| City | Population | Rank | Population 18-34 Rank | Nightlife Rank | Music Venues Rank | Active Life Rank | Arts & Entertainment Rank | Fast Food Rank | Non-Fast Food Restautant Rank | Population Density Rank | Big Deal Score |
| Hoboken | 50,005 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Palisades Park | 19,622 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
| Long Branch | 30,719 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 16 | 30 | 14.63 |
| Atlantic City | 39,558 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 39 | 11 | 40 | 16.5 |
| Trenton | 84,913 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 32 | 12 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 17.5 |
| New Brunswick | 55,181 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 17 | 33 | 26 | 17 | 17.88 |
| Hackensack | 43,010 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 30 | 19 | 18 | 18.38 |
| Clifton | 84,136 | 8 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 26 | 19.75 |
| Union City | 66,455 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 26 | 40 | 36 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 19.88 |
| Jersey City | 247,597 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 20 | 35 | 34 | 7 | 20.88 |
| Passaic | 69,781 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 27 | 45 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 21.13 |
| Cliffside Park | 23,594 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 32 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 21.38 |
| West New York | 49,708 | 13 | 6 | 38 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 22.38 |
| Bergenfield | 26,764 | 13 | 41 | 46 | 11 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 22.38 |
| Newark | 277,140 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 46 | 31 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 23.13 |
| Elizabeth | 124,969 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 47 | 43 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 23.25 |
| Summit | 21,457 | 16 | 48 | 40 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 41 | 23.25 |
| Ridgewood | 24,958 | 18 | 49 | 49 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 23.5 |
| Lodi | 24,136 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 30 | 16 | 35 | 25 | 30 | 16 | 23.88 |
| Woodbridge | 19,265 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 49 | 49 | 34 | 24 |
| Lakewood | 53,805 | 21 | 7 | 41 | 30 | 28 | 42 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 24.13 |
| Somerset | 22,083 | 21 | 38 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 40 | 24 | 43 | 24.13 |
| Fair Lawn | 32,457 | 23 | 46 | 42 | 30 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 24.63 |
| Fort Lee | 35,345 | 24 | 45 | 34 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 25 |
| Camden | 77,344 | 25 | 9 | 37 | 19 | 37 | 30 | 15 | 33 | 21 | 25.13 |
| Bayonne | 63,024 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 38 | 32 | 14 | 25.5 |
| Westfield | 30,316 | 27 | 50 | 45 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 36 | 26.13 |
| Englewood | 27,147 | 28 | 39 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 35 | 32 | 26.38 |
| Kearny | 40,684 | 29 | 15 | 47 | 30 | 43 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 26.5 |
| Sayreville | 42,704 | 30 | 35 | 21 | 20 | 44 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 26.75 |
| Paramus | 26,342 | 30 | 47 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 50 | 50 | 47 | 26.75 |
| Hawthorne | 18,791 | 32 | 40 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 26.88 |
| Plainfield | 49,808 | 33 | 18 | 39 | 23 | 36 | 49 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 27.13 |
| Garfield | 30,487 | 34 | 20 | 23 | 30 | 41 | 37 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 27.25 |
| North Plainfield | 21,936 | 35 | 21 | 48 | 30 | 42 | 34 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 27.63 |
| Elmwood Park | 19,403 | 36 | 34 | 44 | 30 | 24 | 39 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 27.75 |
| Linden | 40,499 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 37 | 40 | 39 | 28.38 |
| Rahway | 27,346 | 38 | 33 | 18 | 4 | 38 | 11 | 48 | 48 | 28 | 28.5 |
| Old Bridge | 23,753 | 39 | 44 | 33 | 30 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 30 | 44 | 29.75 |
| Millville | 28,400 | 40 | 36 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 44 | 46 | 50 | 29.88 |
| Paterson | 146,199 | 41 | 19 | 25 | 28 | 49 | 45 | 34 | 36 | 6 | 30.25 |
| South Plainfield | 23,385 | 42 | 42 | 22 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 45 | 37 | 45 | 31 |
| Perth Amboy | 50,814 | 43 | 17 | 30 | 30 | 48 | 41 | 29 | 42 | 15 | 31.5 |
| Carteret | 22,844 | 43 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 35 | 48 | 18 | 37 | 33 | 31.5 |
| Bridgeton | 25,349 | 45 | 4 | 43 | 30 | 22 | 38 | 43 | 37 | 38 | 31.88 |
| Vineland | 60,724 | 46 | 37 | 19 | 16 | 29 | 21 | 41 | 44 | 49 | 32 |
| Toms River | 88,791 | 47 | 43 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 46 | 43 | 48 | 33.63 |
| Roselle | 21,085 | 48 | 29 | 35 | 30 | 31 | 50 | 32 | 41 | 23 | 33.88 |
| East Orange | 64,270 | 49 | 26 | 50 | 30 | 50 | 47 | 19 | 45 | 8 | 34.38 |
| Pleasantville | 20,249 | 50 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 47 | 47 | 42 | 35.25 |