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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 IN NJ TO BUY A HOUSE
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 • Barnards • 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
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 2023
NJ Department of Education, 2024
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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 their college journey at one of our most unique assets – Raritan Valley Community College:
Raritan Valley Community College
A scenic campus in Branchburg provides quality education at about half 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 in biomanufacturing, semiconductors and personal care industries. - 1st Clean Room training program at a NJ community college
- Building a walkable town center with housing and retail on campus
- 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 is nationally recognized for patient safety and quality care. And the 333-bed acute care hospital provides comprehensive behavioral health, cancer, cardiology, orthopedic, surgical, maternity, emergency, rehabilitation services and LGBTQ+ health.
- 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.
- 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.