| Are you looking at homes for sale in New Jersey? | | | | national average |
| Places like Jersey City are currently offering especially | | | | - 113 colleges, universities, professional schools, junior |
| low home interest rates to those who will both live and | | | | colleges and technical institutes are located within 30 |
| work there. If you are interested in the commercial | | | | miles |
| shipping industry, New Jersey is next to the Atlantic | | | | - 4,295 restaurants within 15 miles |
| Ocean, and serves as an ideal port of entry for | | | | - 378 golf courses within 30 miles |
| shipping carriers transporting commercial goods to the | | | | Another city to break the top 100 list of Money |
| United States. | | | | Magazine is Parsippany/Troy Hills, NJ. It was ranked |
| New Jersey has plenty to attract new residents. | | | | 13th. Some of the highlighted features are: |
| Money magazine apparently believes that New Jersey | | | | - Median family income $102,017 |
| is an excellent place for a home. Nine New Jersey | | | | - 190 colleges, universities, professional schools, junior |
| cities made the Money Magazine 2008 rankings for | | | | colleges and technical institutes located within 30 miles |
| the top 100 best places to live in America. Franklin | | | | - 6,270 restaurants within 15 miles |
| Township was ranked 5th on that list. Some of the | | | | - School reading scores 19.5 percent above state |
| benefits of living in Franklin township are: | | | | average |
| - Starter homes for less than $250 thousand in the | | | | - School math scores 41.9 percent above state |
| Somerset area | | | | average |
| - Many high-tech, high-paying jobs are available in the | | | | - Personal and property crime rates are both below |
| pharmaceutical, research and development fields | | | | national average |
| - A 95 percent high school graduation rate | | | | Other cities on the list are Piscataway ranked 23rd, |
| - School reading scores five percent above state | | | | Edison ranked 35th, Hamilton at #51, Washington |
| average | | | | Township 58th, Union placed 75th, Howell ranked 77th |
| - School math scores 30.2 percent above state | | | | and Wayne just made the list in the #100 position. |
| average | | | | Of the nine New Jersey cities listed in the Money |
| - Median family income $98,066 | | | | Magazine top 100 cities list, Howell has the lowest |
| - A job growth rate over 16 percent between the | | | | median home price at $329 thousand. The median |
| years 2000 and 2007 | | | | family income of Howell is $94,185. |
| - Personal and property crime rates are both below | | | | |