NJ is easily one of the best states. The location in proximity to NYC, Philly and New England is appealing. Of course it helps if you have money to have fun
I agree. Most people especially people traveling from the Midwest only see the industrial zones and generic parts thinking that it’s NJ. So when they return home back to their state they have a distorted view and tell others how ugly the state is.
Lived in Jersey for a couple of years. Worked in Summit. Lived in an historic farmhouse in Flemington. Loved it. The estates in Bedminster were mind blowing.
Mendham Borough (Colonial Hills Conference) back in the day, Mendham Twp., Bedminster, Bernardsville, Tewksbury, Far Hills. I remember when it was rumored that Arnold Schwarzenegger was looking at an estate in I think Mendham Twp. over on the Ralston side when Maria Shriver was considering a gig at one of major networks in NYC. Many moons ago.
@@MJH211 Hey Mark, considering buying house in FL now. Heard FL is very affluent with low taxes. Also looked at Wyckoff, Montville, North Caldwell. What's Your opinion? Thank You!
The reason they're not included is because they are second homes and their income is recorded at their year round home. Deal which is probably one of the wealthiest in the country is not recognized as such because most live somewhere else off season.
I remember driving through Jersey once when I was in high school and we went through Saddle River and I thought “wow! This is where I want to live when I’m rich”. I’m surprised it didn’t make the list.
Here are more that you need to check out: Essex Fells, Far Hills, Peapack/Gladstone, Basking Ridge, Deal, Spring Lake, Sea Girt, Mountain Lakes, Mantaloking, & Rumson. I know there are more, but these should keep you busy for a while.
There is lots of poverty in Morristown. Brings down the numbers. People in the towns listed are also the people who own the shore houses in towns like Brielle.
I'm really surprised Englewood Cliffs isn't on here. The houses there are beautiful and it's literally like 10 mins away from the city. Also Fort Lee is a pretty rich town also
The homes in EC are definitely nice but the lot sizes are pretty modest; and there are also a decent amount of regular houses. Most of the newer homes are also overly-flashy/gaudy - which turns off many of the old money/classy buyers and appeal mostly to new money.
I think it’s safe to say that New Jersey is one of the richest states in the nation. Missed many towns down here in South Jersey. Moorestown, Haddonfield should have been on this list. Taxes are insane. Many of these house have taxes close to 6 figures
Were number one on the list of property tax. Moorestown and Haddonfield are more expensive based on property tax. Not the homes themselves. I drive through Haddonfield everyday and sometimes deliver in said area. One person said it's not as it seems.
You're referring to Chatham Township, not Chatham Borough - but you're photo was Chatham Borough. Agree on Summit, Rumson. What about Mountain Lakes, Mendham Township, Cresskill, Bernardsville, Far Hills, Spring Lake, Deal, Loveladies (last three Jersey shore towns). Also, Short Hills is not a separate municipality - it's a section of Millburn Township.
Yes Short Hills is part of the Millburn Twp however, the housing value and income in Millburn are less than half of those in Short Hills, so they’re certainly not equivalent.
@@sherrie5124 I live three miles from Millburn/Short Hills. Short Hills (zip 07078) has larger lots and a higher top end for homes at 3-8MM. In area it's about 2/3 of Millburn. The Millburn portion that is not Short Hills (zip 07041) has very high home values - top end about 2mm and an average close to 1mm. Excluding Short Hills, Millburn would rank in the top 10 in NJ for home values. On a per sq. ft. basis - a more valid way to measure home values - Millburn is perhaps 10% less than Short Hills but in the top 5% for all of NJ. As for income - Millburn has many high income professionals in the 200k to 1mm+ range - Short Hills has the same and greater but not double. Regards. JBN
I live in the Eastside Park neighborhood in Paterson, many huge and lovely old homes here; It's nowhere near rich by any stretch of the imagination. Though Mansion row >is< just on the other side of Broadway. I have been through most of the really rich area here in north Jersey, and its flabbergasting sometimes.
South Orange, hometown of Harvey Weinstein, Montclair, West Orange, and probably the obviously richest Livingston, Paramus and little towns around it are super rich
@@loujohn6067 West Orange and South Orange may be ghetto-adjacent but not Montclair (even though all are nice towns themselves). Montclair has been having major bidding wars even before the pandemic and it’s next to impossible to get a house there. It’s extremely popular with the Wall Street and artsy Manhattan elite.
I moved from NJ to South Fla 43 years ago, and that has been a horrible mistake. I grew up in Newark, NJ, which at that time had one of the top high school, Weequahic High. Many of my classmates went on to hold some of the most prestigious jobs in the the country. Living in NJ is quite expensive; however, incomes in NJ far exceed the incomes in Fla. People in NJ are much more friendly that they are in South Fla, and you do not need to speak Spanish in NJ to land an excellent job. People in NJ who come from foreign countries have to learn to speak English in order to secure a good job, and most of the foreigners in NJ are proud to be American and learn the language of the land. My father lived in Europe until he came to the US at the age of 16, and spoke perfect English, since he was a proud American, and loved this land, and had respect for the native language of the land. The violent crime rate when I grew up in NJ was almost non existent. The educational system in NJ is far superior to most states.
I lived on Lyons Avenue in 1968 through 1970. The dark pigmented humans were taught to hate the hard working European immigrant class so we moved from the racist culture to freedom and crime free areas. Weequahic had aleady been turned into a cespool and the hardworking Jews ran to south orange and Livingston by then. LBJ went after Addonizio…but who was the real scum criminal?
lol you just showed ridgewood I live in ridgewood. And the house you showed in ridgewood is right down the street from me. And btw you showed the restaurant Stella best restaurant ever!!!!
Alpine: Ballers and Wall Street types, big-home enclaves but not much else Short Hills: Fancy Jews and old blue-blood; home to the Borghese family, fancy mall Princeton: Intellectuals and Pharmaceutical Execs and Princeton U, nice downtown Tenafly: More Jews and NYC news personalities close to NYC Chatham: Brooklynites turned Lululemon Mom-town easy access to NYC Kinnelon: Asian haven, lots of private lake communities hard to get in to Ridgewood: More Brooklynites and townies with money' easy access to NYC, nice downtown New Vernon: Looks nice, have no clue about it along with most people in NJ Franklin Lakes: Real Housewives Of NJ land (no, for real) Watchung: good central location to all major points in and outside of NJ, with views of the entire island of Manhattan as well. Watchung Reservation makes it nice and woodsy
New Vernon is the epicenter of old money and one of the wealthiest areas in the country - and beautiful to drive through. The town is rich enough that residents prefer anonymity.
Bogus list : where are Peapack , Bernardsville or Bedminster? BTW: New Vernon is incredible and the epicenter of old money. Some of the estates are shown in books of the great houses with architecture and design that no longer exist today.
Maybe because the population of those towns is a lot smaller and you have lots of farm and farmland to take into account? I grew up in Bedminster 1985-2003 and went to high school in Bernardsville 1994-1998 and went to church in Peapack 1985-1998. As an adult I lived in Short Hills, Millburn and Livingston 2004-2020. My take now at age 41 is that there is a lot of money out where I grew up but a lot more people with a lot of money where I spent my adult life. Just seemed like a population thing. At 41 I now reside in Naples, Florida...lots of old money from NJ floating around these parts.
This is why I choose to stay. As rough as it gets in January, April and October are some of the prettiest months ever. Summer is fun for everyone but the weather here really looks like a movie sometimes 🍃
I worked for the Superior and Supreme Courts in Trenton, NJ and traveled for work. I moved away from NJ because the crime rates were skyrocketing. I miss NJ and will always cherish my memories but I don't think I'll ever move back. Blessings to all in love and light! 🙏🏼💜🙏🏼💙🙏🏼🧡🙏🏼💛🙏🏼💚🙏🏼
Watchung is right near me and I never knew this but now I come to think of it I attended an event at a mansion around the watchung mountain area. Makes sense now.
There are dozens of wealthy towns missing in the central/south central part of the state. Somerset: Far Hills (this town is all massive estates) , Basking Ridge, and Bernardsville. Monmouth: Spring Lake, Deal, Rumson, Colts Neck. Ocean: Bay Head , Mantoloking, Lavellette and almost all of Long Beach Island. To name a few....
I grew up and still live in the next adjacent town over from Tenafly. Also, I'm not surprised that Alpine was number 1 but I am surprised that Tenafly made the list and not Englewood Cliffs.
New Jersey is awesome, if you have tons of $$$. Many families did well there when many of the mentioned towns were middle class back in the 60's or 70's, buying homes for like $40K and selling them now for a million or two! Bergen County is a place where many dreams were made, and many dreams broken.
This is so true brother. I bought a home here in haddonfield and I remember my agent told me, she’s also kina old, that the house I bought was like 40k back in 70s, the owner sold it to me for 310k. It has a nice driveways and appliances though, very high end. However the house is still old and some stuff were outdated and I spent a several thousands to upgrade the bathrooms and some of the windows are old that some cold air can pass through the crevices.
A lot of people are complaining that rich town x,y,z are not on this list. I think this list takes the average cost/price/income. A lot of NJ towns will have a rich area and a middle class area. The rich areas may be the majority of the town but they take up more space per home so in the end there are fewer of them while middle class and lower houses are packed together allowing for more of them. 20 $3 mil houses and 100 $300k houses means an average price of $750 mil. A lot of the places on this list sadly don't have a lot of middle class options available. New Jersey is being overbuilt and has been so for decades. Now the big trend is "luxury" townhomes in crap locations, like the corner of two highways. Only $800k+ to live next to Rt. 80 just don't open your windows or sit outside.
Summit is conspicuous by her absence (at least in my mind.) Now I will paraphrase Harlan Coban when he said Ridgewood is Bergen Co. and WASPishy and Livingston is Essex Co. and Jewishy. Phillip Roth in "Goodbye Columbus" mentioned the protagonist's Aunt Harriet when she said "Short Hills - Fancy schmancy!"
@@jaypatersonrepresenter4632 I lived on 19 Jefferson St until 1988. We used to own the Fairmount Tavern. My dad passed in 1977 & after I graduated from HHS my mom sold all the property & they built the condos that are there now. We moved to Ocean county early 88. Wondering what that property would be worth now. Probably in the millions
I grew up in Closter and thought that we were "good" until friend of a friend of a friend invited us to this girl's house in Alpine for a casual hangout. I realized then just how poor and mediocre we were.
Remember reading some 30 years ago where a major money center bank payed a hefty multiple to buy a small town bank in New Jersey. Key to this purchase was said small bank had like $800,000,000.00 in trust accounts. 30 years ago folks when money was real. Furthermore article revealed there were more households in New Jersey with net worths of over $2,000,000.00 EXCLUDING THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE than anywhere else. I almost fell off my chair in my $700,000.00 house in beautiful Cranbury, N.J…..again this was 30 years ago.
New Jersey was nicer three decades ago. Rich towns are not totally New Jersey, it is a state with many choices but the taxes are high. The worst thing is that the State is loosing its bucolic panorama because of the loss of farmland being sold to the developers or to the state.
It started before that even. People that I knew from Franklin Lakes sold as soon as 287 went thru. Down near me in Holmdel & Colts Neck they were selling all the farms & slapping up big crap.
When my parents had our house built in Holmdel & we would be playing outside cars would drive by on weekends. Sometimes they’d stop & ask how much did your parents pay for your houses? Early 70’s.
I’m really happy to hear someone talk about NJ positively. I’m also just happy the mentioned Morris county so I could see my town on the map lol
Wasn't surprising because Morris county is the 7th richest county in the country.
Hey Joey my name is Joey Ruggia I'm from South Jersey lol
NJ is easily one of the best states. The location in proximity to NYC, Philly and New England is appealing. Of course it helps if you have money to have fun
You should have mentioned Deal NJ.
Along the Atlantic Ocean. So many mansions.❤️
People really don't know the beauty of NJ. More cities needed to be on the list🌍
I agree. Most people especially people traveling from the Midwest only see the industrial zones and generic parts thinking that it’s NJ. So when they return home back to their state they have a distorted view and tell others how ugly the state is.
No doubt! 💯
What about Rumson, Deal, Colts Neck, Moorestown. Everything mentioned was up North.
Rumson is really exclusive
Westfield and summit
Yes exactly
Yea Deal is crazy
Spring Lake
Lived in Jersey for a couple of years. Worked in Summit. Lived in an historic farmhouse in Flemington. Loved it. The estates in Bedminster were mind blowing.
There are MANY wealthy areas in NJ - Tewksbury, Little Silver, Spring Lake, etc......too many to mention.
Mendham Borough (Colonial Hills Conference) back in the day, Mendham Twp., Bedminster, Bernardsville, Tewksbury, Far Hills. I remember when it was rumored that Arnold Schwarzenegger was looking at an estate in I think Mendham Twp. over on the Ralston side when Maria Shriver was considering a gig at one of major networks in NYC. Many moons ago.
Thanks for this. Hard to believe Montclair, Livingston, and Saddle River aren't on this list. Nonetheless, it was a great video.
I grew up in Montclair. I was surprised that Upper Montclair didn't make the list.
I live in Franklin Lakes and most of the time Upper Saddle river is ranked higher than us
@@MJH211 Hey Mark, considering buying house in FL now. Heard FL is very affluent with low taxes. Also looked at Wyckoff, Montville, North Caldwell. What's Your opinion? Thank You!
@@michaelspraggins5419 agree Upper Montclair should be on the list
Montclair just missed the list I guess as median household income from 2017-2021 was 149,982. I have friends who just moved there from NYC
There are so many wealthy places in New Jersey that were missed, especially down the Jersey Shore. The multi-million homes on the water. 😊
Colts Neck ?
@@blk90s13 Monmouth Beach, Cape May City/Point, Avon-by-the-sea, Mantoloking
The reason they're not included is because they are second homes and their income is recorded at their year round home. Deal which is probably one of the wealthiest in the country is not recognized as such because most live somewhere else off season.
Very surprised Saddle River didn't make this list
Agreed. This list is bogus, at best.
Thank you for sharing those communities. However, Saddle River, Upper Saddle River, and Mahwah townships would qualify as well.
Totally agree
And Montclair
Saddle River especially. :) !!
How about Alpine and Norwood, they are great towns also
Haddonfield, Cape May, Ocean City, Avalon Beach, Voorhees Township (where MOST of the Philadelphia Sports Athletes Live) & Cherry Hill Township
My husband is from Ridgewood. It’s really beautiful and has a very lively downtown area
A good friend of mine lives in Ridgewood, I fell in love with the town when visiting my friend.
I can't believe a town like Rumson in Monmouth County isn't on the list.
Also add Colts Neck.
I remember driving through Jersey once when I was in high school and we went through Saddle River and I thought “wow! This is where I want to live when I’m rich”. I’m surprised it didn’t make the list.
Yep. I am from Ridgewood and Saddle River is more expensive, which is just insane to me!
Most definitely got to add Bernardsville to the list!
Here are more that you need to check out: Essex Fells, Far Hills, Peapack/Gladstone, Basking Ridge, Deal, Spring Lake, Sea Girt, Mountain Lakes, Mantaloking, & Rumson. I know there are more, but these should keep you busy for a while.
N Caldwell
basking ridge is to affordable for the lit
I'm from Kinnelon and I'm amazed to see we made the list
I live close to Kinnelon, in Ringwood. I'm shocked as well.
You missed spring lake, Brielle, Colts neck and Morristown.
There is lots of poverty in Morristown. Brings down the numbers. People in the towns listed are also the people who own the shore houses in towns like Brielle.
I concur, and don’t forget Red Bank 😆
This is really educating, I was thinking of moving. Thanks
Far Hills NJ really should be on that list. Small community but very wealthy. Multiple large name individuals live there.
Hence why they have the Far Hills Hunt Race
I'm really surprised Englewood Cliffs isn't on here. The houses there are beautiful and it's literally like 10 mins away from the city. Also Fort Lee is a pretty rich town also
The homes in EC are definitely nice but the lot sizes are pretty modest; and there are also a decent amount of regular houses. Most of the newer homes are also overly-flashy/gaudy - which turns off many of the old money/classy buyers and appeal mostly to new money.
me too
Yes I agree
Yea isnt EC richer than tenafly?
@@Josy8289 I would've thought. I been through both Areas a good bit and EC definitely looks wealthier.
Harding, Warren, Bernardsville, Peapack Gladstone, Montclair, Llewellyn Park West Orange, Madison
Also, you forgot south Jersey towns like Loveladies in Long Beach Twp. There's a damn Taj Mahal house there lol.
I used to live in Princeton...I Miss it sooo much!! Shoutout to my peoples in Griggs!!
Another beautiful video. I’m addicted now! 😎
Yay! Thank you!
Could add about another at least 30 towns off top of my head that boast homes and incomes in the millions
No you can't
not one would be on that alpine level
Upper Montclair definitely deserves an honorable mention
And Clifton around the Vally road Grove St area.
@@michaelmohrle1773 yes I am very happy to have grown up there
I think it’s safe to say that New Jersey is one of the richest states in the nation. Missed many towns down here in South Jersey. Moorestown, Haddonfield should have been on this list. Taxes are insane. Many of these house have taxes close to 6 figures
Were number one on the list of property tax. Moorestown and Haddonfield are more expensive based on property tax. Not the homes themselves. I drive through Haddonfield everyday and sometimes deliver in said area. One person said it's not as it seems.
Haddonfield should've DEFINITELY been on this list.
You're referring to Chatham Township, not Chatham Borough - but you're photo was Chatham Borough. Agree on Summit, Rumson. What about Mountain Lakes, Mendham Township, Cresskill, Bernardsville, Far Hills, Spring Lake, Deal, Loveladies (last three Jersey shore towns). Also, Short Hills is not a separate municipality - it's a section of Millburn Township.
I hope you understand the list is just for 10 right?
Yes Short Hills is part of the Millburn Twp however, the housing value and income in Millburn are less than half of those in Short Hills, so they’re certainly not equivalent.
@@sherrie5124 I live three miles from Millburn/Short Hills. Short Hills (zip 07078) has larger lots and a higher top end for homes at 3-8MM. In area it's about 2/3 of Millburn. The Millburn portion that is not Short Hills (zip 07041) has very high home values - top end about 2mm and an average close to 1mm. Excluding Short Hills, Millburn would rank in the top 10 in NJ for home values. On a per sq. ft. basis - a more valid way to measure home values - Millburn is perhaps 10% less than Short Hills but in the top 5% for all of NJ. As for income - Millburn has many high income professionals in the 200k to 1mm+ range - Short Hills has the same and greater but not double. Regards. JBN
@@jeffnoss8188 you
Yeah!!!! Deal NJ
Im surprised GlenRidge, Saddle River, Bernardsville didnt make the list....very interesting video
You could also include South Jersey towns like Moorestown, Haddonfield, Cape May, and others.
I also thought he should’ve included Haddon field, bougie as fuck there
Ocean City
Avalon
I grew up near Alpine. We were taught how to drive in Tenafly. Was hard to drive as a teenager in that town. We could parallel park with the best!
Tenafly is weird to drive through. That center of town makes no sense lol
I didn’t know New Vernon had homes with such high prices
I live in the Eastside Park neighborhood in Paterson, many huge and lovely old homes here;
It's nowhere near rich by any stretch of the imagination. Though Mansion row >is< just on the other side of Broadway. I have been through most of the really rich area here in north Jersey, and its flabbergasting sometimes.
Im shocked that Summit wasn't on this list. It's more wealthy than it's neighbor Chatham, number 5 on this list.
How about bernardsville I know for a fact there’s very expensive homes there because I’ve worked on a number of them.
Bernardsville was much wealthier a couple of decades ago. I went to high school there. It is a very very nice town.
Bernardsville also has the south side of the tracks which is high density middle class housing which brings down the average housing price.
Mansions in Bernardsville are on their own level 🤩
South Orange, hometown of Harvey Weinstein, Montclair, West Orange, and probably the obviously richest Livingston, Paramus and little towns around it
are super rich
really?? I thought he was from NY
No one wants to live in west Orange or Montclair. They are next door to the ghetto
@@loujohn6067 at some points you look across the street and the ghetto is right there looking at you in the face
@@loujohn6067 West Orange and South Orange may be ghetto-adjacent but not Montclair (even though all are nice towns themselves). Montclair has been having major bidding wars even before the pandemic and it’s next to impossible to get a house there. It’s extremely popular with the Wall Street and artsy Manhattan elite.
Livingston is probably worthy of making this list. South Orange, West Orange and Paramus are mostly middle to upper middle class with some rich.
I moved from NJ to South Fla 43 years ago, and that has been a horrible mistake. I grew up in Newark, NJ, which at that time had one of the top high school, Weequahic High. Many of my classmates went on to hold some of the most prestigious jobs in the the country. Living in NJ is quite expensive; however, incomes in NJ far exceed the incomes in Fla. People in NJ are much more friendly that they are in South Fla, and you do not need to speak Spanish in NJ to land an excellent job. People in NJ who come from foreign countries have to learn to speak English in order to secure a good job, and most of the foreigners in NJ are proud to be American and learn the language of the land. My father lived in Europe until he came to the US at the age of 16, and spoke perfect English, since he was a proud American, and loved this land, and had respect for the native language of the land. The violent crime rate when I grew up in NJ was almost non existent. The educational system in NJ is far superior to most states.
People in NJ are not friendly they are very self centered and rude.
I lived on Lyons Avenue in 1968 through 1970. The dark pigmented humans were taught to hate the hard working European immigrant class so we moved from the racist culture to freedom and crime free areas. Weequahic had aleady been turned into a cespool and the hardworking Jews ran to south orange and Livingston by then. LBJ went after Addonizio…but who was the real scum criminal?
@@andrekellogg8859Nah. We just don't tolerate a lot of bullshit.
Ridgewood. They have a premium cigar store there. Gary is the owner. Excellent service.
New Jersey people are so rude and in your face from bad generational breeding. I'll take South Florida any day over NJ
I live in Westwood and have been in some of these million dollar homes. I was sure that they were going to say Woodcliff Lake and Upper Saddle River.
I was in Point Pleasant once. Not for this list, but still a nice, beautiful little place
lol you just showed ridgewood I live in ridgewood. And the house you showed in ridgewood is right down the street from me. And btw you showed the restaurant Stella best restaurant ever!!!!
I grew up and live here in NJ. Shout out to Millstone TWP.!!! Pretty ritzy area amoung the farmlands
You missed a few but you could always come back after reading the comments & do a Top 20
I remodel houses so beautiful in Ocean County and so cheap, I should move near by any of those towns
I love Ridgewood’s downtown and restaurants
I grew up there and didn’t realize how unique it was until I moved.
@@euenfheiejrj Me too. I live in the Jersey Shore now and I miss how upscale Bergen County is. Although, I am loving the beach!
Avalon NJ and Stone Harbor very wealthy towns
I'm surprised Livingston, NJ didn't make the list
Alpine: Ballers and Wall Street types, big-home enclaves but not much else
Short Hills: Fancy Jews and old blue-blood; home to the Borghese family, fancy mall
Princeton: Intellectuals and Pharmaceutical Execs and Princeton U, nice downtown
Tenafly: More Jews and NYC news personalities close to NYC
Chatham: Brooklynites turned Lululemon Mom-town easy access to NYC
Kinnelon: Asian haven, lots of private lake communities hard to get in to
Ridgewood: More Brooklynites and townies with money' easy access to NYC, nice downtown
New Vernon: Looks nice, have no clue about it along with most people in NJ
Franklin Lakes: Real Housewives Of NJ land (no, for real)
Watchung: good central location to all major points in and outside of NJ, with views of the entire island of Manhattan as well. Watchung Reservation makes it nice and woodsy
You should do a video, I like your descriptions better
You're spot on!!!!!
Haha I was thinking the same thing as I was watching this video. Except New Vernon. Never even heard of that place!
Never knew that about Kinnelon
New Vernon is the epicenter of old money and one of the wealthiest areas in the country - and beautiful to drive through. The town is rich enough that residents prefer anonymity.
Bogus list : where are Peapack , Bernardsville or Bedminster?
BTW: New Vernon is incredible and the epicenter of old money. Some of the estates are shown in books of the great houses with architecture and design that no longer exist today.
They’re mentioned in our most recent video. Feel free to check it out.
Maybe because the population of those towns is a lot smaller and you have lots of farm and farmland to take into account? I grew up in Bedminster 1985-2003 and went to high school in Bernardsville 1994-1998 and went to church in Peapack 1985-1998. As an adult I lived in Short Hills, Millburn and Livingston 2004-2020. My take now at age 41 is that there is a lot of money out where I grew up but a lot more people with a lot of money where I spent my adult life. Just seemed like a population thing.
At 41 I now reside in Naples, Florida...lots of old money from NJ floating around these parts.
nj is my beloved state I love bc of the four seasons I don't care what others talk negative about nj
@smart man I agree!!
This is why I choose to stay. As rough as it gets in January, April and October are some of the prettiest months ever. Summer is fun for everyone but the weather here really looks like a movie sometimes 🍃
Bedminster, Basking Ridge
I worked for the Superior and Supreme Courts in Trenton, NJ and traveled for work. I moved away from NJ because the crime rates were skyrocketing. I miss NJ and will always cherish my memories but I don't think I'll ever move back. Blessings to all in love and light! 🙏🏼💜🙏🏼💙🙏🏼🧡🙏🏼💛🙏🏼💚🙏🏼
New Jersey has very little crime. One of the lowest crime rates in the entire country, actually. New Jersey is were people go to get away from crime.
You should do the Top 10 Richest Towns In Upstate New York.
Lol. You must be telepathic. This is the exact video we are currently working on. Should be out in the next few days.
All the money is in the City area. There is no year round money upstate. Manhattan, Park Slope, Westchester county....
Watchung is right near me and I never knew this but now I come to think of it I attended an event at a mansion around the watchung mountain area. Makes sense now.
There are dozens of wealthy towns missing in the central/south central part of the state. Somerset: Far Hills (this town is all massive estates) , Basking Ridge, and Bernardsville. Monmouth: Spring Lake, Deal, Rumson, Colts Neck. Ocean: Bay Head , Mantoloking, Lavellette and almost all of Long Beach Island. To name a few....
I live in Somerset county…we took blunt rides to look at those big ass houses. Lol
Deal NJ, Alpine, Hoboken, Short Hills, Paramus, And so so so many more!!
They forgot mendham, saddle river, upper saddle river, wyckoff and ho ho kus.
Franklin Lakes for sure
Forgot Essex Fells and North Caldwell.
I would say Deal should be number one on the list but because it has a majority of summer residents they are not counted as year round tax payers.
I lived in Deal NJ
My father was born in our home in Deal NJ 1921.
Really great police department ❤️
Deal is now just an summer enclave for immensely wealthy orthodox Jews.
I live in Scotch Plains, not that far from Watchung. Wasn't aware Watchung wealthy like that.
I grew up and still live in the next adjacent town over from Tenafly. Also, I'm not surprised that Alpine was number 1 but I am surprised that Tenafly made the list and not Englewood Cliffs.
New Jersey is awesome, if you have tons of $$$. Many families did well there when many of the mentioned towns were middle class back in the 60's or 70's, buying homes for like $40K and selling them now for a million or two! Bergen County is a place where many dreams were made, and many dreams broken.
This is so true brother. I bought a home here in haddonfield and I remember my agent told me, she’s also kina old, that the house I bought was like 40k back in 70s, the owner sold it to me for 310k. It has a nice driveways and appliances though, very high end. However the house is still old and some stuff were outdated and I spent a several thousands to upgrade the bathrooms and some of the windows are old that some cold air can pass through the crevices.
I'm from Cranford and the town is slowly going towards the way of Millburn and Westfield.
Millstone, Manalapan, every town along the coast south of Seaside...
Forgot Newark, East Orange, and Paterson
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I live in Franklin lakes and I love it here
@@user-rp8ut6nd3m I’ve heard that but I recommend doing a lot of research before making a commitment like that
A lot of people are complaining that rich town x,y,z are not on this list. I think this list takes the average cost/price/income. A lot of NJ towns will have a rich area and a middle class area. The rich areas may be the majority of the town but they take up more space per home so in the end there are fewer of them while middle class and lower houses are packed together allowing for more of them. 20 $3 mil houses and 100 $300k houses means an average price of $750 mil. A lot of the places on this list sadly don't have a lot of middle class options available.
New Jersey is being overbuilt and has been so for decades. Now the big trend is "luxury" townhomes in crap locations, like the corner of two highways. Only $800k+ to live next to Rt. 80 just don't open your windows or sit outside.
What about Peapack, Jackie O's hangout? thnx for the watch!
I used to live in Peapack! Jackie would come in the Copper Kettle and buy candy for us kids. She was a nice lady.
@@leahartlee29 Thank you for letting me know! That must have fun for everyone! Awesome!
Essex Fells? Stone Harbor? Camden? (just kidding on that last one!)
So many people sore their town wasn't on this list. 😂
Summit is conspicuous by her absence (at least in my mind.) Now I will paraphrase Harlan Coban when he said Ridgewood is Bergen Co. and WASPishy and Livingston is Essex Co. and Jewishy. Phillip Roth in "Goodbye Columbus" mentioned the protagonist's Aunt Harriet when she said "Short Hills - Fancy schmancy!"
I remember driving past the " Summit/Smoke Rise" sign on the way to one of our favorite ski areas when I was a kid.
Colts Neck and Deal should definitely be on this list
Yes this was very helpful
They missed saddle river with 14.9 million houses for sale rn
Don't sleep on Englewood, South Orange, and Montclair
I live in South Orange
Englewood Cliff, yes
I grew up in South orange, beautiful area.
Facts I'm surprised Englewood Cliffs wasn't on here.
I was born and raised in East Orange.I Love my city
Used to live in Ridgewood. The house shown was that of a classmate of mine.
I’m surprised Millburn isn’t on this list…and Summit, NJ
I mean they said short hills so it kinda counts
Closter and Harrington Park and Montclair should be there too.
I’m from Hackensack originally..There were some expensive homes on Summit Ave
Now they are all doctor's practices.
There still are....when you talk about the Fairmont section, you're talking Old money..
@@jaypatersonrepresenter4632 I lived on 19 Jefferson St until 1988. We used to own the Fairmount Tavern. My dad passed in 1977 & after I graduated from HHS my mom sold all the property & they built the condos that are there now. We moved to Ocean county early 88. Wondering what that property would be worth now. Probably in the millions
HAckensack University might just have the best Hospital in The Nation and the world
I love alpine, have been to the golf course....relax folks 😒!! . Was there as a server. 😆
East Orange and Patterson have been left off for some reason. Interesting
@@StevenEvens7125 I'd love to own a home in East Orange, actually
Even though some towns may not have the wealthiest people, there are countless beautiful brick lined, walkable towns all over the state.
Mendham, Colts Neck,Rumson, Bayhead,,Mantoloking,,Deal,,Bedminster,Gladstone and so many more beat the listY Alpine is top but the rest
Sea Girt and Spring Lake
Rumson, Mendham and many more should have been on that list
you can look at saddle river
I grew up in Closter and thought that we were "good" until friend of a friend of a friend invited us to this girl's house in Alpine for a casual hangout. I realized then just how poor and mediocre we were.
Lol
We live in number 6 Kinnelon. Not only one of the wealthiest but the 4th safest. Such a beautiful mountain to live on …. Even the poor side .
I see Camden didn't make the list.
LOL
I lived in short hills, all the money and they still don't have their own public school system - part of Millburn township
Smart people --schools money waster.
Taxes Taxes taxes in they get their own school system Alpine does the same.
Remember reading some 30 years ago where a major money center bank payed a hefty multiple to buy a small town bank in New Jersey. Key to this purchase was said small bank had like $800,000,000.00 in trust accounts. 30 years ago folks when money was real. Furthermore article revealed there were more households in New Jersey with net worths of over $2,000,000.00 EXCLUDING THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE than anywhere else. I almost fell off my chair in my $700,000.00 house in beautiful Cranbury, N.J…..again this was 30 years ago.
New Jersey was nicer three decades ago. Rich towns are not totally New Jersey, it is a state with many choices but the taxes are high. The worst thing is that the State is loosing its bucolic panorama because of the loss of farmland being sold to the developers or to the state.
New Jersey was nicer before europeans set foot. Pristine, undeveloped.
It started before that even. People that I knew from Franklin Lakes sold as soon as 287 went thru. Down near me in Holmdel & Colts Neck they were selling all the farms & slapping up big crap.
Northwest and south Jersey still good, avoid northeast Jersey aka New York’s asshole at all costs
@@goldmother2238, move to the Amazon then! Thank God for the Europeans!
All the huge Nurseries have been bought in bergen county and they put in townhoses in the whole lot
What about shore towns like Avalon?
I feel this is not a comprehensive study.
The only thing I don't like about nj is that nj has the most higher taxes in the u.s a
I was certain that Bernards would be on this list.
I live near Princeton you can keep it they have a huge Gang problem in Princeton which is why many people are moving out to the neighboring towns
I heard about that, I live in South Jersey and travel throughout all of Jersey. Sad what Princeton has become.
Could it be due to the low income housing in the area. Some people getting in there bring the hood mindset with them.
I would have added Coltsneck and bernerdsville and creskill and rumsion and maybe meandham.
What about South Jersey? Haddonfield, Cherry Hill, Medford Lakes, Morristown etc?
I’m surprised Far Hills, Deal and Avalon didn’t make the list.
I’m surprised Upper Saddle River and Englewood Cliffs didn’t make the list
Obviously you don’t know Jersey. Navisink, Rumson, Deal, Colts Neck, etc....
Exactly
When my parents had our house built in Holmdel & we would be playing outside cars would drive by on weekends. Sometimes they’d stop & ask how much did your parents pay for your houses? Early 70’s.