3,153 | 3,051 | +3.3% | 5.448 | 14.11 | 578.7/sq mi (223.5/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1899 |
| Deerfield Township | Township | Cumberland | 3,136 | 3,119 | +0.5% | 16.842 | 43.62 | 186.2/sq mi (71.9/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Moonachie | Borough | Bergen | 3,133 | 2,708 | +15.7% | 1.730 | 4.48 | 1,811.0/sq mi (699.2/km$^2$) | | 1910 |
| Wildwood Crest | Borough | Cape May | 3,101 | 3,270 | −5.2% | 1.298 | 3.36 | 2,389.1/sq mi (922.4/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1910 |
| Woodbury Heights | Borough | Gloucester | 3,098 | 3,055 | +1.4% | 1.246 | 3.23 | 2,486.4/sq mi (960.0/km$^2$) | | 1915 |
| Lawrence Township | Township | Cumberland | 3,087 | 3,290 | −6.2% | 36.923 | 95.63 | 83.6/sq mi (32.3/km$^2$) | | 1885 |
| National Park | Borough | Gloucester | 3,026 | 3,036 | −0.3% | 1.007 | 2.61 | 3,005.0/sq mi (1,160.2/km$^2$) | | 1902 |
| West Amwell Township | Township | Hunterdon | 3,005 | 3,840 | −21.7% | 21.647 | 56.07 | 138.8/sq mi (53.6/km$^2$) | | 1846 |
| Franklin Township | Township | Warren | 2,968 | 3,176 | −6.5% | 23.420 | 60.66 | 126.7/sq mi (48.9/km$^2$) | | 1839 |
| Lawnside | Borough | Camden | 2,955 | 2,945 | +0.3% | 1.430 | 3.70 | 2,066.4/sq mi (797.9/km$^2$) | | 1926 |
| Woodlynne | Borough | Camden | 2,902 | 2,978 | −2.6% | 0.218 | 0.56 | 13,311.9/sq mi (5,139.8/km$^2$) | | 1901 |
| Knowlton Township | Township | Warren | 2,894 | 3,055 | −5.3% | 24.724 | 64.03 | 117.1/sq mi (45.2/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Pennington | Borough | Mercer | 2,802 | 2,585 | +8.4% | 0.961 | 2.49 | 2,915.7/sq mi (1,125.8/km$^2$) | | 1890 |
| Spring Lake | Borough | Monmouth | 2,789 | 2,993 | −6.8% | 1.332 | 3.45 | 2,093.8/sq mi (808.4/km$^2$) | | 1892 |
| Clinton Town | Town | Hunterdon | 2,773 | 2,719 | +2.0% | 1.346 | 3.49 | 2,060.2/sq mi (795.4/km$^2$) | Town (New Jersey) | 1865 |
| Cape May | City | Cape May | 2,768 | 3,607 | −23.3% | 2.473 | 6.41 | 1,119.3/sq mi (432.2/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (council–manager) | 1848 |
| Riverton | Borough | Burlington | 2,764 | 2,779 | −0.5% | 0.662 | 1.71 | 4,175.2/sq mi (1,612.1/km$^2$) | | 1893 |
| Swedesboro | Borough | Gloucester | 2,711 | 2,584 | +4.9% | 0.731 | 1.89 | 3,708.6/sq mi (1,431.9/km$^2$) | | 1902 |
| South Hackensack | Township | Bergen | 2,701 | 2,378 | +13.6% | 0.717 | 1.86 | 3,767.1/sq mi (1,454.5/km$^2$) | | 1935 |
| Liberty | Township | Warren | 2,670 | 2,942 | −9.2% | 11.667 | 30.22 | 228.9/sq mi (88.4/km$^2$) | | 1926 |
| Lakehurst | Borough | Ocean | 2,636 | 2,654 | −0.7% | 0.895 | 2.32 | 2,945.3/sq mi (1,137.2/km$^2$) | | 1921 |
| Weymouth Township | Township | Atlantic | 2,614 | 2,715 | −3.7% | 11.822 | 30.62 | 221.1/sq mi (85.4/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| East Newark | Borough | Hudson | 2,594 | 2,406 | +7.8% | 0.103 | 0.27 | 25,184.5/sq mi (9,723.8/km$^2$) | | 1895 |
| Quinton Township | Township | Salem | 2,580 | 2,666 | −3.2% | 23.793 | 61.62 | 108.4/sq mi (41.9/km$^2$) | | 1873 |
| Peapack and Gladstone | Borough | Somerset | 2,558 | 2,582 | −0.9% | 5.733 | 14.85 | 446.2/sq mi (172.3/km$^2$) | Borough (New Jersey) | 1912 |
| Belvidere | Town | Warren | 2,520 | 2,681 | −6.0% | 1.449 | 3.75 | 1,739.1/sq mi (671.5/km$^2$) | Town (New Jersey) | 1845 |
| Harmony Township | Township | Warren | 2,503 | 2,667 | −6.1% | 23.750 | 61.51 | 105.4/sq mi (40.7/km$^2$) | | 1839 |
| Beverly | City | Burlington | 2,499 | 2,577 | −3.0% | 0.541 | 1.40 | 4,619.2/sq mi (1,783.5/km$^2$) | City (New Jersey) | 1850 |
| Helmetta | Borough | Middlesex | 2,455 | 2,178 | +12.7% | 0.828 | 2.14 | 2,965.0/sq mi (1,144.8/km$^2$) | | 1888 |
| Oxford Township | Township | Warren | 2,444 | 2,514 | −2.8% | 5.959 | 15.43 | 410.1/sq mi (158.4/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Seaside Heights | Borough | Ocean | 2,440 | 2,887 | −15.5% | 0.617 | 1.60 | 3,954.6/sq mi (1,526.9/km$^2$) | | 1913 |
| Lafayette Township | Township | Sussex | 2,358 | 2,538 | −7.1% | 17.883 | 46.32 | 131.9/sq mi (50.9/km$^2$) | | 1845 |
| Englishtown | Borough | Monmouth | 2,346 | 1,847 | +27.0% | 0.570 | 1.48 | 4,115.8/sq mi (1,589.1/km$^2$) | | 1888 |
| Alpha | Borough | Warren | 2,328 | 2,369 | −1.7% | 1.681 | 4.35 | 1,384.9/sq mi (534.7/km$^2$) | | 1911 |
| Wenonah | Borough | Gloucester | 2,283 | 2,278 | +0.2% | 0.996 | 2.58 | 2,292.2/sq mi (885.0/km$^2$) | | 1883 |
| Ogdensburg | Borough | Sussex | 2,258 | 2,410 | −6.3% | 2.204 | 5.71 | 1,024.5/sq mi (395.6/km$^2$) | | 1914 |
| Essex Fells | Borough | Essex | 2,244 | 2,113 | +6.2% | 1.408 | 3.65 | 1,593.8/sq mi (615.4/km$^2$) | | 1902 |
| Frelinghuysen Township | Township | Warren | 2,199 | 2,230 | −1.4% | 23.623 | 61.18 | 93.1/sq mi (35.9/km$^2$) | | 1848 |
| Gibbsboro | Borough | Camden | 2,189 | 2,274 | −3.7% | 2.152 | 5.57 | 1,017.2/sq mi (392.7/km$^2$) | | 1924 |
| Pine Beach | Borough | Ocean | 2,139 | 2,127 | +0.6% | 0.636 | 1.65 | 3,363.2/sq mi (1,298.5/km$^2$) | | 1925 |
| Woodbine | Borough | Cape May | 2,128 | 2,472 | −13.9% | 8.019 | 20.77 | 265.4/sq mi (102.5/km$^2$) | | 1903 |
| Sea Isle City | City | Cape May | 2,104 | 2,114 | −0.5% | 2.204 | 5.71 | 954.6/sq mi (368.6/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1882 |
| Sussex | Borough | Sussex | 2,024 | 2,130 | −5.0% | 0.593 | 1.54 | 3,413.2/sq mi (1,317.8/km$^2$) | | 1891 |
| Laurel Springs | Borough | Camden | 1,978 | 1,908 | +3.7% | 0.451 | 1.17 | 4,385.8/sq mi (1,693.4/km$^2$) | | 1913 |
| Sandyston | Township | Sussex | 1,977 | 1,998 | −1.1% | 41.303 | 106.97 | 47.9/sq mi (18.5/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Avon-by-the-Sea | Borough | Monmouth | 1,933 | 1,901 | +1.7% | 0.426 | 1.10 | 4,537.6/sq mi (1,752.0/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1900 |
| Ocean Gate | Borough | Ocean | 1,932 | 2,011 | −3.9% | 0.450 | 1.17 | 4,293.3/sq mi (1,657.7/km$^2$) | | 1918 |
| Hopewell Borough | Borough | Mercer | 1,918 | 1,922 | −0.2% | 0.724 | 1.88 | 2,649.2/sq mi (1,022.9/km$^2$) | | 1891 |
| Oldmans Township | Township | Salem | 1,910 | 1,773 | +7.7% | 19.510 | 50.53 | 97.9/sq mi (37.8/km$^2$) | | 1881 |
| Sea Girt | Borough | Monmouth | 1,866 | 1,828 | +2.1% | 1.060 | 2.75 | 1,760.4/sq mi (679.7/km$^2$) | | 1917 |
| Hope Township | Township | Warren | 1,835 | 1,952 | −6.0% | 18.086 | 46.84 | 101.5/sq mi (39.2/km$^2$) | | 1839 |
| Brooklawn | Borough | Camden | 1,815 | 1,955 | −7.2% | 0.488 | 1.26 | 3,719.3/sq mi (1,436.0/km$^2$) | | 1924 |
| Folsom | Borough | Atlantic | 1,811 | 1,885 | −3.9% | 8.264 | 21.40 | 219.1/sq mi (84.6/km$^2$) | | 1906 |
| Lavallette | Borough | Ocean | 1,787 | 1,875 | −4.7% | 0.816 | 2.11 | 2,190.0/sq mi (845.5/km$^2$) | | 1887 |
| Newfield | Borough | Gloucester | 1,774 | 1,553 | +14.2% | 1.738 | 4.50 | 1,020.7/sq mi (394.1/km$^2$) | | 1924 |
| Alpine | Borough | Bergen | 1,762 | 1,849 | −4.7% | 6.401 | 16.58 | 275.3/sq mi (106.3/km$^2$) | | 1903 |
| Allentown | Borough | Monmouth | 1,734 | 1,828 | −5.1% | 0.596 | 1.54 | 2,909.4/sq mi (1,123.3/km$^2$) | | 1889 |
| Eagleswood Township | Township | Ocean | 1,722 | 1,603 | +7.4% | 16.103 | 41.71 | 106.9/sq mi (41.3/km$^2$) | | 1874 |
| Lower Alloways Creek | Township | Salem | 1,717 | 1,770 | −3.0% | 45.309 | 117.35 | 37.9/sq mi (14.6/km$^2$) | | 1767 |
| Lake Como | Borough | Monmouth | 1,697 | 1,759 | −3.5% | 0.252 | 0.65 | 6,734.1/sq mi (2,600.1/km$^2$) | | 1924 |
| Glen Gardner | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,682 | 1,704 | −1.3% | 1.548 | 4.01 | 1,086.6/sq mi (419.5/km$^2$) | | 1919 |
| Chester Borough | Borough | Morris | 1,681 | 1,649 | +1.9% | 1.592 | 4.12 | 1,055.9/sq mi (407.7/km$^2$) | | 1930 |
| Estell Manor | City | Atlantic | 1,668 | 1,735 | −3.9% | 53.387 | 138.27 | 31.2/sq mi (12.1/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1925 |
| Lebanon Borough | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,665 | 1,358 | +22.6% | 0.902 | 2.34 | 1,845.9/sq mi (712.7/km$^2$) | | 1926 |
| Island Heights | Borough | Ocean | 1,650 | 1,673 | −1.4% | 0.609 | 1.58 | 2,709.4/sq mi (1,046.1/km$^2$) | Faulkner Act (small municipality) | 1887 |
| Hardwick Township | Township | Warren | 1,598 | 1,696 | −5.8% | 37.525 | 97.19 | 42.6/sq mi (16.4/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Victory Gardens | Borough | Morris | 1,582 | 1,520 | +4.1% | 0.145 | 0.38 | 10,910.3/sq mi (4,212.5/km$^2$) | | 1951 |
| Woodland Township | Township | Burlington | 1,544 | 1,788 | −13.6% | 92.638 | 239.93 | 16.7/sq mi (6.4/km$^2$) | | 1866 |
| Chesilhurst | Borough | Camden | 1,536 | 1,634 | −6.0% | 1.715 | 4.44 | 895.6/sq mi (345.8/km$^2$) | | 1887 |
| Farmingdale | Borough | Monmouth | 1,504 | 1,329 | +13.2% | 0.520 | 1.35 | 2,892.3/sq mi (1,116.7/km$^2$) | | 1903 |
| Mannington Township | Township | Salem | 1,475 | 1,806 | −18.3% | 33.883 | 87.76 | 43.5/sq mi (16.8/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Sea Bright | Borough | Monmouth | 1,449 | 1,412 | +2.6% | 0.720 | 1.86 | 2,012.5/sq mi (777.0/km$^2$) | | 1889 |
| Hampton Borough | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,438 | 1,401 | +2.6% | 1.505 | 3.90 | 955.5/sq mi (368.9/km$^2$) | | 1895 |
| Seaside Park | Borough | Ocean | 1,436 | 1,579 | −9.1% | 0.655 | 1.70 | 2,192.4/sq mi (846.5/km$^2$) | | 1898 |
| Winfield | Township | Union | 1,423 | 1,471 | −3.3% | 0.181 | 0.47 | 7,861.9/sq mi (3,035.5/km$^2$) | | 1941 |
| Downe Township | Township | Cumberland | 1,399 | 1,585 | −11.7% | 48.403 | 125.36 | 28.9/sq mi (11.2/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Pemberton Borough | Borough | Burlington | 1,371 | 1,409 | −2.7% | 0.590 | 1.53 | 2,323.7/sq mi (897.2/km$^2$) | | 1826 |
| Frenchtown | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,370 | 1,373 | −0.2% | 1.128 | 2.92 | 1,214.5/sq mi (468.9/km$^2$) | | 1867 |
| Bass River Township | Township | Burlington | 1,355 | 1,443 | −6.1% | 75.124 | 194.57 | 18.0/sq mi (7.0/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1864 |
| Elmer | Borough | Salem | 1,347 | 1,395 | −3.4% | 0.894 | 2.32 | 1,506.7/sq mi (581.7/km$^2$) | | 1893 |
| Stow Creek Township | Township | Cumberland | 1,312 | 1,431 | −8.3% | 18.266 | 47.31 | 71.8/sq mi (27.7/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Avalon | Borough | Cape May | 1,243 | 1,334 | −6.8% | 4.270 | 11.06 | 291.1/sq mi (112.4/km$^2$) | | 1892 |
| Surf City | Borough | Ocean | 1,243 | 1,205 | +3.2% | 0.744 | 1.93 | 1,670.7/sq mi (645.1/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Milford | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,232 | 1,233 | −0.1% | 1.182 | 3.06 | 1,042.3/sq mi (402.4/km$^2$) | | 1911 |
| Port Republic | City | Atlantic | 1,101 | 1,115 | −1.3% | 7.462 | 19.33 | 147.5/sq mi (57.0/km$^2$) | City (New Jersey) | 1905 |
| Ship Bottom | Borough | Ocean | 1,098 | 1,156 | −5.0% | 0.712 | 1.84 | 1,542.1/sq mi (595.4/km$^2$) | | 1925 |
| Shrewsbury Township | Township | Monmouth | 1,076 | 1,141 | −5.7% | 0.099 | 0.26 | 10,868.7/sq mi (4,196.4/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Beach Haven | Borough | Ocean | 1,027 | 1,170 | −12.2% | 0.979 | 2.54 | 1,049.0/sq mi (405.0/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1890 |
| West Cape May | Borough | Cape May | 1,010 | 1,024 | −1.4% | 1.173 | 3.04 | 861.0/sq mi (332.4/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1884 |
| Califon | Borough | Hunterdon | 1,005 | 1,076 | −6.6% | 0.959 | 2.48 | 1,048.0/sq mi (404.6/km$^2$) | | 1918 |
| Elsinboro | Township | Salem | 1,001 | 1,036 | −3.4% | 11.931 | 30.90 | 83.9/sq mi (32.4/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Audubon Park | Borough | Camden | 991 | 1,023 | −3.1% | 0.150 | 0.39 | 6,606.7/sq mi (2,550.8/km$^2$) | | 1947 |
| Bay Head | Borough | Ocean | 930 | 968 | −3.9% | 0.585 | 1.52 | 1,589.7/sq mi (613.8/km$^2$) | | 1886 |
| Hi-Nella | Borough | Camden | 927 | 870 | +6.6% | 0.223 | 0.58 | 4,157.0/sq mi (1,605.0/km$^2$) | | 1929 |
| Far Hills | Borough | Somerset | 924 | 919 | +0.5% | 4.847 | 12.55 | 190.6/sq mi (73.6/km$^2$) | | 1921 |
| Deal | Borough | Monmouth | 900 | 750 | +20.0% | 1.184 | 3.07 | 760.1/sq mi (293.5/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1898 |
| Longport | Borough | Atlantic | 893 | 895 | −0.2% | 0.395 | 1.02 | 2,260.8/sq mi (872.9/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1898 |
| Interlaken | Borough | Monmouth | 828 | 820 | +1.0% | 0.331 | 0.86 | 2,501.5/sq mi (965.8/km$^2$) | | 1922 |
| Roosevelt | Borough | Monmouth | 808 | 882 | −8.4% | 1.940 | 5.02 | 416.5/sq mi (160.8/km$^2$) | | 1937 |
| Stone Harbor | Borough | Cape May | 796 | 866 | −8.1% | 1.420 | 3.68 | 560.6/sq mi (216.4/km$^2$) | | 1914 |
| Bloomsbury | Borough | Hunterdon | 792 | 870 | −9.0% | 0.932 | 2.41 | 849.8/sq mi (328.1/km$^2$) | | 1905 |
| Branchville | Borough | Sussex | 791 | 841 | −5.9% | 0.593 | 1.54 | 1,333.9/sq mi (515.0/km$^2$) | | 1898 |
| Greenwich Township | Township | Cumberland | 771 | 804 | −4.1% | 17.772 | 46.03 | 43.4/sq mi (16.8/km$^2$) | | 1798 |
| Rocky Hill | Borough | Somerset | 743 | 682 | +8.9% | 0.611 | 1.58 | 1,216.0/sq mi (469.5/km$^2$) | | 1889 |
| Wrightstown | Borough | Burlington | 720 | 802 | −10.2% | 1.850 | 4.79 | 389.2/sq mi (150.3/km$^2$) | | 1918 |
| Washington Township | Township | Burlington | 693 | 687 | +0.9% | 101.661 | 263.30 | 6.8/sq mi (2.6/km$^2$) | | 1802 |
| Barnegat Light | Borough | Ocean | 640 | 574 | +11.5% | 0.831 | 2.15 | 770.2/sq mi (297.4/km$^2$) | | 1904 |
| Andover Borough | Borough | Sussex | 595 | 606 | −1.8% | 1.348 | 3.49 | 441.4/sq mi (170.4/km$^2$) | | 1904 |
| West Wildwood | Borough | Cape May | 540 | 603 | −10.4% | 0.286 | 0.74 | 1,888.1/sq mi (729.0/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1920 |
| Fieldsboro | Borough | Burlington | 526 | 540 | −2.6% | 0.279 | 0.72 | 1,885.3/sq mi (727.9/km$^2$) | | 1850 |
| Stockton | Borough | Hunterdon | 495 | 538 | −8.0% | 0.546 | 1.41 | 906.6/sq mi (350.0/km$^2$) | | 1898 |
| Allenhurst | Borough | Monmouth | 472 | 496 | −4.8% | 0.250 | 0.65 | 1,888.0/sq mi (729.0/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1897 |
| Corbin City | City | Atlantic | 471 | 492 | −4.3% | 7.697 | 19.94 | 61.2/sq mi (23.6/km$^2$) | City (New Jersey) | 1922 |
| Millstone Borough | Borough | Somerset | 448 | 418 | +7.2% | 0.681 | 1.76 | 657.9/sq mi (254.0/km$^2$) | | 1894 |
| Shiloh | Borough | Cumberland | 444 | 516 | −14.0% | 1.203 | 3.12 | 369.1/sq mi (142.5/km$^2$) | | 1929 |
| Rockleigh | Borough | Bergen | 407 | 531 | −23.4% | 1.003 | 2.60 | 405.8/sq mi (156.7/km$^2$) | | 1923 |
| Harvey Cedars | Borough | Ocean | 391 | 337 | +16.0% | 0.561 | 1.45 | 697.0/sq mi (269.1/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1894 |
| Mantoloking | Borough | Ocean | 331 | 296 | +11.8% | 0.386 | 1.00 | 857.5/sq mi (331.1/km$^2$) | | 1911 |
| Cape May Point | Borough | Cape May | 305 | 291 | +4.8% | 0.295 | 0.76 | 1,033.9/sq mi (399.2/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1908 |
| Loch Arbour | Village | Monmouth | 224 | 194 | +15.5% | 0.087 | 0.23 | 2,574.7/sq mi (994.1/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1957 |
| Teterboro | Borough | Bergen | 61 | 67 | −9.0% | 1.107 | 2.87 | 55.1/sq mi (21.3/km$^2$) | 1923 Municipal Manager Law | 1917 |
| Tavistock | Borough | Camden | 9 | 5 | +80.0% | 0.273 | 0.71 | 33.0/sq mi (12.7/km$^2$) | Walsh Act | 1921 |
| Walpack Township | Township | Sussex | 7 | 16 | −56.2% | 24.171 | 62.60 | 0.3/sq mi (0.1/km$^2$) | Township (New Jersey) | 1798 |