?WhereToHQ

Ranked · Pick an HQ · New Jersey

Best cities to put your HQ in New Jersey

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Pick an HQ” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Clifton, NJ89k residents

    58/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 35.5% · avg. weekly wage: $1,246/wk · corporate income tax: 11.5%

  2. 2.Jersey City, NJ294k residents

    55/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 54.8% · avg. weekly wage: $1,903/wk · corporate income tax: 11.5%

  3. 3.Paterson, NJ159k residents

    55/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 11.8% · avg. weekly wage: $1,246/wk · corporate income tax: 11.5%

  4. 4.Camden, NJ71k residents

    55/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1% · avg. weekly wage: $1,364/wk · corporate income tax: 11.5%

  5. 5.Vineland, NJ61k residents

    55/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 24.1% · avg. weekly wage: $1,135/wk · corporate income tax: 11.5%

  6. 6.Fort Lee, NJ40k residents

    55/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 65.8% · avg. weekly wage: $1,604/wk · corporate income tax: 11.5%

  7. 7.Passaic, NJ70k residents

    54/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7% · avg. weekly wage: $1,246/wk · corporate income tax: 11.5%

  8. 8.Sicklerville, NJ45k residents

    54/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 35.6% · avg. weekly wage: $1,364/wk · corporate income tax: 11.5%

  9. 9.Newark, NJ310k residents

    53/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 19.7% · avg. weekly wage: $1,753/wk · corporate income tax: 11.5%

  10. 10.Westfield, NJ31k residents

    53/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 78.1% · avg. weekly wage: $1,650/wk · corporate income tax: 11.5%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best to put your HQ in New Jersey?
Clifton, NJ ranks first with a fit score of 58/100, followed by Jersey City (55) and Paterson (55), using the "Pick an HQ" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.