Place in New Jersey, United States

Chatham

$1.3MMedian Home
286Sunny Days/yr
63°FAvg High Temp
View on Map· Pop. 9k· Elev. 233 ftWikipedia

"The Chathams" is a term used in reference to shared services for two neighboring municipalities in Morris County, New Jersey, United States – Chatham and Chatham Township. The two are separate municipalities, although when sharing some services act much like one cohesive community. The first municipality, a town that was settled in 1710 as a colonial English village in the Province of New Jersey, that in 1773 adopted a name change to "Chatham". There are numerous references to this village as "Chatham, New Jersey" dating from that time.Wikipedia

State Context

New JerseyU.S. state

New Jersey is a state located in both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the heavily urbanized Northeast megalopolis, it is bordered to the northwest, north, and northeast by New York State; on its east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on its west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on its southwest by Delaware Bay and Delaware. At 7,354 square miles (19,050 km2), New Jersey is the fifth-smallest state in land area. According to a 2024 U.S.Wikipedia

Income tax: 1.40% - 10.75%Avg sales tax: 6.60%Property tax: 2.23%Official school data available

About the Region

Mid-Atlantic

The Mid-Atlantic corridor — New York City south through Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. — is the densest and most economically complex region in the country. Finance and media anchor New York; government, defense, and federal contracting anchor D.C.; healthcare and universities anchor Philadelphia and Baltimore. This makes the region one of the most recession-resistant labor markets in the U.S., though the same fundamentals push housing costs persistently high.

Philadelphia and Baltimore offer substantially lower costs than either New York or D.C. while sitting on the same high-speed rail line, making them increasingly attractive to remote workers and hybrid commuters. The New Jersey and Delaware suburbs fill in between, providing family-oriented communities within commuting range of multiple cities. The region's density means genuine walkability in most urban cores, strong transit infrastructure, and cultural institutions that rival anywhere on earth.

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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

Housing
$3k/mo
Median Rent
$1.3M
Median Home Price
Rent burden14% of income
Household Income
$250k
Median annual
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Livability

School Rating
6.7/10
Internet
Fiber
85%
Cable
97%
address availability
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Climate

Sunshine
286
sunny days per year
78% of the year
Avg High Temp
63°F
annual average
Humidity
69%
relative humidity
Comfort Score
74/100
Great
Temp Swing
46°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
52"
inches per year
Snowfall
8"
inches per year
Air Quality
47
Good AQI
07

Demographics

Population9k
Altitude233 ftabove sea level
Median Age38 yrs
College Educated82%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home29%of workforce
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