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Find Peace of Mind
When choosing your next home, there’s many factors to consider. The cost of living is one thing, but the value is everything; we have so much that can’t be measured in dollars and cents.
Moving Here?
Questions we can answer:
- Is there access to quality healthcare?
- Can I sleep easily knowing it’s safe?
- Are there reliable broadband connections?
- Is it centrally located to work, entertainment, shopping, dining, and travel destinations?
- If I have children, will they receive the best education in and out of the classroom?
“YES, TO ALL!” your future neighbors
Which Town?
Each town has its own unique personality. See which matches you:
Bedminster • Bernards • Bernardsville • Branchburg • Bridgewater • Bound Brook • Far Hills • Franklin • Green Brook • Hillsborough • Peapack Gladstone • Manville • Millstone • Montgomery • North Plainfield • Raritan • Rocky Hill • Somerville • South Bound Brook • Warren • Watchung
A Safe Place to Live
According to FBI crime data, New Jersey is one of America’s safest states with the violent crime rate among the lowest in the nation. And Somerset County has crime rates well below the national average for both violent and property crimes.
Housing
#2 COUNTY TO BUY A HOUSE IN NJ
LOOKING TO BUY?
We have more than 125,000 households, 76% of them owner-occupied, with a median home value of $482,830. Having a wide variety of housing stock, from brand-new apartments in our downtowns, to starter homes and historic properties along our rivers and canals – buying in Somerset County is a smart investment, with valuations increasing.
OR RENT?
If you’re starting out as a recent graduate, young professional, downsizing or in transition, we have dozens of new, amenity-rich residential buildings being built (or recently completed) in Bound Brook, Bernardsville, Green Brook, Montgomery, Somerville and Raritan. Live right in a downtown with a walkable commute to the train!
Top K-12 Schools
#1 COUNTY TO RAISE A FAMILY
Because we invest in our children and their education, we offer the best schools in the nation.
- NJ has the #1 Best Public School System
- NJ is #2 for Highest Percentage of Schools offering AP Courses
- County School Districts Rank Among Top 1% of Public Schools in America
- 94% public school graduation rate; 3% higher than State average
School Districts with Public Preschool
Bound Brook • Franklin • Manville • North Plainfield • Somerville
School Districts with Full Day Kindergarten
Bedminster • Bernards • Bound Brook • Branchburg • Franklin • Green Brook • Hillsborough • Manville • Montgomery • North Plainfield • Somerville • South Bound Brook • Warren • Watchung
SOMERSET COUNTY VOCATIONAL–TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Our 80-acre campus offers 18 programs in 9 state-of-the-art buildings. With a campus expansion underway, prospective students can look forward to new programs in global logistics, finance, mechatronics, and engineering. Check it out.
NJ Department of Education
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Continuing Education
Minutes from Princeton University and Rutgers (our State University) giving our residents access to courses, training, sporting, and cultural events. Many residents begin or advance their college journey at one of our most unique assets – Raritan Valley Community College:
Raritan Valley Community College
A scenic 250-acre campus in Branchburg provides quality education at a fraction of the cost of the average college in NJ.
- 1st college in U.S. to achieve carbon neutrality
- #1 for Career Training in NJ
RVCC’s Workforce Training Center prepares students for skilled roles across a range of industries from biotechnology and personal care to automotive and packaging. - 1st Clean Room training program at a NJ community college
- Federally recognized Hispanic Serving Institution
Childcare
#1 STATE TO RAISE A CHILD
With New Jersey committed to Universal Pre-K, Somerset County continues to provide affordable, high-quality:
- INFANT CARE Median full-time cost lower than NJ average.
- CHILDCARE Top 2 County in NJ for accessing childcare. We have more spots available than children under the age of 5 – great news for parents!
Health & Wellness
TOP 20 HEALTHIEST COUNTY IN U.S.
Somerset County is home to and within immediate proximity to the best healthcare providers regionally and nationally, eldercare, fitness and wellness options.
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, is the only acute care hospital in Somerset County. The hospital has been nationally recognized for its quality care, including as one of Healthgrades’ 250 Best Hospitals and one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s top Community Hospitals in the nation. Located in Somerville, the 339-bed hospital provides comprehensive behavioral health, cancer, cardiology, orthopedic, surgical, maternity, emergency, rehabilitation and LGBTQ+ health care services. It also offers outpatient services at locations throughout Somerset County, including physical therapy in Bridgewater and physical therapy, sleep medicine and cardiac rehabilitation services in Hillsborough.
- Morristown Medical Center is the #1 ranked hospital in New Jersey and is among America’s ‘50 Best Hospitals’ and ‘World’s Best Hospitals’. And the 735-bed nonprofit hospital is a leader in cardiology, heart & vascular surgery; ear, nose & throat (ENT); geriatrics; obstetrics & gynecology; orthopedics and pulmonology & lung surgery, as well as a Level I Regional Trauma Center.
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge has been the top cancer center in the Northeast and top-two in the U.S. for over 35 years. At MSK Basking Ridge, area residents have easier access to MSK’s outstanding cancer care services, including surgical, medical, and radiation oncology consultations; chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and radiation; dermatology, mammography, ultrasound, MRI, CT, and PET imaging; clinical trials; programs for thyroid assessment and breast screenings for at-risk patients; and supportive services that include integrative medicine, genetic counseling, pain management, social work, and nutrition.
- Penn Medicine Plainsboro has been a leading teaching hospital for more than 40 years. With rooms designed to specially fit patient needs with amenities like family stay, single rooms, and rooms all with access to a view. All while offering full continuum of care includes acute care hospital services, behavioral healthcare, acute rehabilitation, home care, hospice care, ambulatory surgery, and fitness and wellness services.
- Senior Housing Map & List provides information on Somerset County’s options for active adult retirement communities, assisted living, low/moderate income housing, independent living senior housing, market rate senior housing, residential health care, long-term care facilities, sub-acute care facilities, and shared living residences. With 21 towns in our County, we have plenty of options to work out. From Lifetime Fitness to CrossFit, yoga to Pilates, private gyms and more – we have what you need to break a sweat.
- Farmers Markets & Nurseries provide fresh, locally grown produce, meats, cheeses, and milk from our almost 400 farms.