NJ Releases Town-By-Town COVID Vaccine Numbers For Central Jersey

NEW JERSEY — New Jersey has launched a new online dashboard that tracks coronavirus vaccinations town-by-town, officials announced on Monday (see which Central Jersey towns have the highest vaccine rates below).

The charts posted on the state’s website track how many adults have received one dose of a vaccine, and how many have been fully vaccinated in each town across the state, by percentage, Gov. Phil Murphy said during a news conference.

It can also be broken down by age group, including 18-and-older and 65-and-older, Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said. Each town is shaded, with towns that have higher vaccination percentages being shaded the darkest.

What it shows that a number of smaller communities, such as Pennington, have a high rate of vaccination while a number of other communities, such as Piscataway and Point Pleasant Beach, have vaccinated only a third of their population, or smaller.

“This mapping tool is not meant to create competitions among any communities, nor is it meant to shame any communities,” Murphy said. “Through this data, we hope that you will not only have access to the same data that we do, but you can see why we will be deploying resources to certain communities as opposed to others.”

Last week, the state highlighted 16 large communities that had vaccination rates below 40 percent. On Monday, Murphy noted that there was “marked improvement” among those communities, particularly New Brunswick, Trenton and Perth Amboy, which each saw an increase of 6 percent in their vaccination rates. Orange, Bridgeton, Fairview, Plainfield, Newark, Garfield and Passaic have each reached at least 40 percent.

“While this is a good thing, no one should rest on any laurels as there is still work to be done,” Murphy said. “Reaching our 70 percent goal by June 30 is a key benchmark for us, and we know there are hard-to-reach neighborhoods where we will have to push a little more or maybe a lot more to bring resources in.”

“We continue to examine the data to see how we are progressing in terms of meeting our goals,” Persichilli said. “We need approximately 280,000 first doses administered weekly this month and 220,000 second doses each week through June. Our counties will have to administer between 3,000 and 35,000 first doses weekly in May, and between 3,000 and 23,000 second doses through June, depending on how successful they have been to date. We have a lot of work ahead of us.”

Here are the town-by-town numbers indicated the percentage of people vaccinated:

Mercer County

1. Pennington Borough 58
2. Hopewell Borough 50
3. West Windsor Township 49
4. Hightstown Borough 47
5. Princeton 47
6. Hopewell Township 46
7. Robbinsville Township 45
8. East Windsor Township 42
9. Lawrence Township 40
10. Hamilton Township 36
11. Ewing Township 31
12. Trenton City 17

Middlesex County

1. Cranbury Township 55
2. Monroe Township 51
3. South Brunswick Township 46
4. Metuchen Borough 44
5. East Brunswick Township 43
6. Plainsboro Township 43
7. Edison Township 42
8. Jamesburg Borough 41
9. Milltown Borough 39
10. Highland Park Borough 38
11. South Plainfield Borough 38
12. Old Bridge Township 34
13. Woodbridge Township 34
14. Middlesex Borough 33
15. North Brunswick Township 33
16. Piscataway Township 33
17. Spotswood Borough 33
18. Helmetta Borough 32
19. Sayreville Borough 32
20. South Amboy City 31
21. Dunellen Borough 26
22. South River Borough 26
23. Carteret Borough 24
24. Perth Amboy City 16
25. New Brunswick City 13

Monmouth County

1. Interlaken Borough 55
2. Sea Girt Borough 52
3. Shrewsbury Borough 52
4. Englishtown Borough 51
5. Little Silver Borough 48
6. Spring Lake Borough 48
7. Avon-by-the-Sea Borough 46
8. Spring Lake Heights Borough 46
9. Manasquan Borough 45
10. Marlboro Township 45
11. Allentown Borough 44
12. Brielle Borough 44
13. Holmdel Township 44
14. Tinton Falls Borough 44
15. Fair Haven Borough 43
16. Monmouth Beach Borough 43
17. Manalapan Township 42
18. Oceanport Borough 42
19. Wall Township 42
20. Atlantic Highlands Borough 41
21. Keyport Borough 41
22. Sea Bright Borough 41
23. Upper Freehold Township 41
24. Freehold Township 40
25. Ocean Township 40
26. Belmar Borough 39
27. Bradley Beach Borough 39
28. Roosevelt Borough 39
29. Rumson Borough 39
30. Allenhurst Borough 38
31. Colts Neck Township 38
32. Middletown Township 38
33. Farmingdale Borough 37
34. Neptune Township 37
35. Deal Borough 36
36. Howell Township 36
37. Matawan Borough 36
38. Neptune City Borough 36
39. Red Bank Borough 36
40. Aberdeen Township 35
41. Millstone Township 35
42. Hazlet Township 35
43. Eatontown Borough 34
44. Freehold Borough 34
45. Lake Como Borough 34
46. Loch Arbour Village 32
47. West Long Branch Borough 32
48. Highlands Borough 30
49. Long Branch City 28
50. Shrewsbury Township 28
51. Union Beach Borough 26
52. Asbury Park City 24
53. Keansburg Borough 21

Ocean County

1. Harvey Cedars Borough 75
2. Mantoloking Borough 72
3. Barnegat Light Borough 68
4. Long Beach Township 60
5. Beach Haven Borough 57
6. Surf City Borough 54
7. Lavallette Borough 48
8. Seaside Park Borough 48
9. Ship Bottom Borough 46
10. Bay Head Borough 43
11. Island Heights Borough 43
12. Manchester Township 42
13. Berkeley Township 41
14. Pine Beach Borough 41
15. Ocean Township 39
16. Barnegat Township 39
17. Stafford Township 37
18. Little Egg Harbor Township 36
19. Point Pleasant Boro 36
20. Tuckerton Borough 35
21. Point Pleasant Beach 34
22. Brick Township 33
23. Toms River Township 33
24. Eagleswood Township 32
25. Jackson Township 30
26. Lacey Township 30
27. Plumsted Township 30
28. Ocean Gate Borough 28
29. Beachwood Borough 27
30. Seaside Heights Borough 26
31. South Toms River Borough 19
32. Lakehurst Borough 17
33. Lakewood Township 14