Largest households in New Jersey

New Jersey counties and cities ranked by average household size.

This page ranks the counties and cities of New Jersey by average household size — which have the largest average household size, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Passaic County leads at 2.86.

Among cities & places, Lamington leads at 7.03.

Counties

#	Name	Avg household size
1	Passaic County	2.86
2	Union County	2.81
3	Middlesex County	2.74
4	Cumberland County	2.68
5	Bergen County	2.67
6	Gloucester County	2.67
7	Ocean County	2.65
8	Somerset County	2.64
9	Essex County	2.62
10	Morris County	2.61
11	Burlington County	2.58
12	Camden County	2.58
13	Mercer County	2.58
14	Monmouth County	2.55
15	Salem County	2.55
16	Hunterdon County	2.52
17	Sussex County	2.50
18	Atlantic County	2.47
19	Warren County	2.41
20	Hudson County	2.38
21	Cape May County	2.11

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Avg household size
1	Lamington	7.03
2	Lakewood	4.89
3	Sunset Lake	4.27
4	Deerfield Street	3.83
5	Roadstown	3.74
6	Voorhees	3.62
7	Richwood	3.60
8	Ten Mile Run	3.50
9	Oak Valley	3.48
10	South Toms River	3.47
11	Cream Ridge	3.46
12	Blackwells Mills	3.45
13	Monroe Manor	3.41
14	East Franklin	3.40
15	Groveville	3.40
16	Woodlynne	3.40
17	Mizpah	3.39
18	Passaic	3.39
19	Vienna	3.37
20	Anderson	3.34
21	Three Bridges	3.34
22	Bridgeton	3.32
23	Moonachie	3.31
24	Country Lake Estates	3.30
25	Greenwich	3.30
26	Fort Dix	3.29
27	Plainfield	3.29
28	Glen Rock	3.28
29	Menlo Park Terrace	3.28
30	Bridgewater Center	3.25
31	Yorketown	3.24
32	New Gretna	3.23
33	Teterboro	3.23
34	Closter	3.22
35	Dividing Creek	3.22
36	Rutgers University-Busch Campus	3.22
37	Keasbey	3.21
38	Port Reading	3.21
39	Essex Fells	3.20
40	Harlingen	3.20
41	Mountain Lakes	3.20
42	Olivet	3.20
43	Short Hills	3.20
44	Stirling	3.20
45	Belle Mead	3.19
46	East Freehold	3.19
47	Marshallville	3.18
48	Upper Saddle River	3.18
49	Pomona	3.16
50	Haworth	3.15
51	Penns Grove	3.15
52	McGuire AFB	3.14
53	Oakhurst	3.14
54	Paterson	3.14
55	Glen Ridge	3.13
56	Chatham	3.11
57	Connecticut Farms	3.11
58	Dunellen	3.11
59	Ross Corner	3.11
60	Vauxhall	3.11
61	Troy Hills	3.10
62	Madison Park	3.09
63	Upper Montclair	3.09
64	Packanack Lake	3.08
65	Pleasantdale	3.08
66	Rumson	3.08
67	Prospect Park	3.07
68	Pine Lake Park	3.06
69	East Newark	3.05
70	Old Tappan	3.05
71	White Meadow Lake	3.05
72	Grenloch	3.04
73	Sweetwater	3.04
74	Carteret	3.03
75	New Brunswick	3.02
76	Oradell	3.02
77	Beverly	3.01
78	Iselin	3.01
79	Dayton	3.00
80	Nesco	3.00
81	Pleasantville	3.00
82	Belford	2.99
83	Bergenfield	2.99
84	Kinnelon	2.99
85	Swedesboro	2.99
86	Fair Haven	2.98
87	Middlebush	2.98
88	Millstone	2.98
89	North Caldwell	2.98
90	Auburn	2.97
91	Bernardsville	2.96
92	Fieldsboro	2.96
93	Hillsdale	2.96
94	Ho-Ho-Kus	2.96
95	Landing	2.96
96	Richland	2.96
97	Robertsville	2.96
98	Colonia	2.95
99	Paramus	2.95
100	Flagtown	2.94

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