Wayne Named A 'Best Place To Live'
Municipality is on Money magazine's list of Best Places To Live. Town is ranked 83rd best place to live in New Jersey.
Wayne has been included in the top 100 places to live in the United States by Money magazine.
The township was ranked the 83rd best place to live.
Some facts about Wayne and its residents, according to Money magazine:
- Job growth, between 2000 and 2011, decreased by 3 percent.
- The median home price is just less than $400,000.
- There are, on average, 0 personal crime incidents per 1,000 residents.
- The median commuting time is 23 minutes.
In terms of recreation and eating out, there are more than 9,200 restaurants, 89 movie theaters, and 584 bars within 15 miles of Wayne.
Residents pay an average of $1,163 in car insurance premiums.
The town gets an average of 45 inches of precipitation annually; the high temperature in July is about 84 while the lowest temperature, on average, in January was about 22 degrees. The national averages are 87 and 18 degrees, respectively.
The median age of residens is about 35 and more than two thirds, 65 percent, have completed at least some college. About 60 percent are married and 6 percent divorced.
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Bobtwo
7:55 am on Thursday, August 23, 2012
83 Out of 100, that is not great. Also one of the highest taxed in the state/country.
John Smith
8:05 am on Thursday, August 23, 2012
The flooding last year have reduced the property values. Businesses have been steadily moving out of here. Also, the Township has a history of corruption.
More people are looking to move out than to move in.
stewart resmer
8:19 am on Thursday, August 23, 2012
guess moneymag has not done any due diligence in court judgments against the township from poor council decisions that got the taxpayers sued?
Wayne's World
9:20 am on Thursday, August 23, 2012
It's nice to be on this list but it seems hollow in some ways. Wayne was ranked by CNN Money as #83 in the top 100 small cities in America, defined by population over 50,000. So let's not get too crazy about the ranking as it isn't the 83rd best community overall in the U.S. Even so, it's still nice to be recognized, even though Wayne might not even rank in the top 15 towns in a 3 county area around here, let alone the entire state.
Scondo
11:24 am on Thursday, August 23, 2012
Good solid schools. active parents trying to raise their kids, nice homes, communities and neighbors. Clean. And pretty attractive. High mtn reservation, good transportation, balanced economy. some governance problems but overall a nice place to live
Paul Karsevar
3:21 pm on Thursday, August 23, 2012
It always surprises me how people look at where you live or work and have a half empty outlook. Scondo I think summed it up nicely. Consider we live in the most congested part of the country Wayne is pretty good. It could always be better and could be worse. I am a glass half full person myself. To be in the top 100 of all the towns that are out there is pretty darn good.
Nose Wayne
8:49 pm on Thursday, August 23, 2012
O Personal crime incidents per 1,000 residents ? Guess all those break-ins were just a figment of my imagination.Medium commute time is 23 minutes ? Maybe in an airplane , but not on Hamburg Turnpike.Not even going to touch the car insurance. Who and where do these people come from. Not Wayne, that's for sure !!!!!!