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Morristown

Morristown, NJ

  • WASHINGTON’S HEADQUARTERS MUSEUM, Morristown, NJ Image: Google
  • Loantaka Brook Reservation, Kitchell Rd, Morristown, NJ. Image: Google Street View 2021
  • Morristown Train Station, Morristown, NJ Image: Rich Mitchell CC BY 2.0

What We Love About Morristown

  • Good school system
  • Walkable, bustling, thriving downtown 
  • Excellent restaurants, shopping, and nightlife
  • Great hiking and open space, including the Frelinghuysen Arboretum
  • Midtown Direct train service to NYC
  • Large variety of single-family homes and apartments, both rental and owner-occupied
  • Rich Revolutionary War history
  • Morristown Medical Center and Goryeb Children’s Hospital
  • Smithsonian-affiliated Morris Museum


Morristown is located in Morris County, New Jersey.

From NYC it takes barely 45 minutes to get here by car. Morristown is part of the Skylands region of NJ, which is made up largely of farms, fairs, rivers, mountains, parks, wineries and outdoor activities. Even though you have some rural living, as with most of NJ, you are not far from shopping, groceries, dining and work.

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Morristown is located in Morris County, New Jersey – Skylands Region – an hour from NYC by car.

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Quick facts about Morristown:

COMMUTE TIME (Hour:Minutes) ⓘ

These times are based on info from New Jersey Transit and Google Maps. Shortest times are given. Use our map above to calculate more accurate commute times to any address.
0:45+

Car ride to NYC.

1:15+

Train service to NYC.

1:45+

Bus service to NYC.

SIZE ⓘ

People per square mile gives you an idea of how much breathing room a town has. NYC has around 27,000 while a well equipped walkable town might have around 5,000. Smaller towns with more single family homes and large yards usually have under 1,000. Click on more info below to see where we get our data. 
19,261

Population estimate, July 1, 2019

2.93

Square miles

6,286

People per square mile

HOUSING ⓘ

Median cost to rent or own is basically the average cost of renting or owning per month in any given town. It’s not exact. Median values include the most expensive dwellings and the cheapest dwellings all averaged together, but with some weight added to higher concentrations in the data set. Just gives you some basic basis of comparison between towns. Click on more info below to see where we get our data.

$1,729

Median gross rent, 2014-2018

$2,786

Median selected monthly owner costs – with a mortgage, 2014-2018

$472,000

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2014-2018

PROPERTY TAX ⓘ

Approximate tax on $100K of home value. Ex: If you pay $500K for a house, multiply the number in the left column by 5 to get an idea of what you will have to pay each year in property taxes.

$2,883

Property taxes per $100,000 in home value.

EDUCATION ⓘ

Gives you the ability to quickly see how much of a town has graduated from high school or higher ed. Click on more info below to see where we get our data.
89.90%

High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018

58.30%

Bachelor’s degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018

INCOME ⓘ

Gives you an idea of how much people make in this town compared to other towns you look at. Click on more info below to see where we get our data.

$96,545

Median household income (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018

AGE DISTRIBUTION ⓘ

Gives you an idea of how old your neighbors might be. Click on more info below to see where we get our data.
14.50%

Persons under 18 years

13.60%

Persons 65 years and over

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The Full Story of Morristown, NJ

What is it like living in Morristown, NJ?

Twenty-seven  miles from Manhattan, the 2.8-square-mile historic town of Morristown (the Seat of Morris County) is a bustling, vibrant, and walkable middle- and upper-middle-class town with a good school system and lots to do and see. The Revolutionary War–era Morristown Green, simply referred to as the Green, is at the heart of downtown, with restaurants and shops surrounding it. Visitors as well as locals flock to the fabulous downtown to enjoy its 141 restaurants, 20 bars, 9 coffee shops, many boutique clothing stores, the award-winning 1,302-seat Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC), and a 10-screen cinema. Morristown Game Vault is a kid’s and maybe adult’s dream, filled with wall-to-wall arcade games. There’s also Whole Foods, Kings, Walgreens, CVS, Starbucks, Dunkin’, Edible Arrangements, Athleta, and Bluemercury. Made in Jersey is a fun shop filled with gift items and all things “Jersey.” Morristown is a perfect place to spend an afternoon shopping, have dinner, see a show, and grab a drink afterward. 

That’s Morristown in a nutshell!

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Morristown Medical Center, northwest Jersey’s only regional trauma center, is also well-known for its cancer and cardiac centers, and Goryeb Children’s Hospital is also here.

 

Schools

The Morris School District has 10 schools that serve Morristown and Morris Township pre-K through 12th-grade students as well as students in grades 9-12 from Morris Plains’ through a sending/receiving relationship with the Morris Plains School District. Total student population is 5,216. Lafayette Learning Center houses the district’s 112 pre-K3 and pre-K4 students. Alfred Vail Elementary School, Hillcrest Elementary School, and Woodland Elementary School house grades K-2; Alexander Hamilton Elementary School, Sussex Elementary School, and Thomas Jefferson Elementary School house grades 3-5; and Normandy Park Elementary School has K-5. Frelinghuysen Middle School has 1,127 students in grades 6-8, Morristown High School 1,849 in grades 9-12. 

The area also has a number of Catholic and nondenominational private schools. Catholic school options are Assumption School (pre-K-8th grade), Delbarton School (boys grades 7-12), and The Academy of St. Elizabeth, in the Convent Station section of Morristown, a high school for girls grades 9-12. The Peck School (independent) offers K-8th grade, Morristown-Beard School (independent) offers grades 6-12, and MSD Community School offers adult and youth programs. Morristown is also home to St. Elizabeth University. 

 

Parks and Recreation

Morristown National Historical Park has four sites dating from the time of the Revolutionary War: Fort Nonsense, Jockey Hollow, the Ford Mansion, and the New Jersey Brigade Encampment site. Loantaka Brook Reservation, part of the Morris County Park Commission, spans 883 acres with 9.9 miles of trails. An access point to an alternate trail of the park, the 2.7-mile Traction Line Recreation Trail is in Morristown. The linear trail, which runs parallel to NJ Transit railroad tracks stretching to Madison, features the Fit-Trail with ten cardio and strength-training stations. Morristown also has County Park Lewis Morris, Speedwell Lake Park for fishing, and the gorgeous Frelinghuysen Arboretum.

 

Dining and Nightlife

Morristown has endless possibilities for dining—American, BBQ, Italian, French, Greek, Polish, Mediterranean, Portuguese, Spanish, Mexican, Honduran, Ecuadorian, Colombian, Indian, Chinese, Pan-Asian, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Thai, and Soul food—and many places have live music and stay open late, giving Morristown a lively nightlife. Jockey Hollow Bar & Kitchen, in the magnificent 1918 Vail Mansion, serves New American food. Around the perimeter of the Green, Committed Pig serves up excellent burgers and decadent grilled cheese choices. The Famished Frog has a great craft beer selection with live music on Fridays and Saturdays. Next door at Hops, there’s a wider selection of craft beers and pub grub with TVs and live music. Morristown also has Roots Steakhouse and South + Pine American Eatery. Every town needs a good Irish Pub—Dublin Pub and Grasshopper Off the Green fit the bill. Try Pierogies House for Polish fare. Not far from the county courthouses, The Grand Café serves French cuisine. Fig & Lily Garden is a lovely spot for contemporary Mediterranean food. Mehndi has great Indian food and ambience. About a mile from downtown, The Blue Morel in the Westin Governor Morris hotel serves upscale New American cuisine and also offers sushi and a raw bar. Sweet treat offerings in Morristown include Swiss Chalet Bakery & Cafe, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Artist Baker, gourmet chocolatier Enjou Chocolat, and heavenly ice cream at South Street Creamery.

 

Arts and Culture

Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) offers everything from classical music to modern dance, theater to popular music, bringing world-class performers to the area. Performing arts classes for children and adults are also offered here. Each summer, the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey stages a performance at The Greek Theatre, an open-air amphitheater on the grounds of St. Elizabeth University. The second-largest museum in New Jersey, Morris Museum in Morristown is a Smithsonian Affiliate. 

The Morristown Partnership hosts the Fall Festival on the Green, Trick or Treat in Downtown Morristown, the Farmers Market, and Santa on the Green. An annual free Summer Jazz and Blues Festival is held on the Green. Other events in Morristown include Meet Me in Morristown and Morristown Restaurant Week. 

Morristown’s historical importance is apparent throughout the town, and yes, George Washington slept here, as the town served as his headquarters for two different winter encampments during the Revolutionary War. The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Morristown one of its “Dozen Distinctive Destinations.” Historic sites include Acorn Hall, Historic Speedwell, MacCulloch Hall Historical Museum, Schuyler Hamilton House, and Willow Hall. Washington’s Headquarters Museum at the Ford Mansion is an 18th-century home that was occupied by George Washington and his aides during the winter of 1779–1780. Jockey Hollow features an 18th-century farmhouse and reconstructed soldiers’ huts.

 

Housing Stock

Morristown has a combination of single-family houses (many medium and large), condominiums, and apartments, some pre-War, others post-War, and some contemporary. The Historic District has many Victorian-era homes. More than half of Morristown’s housing units are rentals.  (See Neighborhoods section below for more on types of Morristown housing.)

 

The Commute

Rail commuters access Midtown Direct service (Morris and Essex Line) to NY Penn Station at the historic Morristown train station. A one-way ticket is $14. Monthly passes are $393. Station to station is 58 minutes. Monthly parking permits range from $10-$100, depending on the location downtown. The train line also provides service to Hoboken (with connections to lower Manhattan via the PATH). NJ Transit Bus service operates from Morris County to NYC Port Authority, and has local service within Morris County and among Morris, Essex, and Passaic counties. Colonial Coach is a free daily bus service that transports residents throughout the town. Morristown’s downtown area has more than 3,500 public parking spaces, including public parking at Lafayette Avenue garage, adjacent to the train station. On-street metered parking is 25 cents for 15 minutes. Average driving time by car to Manhattan is about 40-45 minutes, and to Newark Airport about 23 minutes.

Neighborhoods

New Vernon/Glen Alpin and Mount Kemble Avenue/Harter Road sections have medium to large single-family houses and townhouses built mostly in the 1970s-1999. Washington Valley/Rabbinical College of America section is an older, well-established neighborhood with many of the medium to large size single-family homes and also small apartment buildings built mostly between 1940 and1969. St. Elizabeth University/Pitney Place section is composed of mostly medium and large single-family homes near the Madison Borough border. Not far from Morristown Airport, Lindsley Drive/Columbia Road section has single-family homes and newer townhouse and apartment complexes. Morris Street/Spring Street section has mostly apartment buildings. James Street/South Street section is near downtown and has single-family homes and apartment complexes. Town Center section has several historical residences and most houses were built prior to 1939. Other sections are Morris Plains and Clyde Potts Drive/Vail Place.

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