Oak Ridge, New Jersey

About Oak Ridge

Oak Ridge is a small unincorporated community in northern New Jersey.

Oak Ridge holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 13.31 square miles.

📰 Oak Ridge News Today

• Jefferson Township High School (Oak Ridge, NJ) Football MaxPreps · Aug 13
• Fire Rips Through West Milford Home Injuring 2 Firefighters newjersey.news12.com · Jul 28
• Luc’s Car Show Returns to Oak Ridge on June 6 Morris Focus · May 29
• Jefferson's PFAS Treatment Project For Oak Ridge Water System Moves Forward Patch · Jul 8
• 2 firefighters injured in 3-alarm N.J. house fire NJ.com · Jul 28

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Oak Ridge Unique

• One of 8 places in the US named Oak Ridge — but the New Jersey one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northern New Jersey, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Oak Ridge

• Mahlon Dickerson Reservation · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Dogwood Park reviews ★
• Farny State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Oak Ridge

• Academy for Environmental Science
• Cozy Lake Elementary School
• Jefferson Township High School
• Jefferson Township Middle School
• Paradise Knoll Elementary School
• White Rock Elementary School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Oak Ridge

🏘️ Nearby Communities