Ledgewood, 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 Ledgewood, Morris County, New Jersey
Ledgewood, in Morris County, had 4,903 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $135,912 a year and half less, against $137,326 across Morris County; 3% of its people live below the poverty line. 86% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 14% 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 residents work in schools and health care, then finance and property.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Ledgewood is a small community in Morris County, and nearly everyone here owns the home they live in, a good deal more than across the county as a whole. Household incomes sit close to the county's, a little below, and poverty is uncommon. A large share of adults hold a four-year degree, and most commutes are long enough that many people spend a real part of the day getting to work, though a fair number work from home.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by banks, insurance and property, professional and business services, and shops. In Ledgewood itself, the largest workplaces include Veolia ES Technical Solutions, a hazardous waste treatment and hauling business, and Cintas, a plumbing, heating and air conditioning contractor. Across Morris County, unemployment is lower than a year ago and the number of jobs has grown slightly.
Things to do. Water and woods are close by. Lake Musconetcong and Hopatcong State Park are in or beside town, and Lake Hopatcong, a large reservoir, is a short drive away. Bertrand Island Amusement Park is also in or beside town. Winters are cold and the year brings steady rain and melted snow, while July is warm.
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- 2,044households
- 60%of adults have a degree
- 3%below the poverty line
- 33 mintypical commute
- 17%work from home
What residents 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 36° and lows near 19°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 62°. About 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Andover Aeroflex Airport weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Ledgewood
- Veolia ES Technical SolutionsHazardous waste treatment facilities combined with collection and/or local hauling of hazardous waste210
- BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.Warehouse club and supercenters133
- CintasPlumbing heating and air conditioning contractors77
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 420 people in all. 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
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Ledgewood’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. 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.
Ledgewood home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Ledgewood14
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Ledgewood7
Zip codes with a Ledgewood address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Ledgewood — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.