Newark Ranks High On List Of ‘Best Cities For Halloween’

NEWARK, NJ — Newark ranked high on a list of 2025’s “Best Cities For Halloween.”

Financial information website WalletHub released its annual holiday list on Monday, rating Newark as the 10th-best city in the nation when it comes to having a happy Halloween.

Researchers compared the 100 largest U.S. cities across three key areas: “Trick-or-Treater-Friendliness,” “Halloween Fun,” and “Halloween Weather.” Key metrics included costume stores per capita, car-pedestrian crashes, average temperatures, population density, crime rates, “walkability,” and their share of potential trick-or-treat stops.

See the full report here.

Newark ranked 10th on the list, with another New Jersey municipality – Jersey City – rating 2nd-highest. New York City came in at the top spot, and Memphis, Tennessee rated the lowest.

“The best cities for Halloween are those that provide the safest conditions for celebrating, along with an abundance of activities, Halloween-related stores and good weather,” WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo said.

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