Gillette, New Jersey.
. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,729 (+134%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- New Jersey$3,019
- United States$1,922
Living in Gillette, Morris County, New Jersey
Gillette, in Morris County, had 2,956 people in the 2020 census. 94% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 6% are rented. Unemployment in Morris County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Morris County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Gillette is a small community in Morris County, and nearly everyone who lives there owns the home they live in, which gives the place a settled, long-term feel. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and a fair amount of snow, while summers turn warm, with July the warmest. Precipitation is steady and substantial across the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, in manufacturing, and in banks, insurance and property. Across Morris County, some of the largest workplaces are Morristown Medical Center, Novartis Pharmaceutical US Headquarters and UPS. Household incomes in the county are high, and the county's job market has grown a little over the past year.
Things to do. The best-known places nearby are all a longer drive away. The Statue of Liberty is one of the country's best-known tourist attractions, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art is among the major museums in the region. Central Park offers a large garden-like green space for a long day out.
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What people in Morris County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Morris County had 301,376 jobs in 2025, 0.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 66°. About 24 inches of snow and 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Canoe Brook weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Morris County
- Skanska USA BuildingConstruction management, commercial and institutional building5,854
- Morristown Medical CenterGeneral hospital5,384FTE
- Novartis Pharmaceutical US HeadquartersPharmaceutical preparations manufacturing3,887
- Novartis Pharmaceutical Sales ForcePharmaceutical preparations manufacturing3,311
- Zelis HealthcareOffice automation computer systems integration design services2,482
- UPSCouriers and express delivery services1,591
- Greystone Park Psych. HospitalPsychiatric hospital1,480FTE
- St. Clares HospitalGeneral hospital1,458FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 426 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 82,478 people in all across the county; Gillette has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Gillette’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Morris County and the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro.
Gillette home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
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Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
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New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
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Zip codes with a Gillette address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Gillette — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.