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Victory Gardens is a small town of 1,759 people in Morris County, New Jersey. It's about 35 miles from New York, NY. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 36°F, with about 27 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $251k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,759people
$251kTypical home
$1,518/moRent
84° / 36°Summer / winter
27"Snow
235Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,759
- Part of a metro area
- About 12,131 people per sq mi
- 35 mi to New York, NY
- 35 mi to New York, NY
- 1 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $251k (≈$1,580/mo)
- Median rent $1,518/mo
- Median household income $63k
- Property tax about 1.9% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 36°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 62°F)
- 235 sunny days a year (79 totally clear)
- 130 cloudy days a year
- 38 of 90 winter days are gray
- 27" of snow a year
- 7 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 13 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (16 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (189 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 42
- 33% of households have kids
- 10% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 23 mi to EWR airport
- 23 mi to EWR (major hub)
- 22 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 50% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1972
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 696 ft
- 24 mi to the ocean
- 151 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 20 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 119 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 2,995 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 197 bars within 25 mi
- 926 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 9 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 88 museums within 25 mi
- 23 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 35% of New Jersey districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 14 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 9 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Morris County: R+3 in 2024
- New Jersey: D+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk