Chatham
- Suburb in New Jersey
Suburb
Chatham
- grade A+Overall Grade
- Suburb in New Jersey
- Rating 4.03 out of 5 38 reviews
Report Card
- Public Schoolsgrade A+
- Crime & Safetygrade A minus
- Housinggrade B+
- Nightlifegrade B
- Good for Familiesgrade A+
- Diversitygrade B minus
- Jobsgrade A minus
- Weathergrade C+
- Cost of Livinggrade B minus
- Health & Fitnessgrade A+
- Outdoor Activitiesgrade A
- Commutegrade B
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Real Estate
Median Home Value
$807,900
National
$229,800Median Rent
$1,833
National
$1,096Area Feel
Sparse Suburban
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Niche ranks thousands of places to live based on key statistics from the U.S. Census and expert insights.
Crime & Safety
Crime & Safety
grade A minus
Based on violent and property crime rates.
Violent Crimes
- Calculated annually per 100,000 residents
- Assault0national 282.7
- Murder0national 6.1
- Rape0national 40.7
- Robbery11.6national 135.5
Property Crimes
- Calculated annually per 100,000 residents
- Burglary69.9national 500.1
- Theft547.4national 2,042.8
- Motor Vehicle Theft93.2national 284
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Jobs
grade A minus
Based on employment rates, job and business growth, and cost of living.
Median Household Income
$201,923
National
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Chatham Reviews
Rating 4.03 out of 5 38 reviews
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It’s safe and within a direct train ride to the city. That said, it’s so clique and cookie cuttet style people, I didn’t like it at all. It’s about money and other material things which of course also shows in the kids. Such a sick bubble I was glad to leave after 7 years. They make such a fuss about their outstanding schools but it’s totally over rated. Especially with special ed kids! Schools seem good in statistics because rich people send their kids to extra tutoring! No place for me to raise my child!
It's a nice town, but everything kind of in its own bubble. The people here are great and very down to Earth but everything that happens in the town stays in the bubble, everyone seems to know everything about everyone, even if you have not met them. This is part of the reason why I wanted to go to college far away (TCU), so I could experience a whole different kind of environment. Chatham has a lot of beneficial opportunities also. The school district of the Chathams is one of the best educational districts throughout the entire state. The supervisors have done a fantastic job making sure our school district has all of the resources needed to help students engage and improve their learning abilities. Another thing that Chatham lacks is diversity and offering places for low income families. Most homes in Chatham will cost over 1 million dollars and it is hard to find many nice places to stay for under that cost. However, Chatham is working on and developing lots of affordable housing.
I give chatham two stars (instead of one) as it is a safe town to raise your kids and the schools are fairly decent (not as fantastic as they are rated here, but good). Downside- no diversity-racially or economically. None. Everything is cookie cutter and keeping up with the Joneses. We lived there for about 8 years-stayed for the schools (we bought into the marketing) but never really liked the town. There is A LOT of heavy drinking (and I suspect a bit of drugs) from the parents side-so much so that I worried about the impression it made on the kids, especially as they got into high school. The real estate is very overpriced for what you get. There is a small town feel, but there is no sense of community. The focus is really on material possessions with a healthy dose of sports. Some people love it there, it did not work for us and I do wish I would have known about the less attractive side of this adorable looking town before moving there.