House hunting and TOWN hunting is hard. HARD hard hard. Especially for young families who understand their wants and needs now, but have a hard time knowing what they'll need from their town 5, 10, 15 years down the road. A cute walkable downtown can add quite a bit of money to the price tag of a home, so is it worth it? Well, that depends how much you want to rely on a car. Do you want your middle and high school aged kids to be able to get to school, sports, activities, dates, and jobs on their own? Would it be nice to walk to the drug store, the movie theater, and the municipal pool? If your answer is YES to these, as it is for me, then a walkable town with decent public transportation should be high on your town requirements list.
Lucky for you I'm neck deep in research for our own hunt, so I thought why not put together a blog post that makes it easier for myself and others in the search! This will actually be the first in a series of town shopping posts... this is the New Jersey Bergen & Essex Counties edition! I hope you find this helpful, and please PLEASE leave a comment below if you have any insight to offer! Did I get a statistic wrong? Do you have a town I missed that is worth considering? Sharing is caring guys!!
MONTCLAIR, NJ
RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY
WESTWOOD, NEW JERSEY
GLEN ROCK, NEW JERSEY
RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY
CALDWELL, NEW JERSEY
VERONA, NEW JERSEY
OTHER Cute Walkable Family-Friendly Towns in New Jersey (which I deemed too far out of our desired area, but you may love):
Research more towns using my favorite sites:
So what do you think?! Do you live in one of these towns? Do you recommend it or have another that should be on the list!? Leave a comment below and I'll update the post!!
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Julie Waldron
12/1/2021 02:01:10 pm
These look some great towns to visit.
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Helga
12/2/2021 10:18:14 am
My dad lived in Madison and its a very nice town to walk in.
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Donna
1/24/2022 03:14:26 pm
These look like lovely towns to live in. Thanks for sharing!
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1/11/2023 02:13:24 am
This method works for either iPhones, iPads, and Android phones or tablets.
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1/11/2023 02:15:31 am
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