Internet Access in New Jersey: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN New Jersey

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

New Jersey Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

99%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

64.1

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

1st

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

99.1%

of New Jerseyans have access to wired broadband 25mbps or faster.

99.1%

of New Jerseyans have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

0.0%

of New Jerseyans have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

99.5%

of New Jerseyans have access to wireline service.

66.2%

of New Jerseyans have access to fiber-optic service.

98.9%

of New Jerseyans have access to cable service.

85.6%

of New Jerseyans have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of New Jerseyans have access to mobile broadband service.

0.4%

of New Jerseyans have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In New Jersey

Optimum by Altice vs Verizon Fios

Verizon Fios vs Xfinity

CenturyLink vs Xfinity

Spectrum vs Verizon Fios

Xfinity vs FairPoint

Top 5 Fastest cities in New Jersey

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	North Arlington	263.8 MBPS	16 Providers
2.	Rumson	248.3 MBPS	11 Providers
3.	Rio Grande	177.4 MBPS	15 Providers
4.	Oldwick	176.2 MBPS	9 Providers
5.	Berlin	170.1 MBPS	16 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in New Jersey

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Verizon High Speed Internet	78.4 MBPS
Verizon Fios	76.9 MBPS
Optimum by Altice	63.3 MBPS
XFINITY from Comcast	60.4 MBPS
CenturyLink	15.9 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, Connecting NJ has been awarded $4,926,106 in federal grants for New Jersey's Broadband Initiative.
Another $39,638,152, accounting for 1.1% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in New Jersey.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 93.7% to 99.3% of New Jerseyans.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 135 internet providers in New Jersey.
There are 80,000 people in New Jersey without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 177,000 people in New Jersey that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 48,000 people in New Jersey don't have any wired internet providers available where they live.

Sources: Data collected via the FCC, NTIA, and other sources. For a full list of data sources please visit our data page.

New Jersey CITIES


Absecon	97.8%	14 providers
Asbury Park	100.0%	14 providers
Atlantic City	99.6%	16 providers
Avenel	81.3%	18 providers
Barnegat	98.0%	12 providers
Basking Ridge	100.0%	19 providers
Bayonne	100.0%	19 providers
Bayville	99.2%	15 providers
Belleville	99.9%	16 providers
Belmar	100.0%	16 providers
Bergenfield	100.0%	14 providers
Blackwood	99.3%	19 providers
Bloomfield	100.0%	16 providers
Boonton	100.0%	16 providers
Bordentown	99.3%	14 providers
Brick	99.2%	18 providers
Bridgeton	98.4%	14 providers
Bridgewater	100.0%	21 providers
Browns Mills	98.5%	12 providers
Budd Lake	100.0%	18 providers
Burlington	98.3%	22 providers
Butler	100.0%	15 providers
Caldwell	100.0%	21 providers
Camden	96.3%	20 providers
Cape May	99.0%	17 providers
Cape May Court House	97.7%	18 providers
Carteret	98.8%	20 providers
Chatham	100.0%	17 providers
Cherry Hill	99.7%	22 providers
Clark	99.7%	17 providers
Clementon	94.1%	15 providers
Cliffside Park	100.0%	17 providers
Clifton	100.0%	25 providers
Collingswood	99.9%	15 providers
Colonia	99.8%	13 providers
Cranford	99.8%	16 providers
Denville	100.0%	22 providers
Dover	100.0%	15 providers
Dumont	100.0%	13 providers
Dunellen	100.0%	18 providers
East Brunswick	98.5%	18 providers
East Orange	99.3%	21 providers
Eatontown	99.7%	21 providers
Edison	100.0%	24 providers
Egg Harbor City	97.2%	14 providers
Egg Harbor Township	96.6%	18 providers
Elizabeth	100.0%	23 providers
Elizabethport	100.0%	21 providers
Elmwood Park	100.0%	20 providers
Englewood	100.0%	19 providers
Englishtown	100.0%	19 providers
Fair Lawn	100.0%	20 providers
Fairview	100.0%	19 providers
Flemington	98.6%	17 providers
Forked River	99.9%	12 providers
Fort Lee	100.0%	18 providers
Freehold	100.0%	20 providers
Garfield	100.0%	16 providers
Glassboro	98.8%	17 providers
Gloucester City	99.7%	13 providers
Hackensack	100.0%	26 providers
Hackettstown	99.9%	15 providers
Haddonfield	97.7%	17 providers
Haledon	100.0%	15 providers
Hammonton	96.3%	17 providers
Harrison	99.8%	17 providers
Hawthorne	100.0%	20 providers
Hazlet	99.8%	17 providers
Highland Park	100.0%	17 providers
Hightstown	97.5%	17 providers
Hillsborough	99.2%	18 providers
Hillside	100.0%	19 providers
Hoboken	100.0%	20 providers
Holmdel	99.7%	21 providers
Howell	100.0%	17 providers
Irvington	97.9%	17 providers
Iselin	100.0%	22 providers
Jackson	100.0%	16 providers
Jersey City	99.7%	33 providers
Keansburg	100.0%	13 providers
Kearny	94.0%	18 providers
Keyport	100.0%	13 providers
Lakewood	100.0%	21 providers
Lawrence Township	98.6%	22 providers
Linden	99.8%	18 providers
Little Falls	100.0%	18 providers
Livingston	99.9%	19 providers
Lodi	100.0%	17 providers
Long Branch	98.5%	14 providers
Long Valley	99.9%	13 providers
Lyndhurst	100.0%	20 providers
Madison	100.0%	19 providers
Mahwah	100.0%	18 providers
Manahawkin	99.4%	14 providers
Manchester Township	84.6%	13 providers
Maple Shade	99.3%	17 providers
Maplewood	99.9%	17 providers
Marlboro	100.0%	14 providers
Marlton	99.8%	19 providers
Matawan	100.0%	20 providers
Mays Landing	98.5%	16 providers
Medford	99.8%	18 providers
Merchantville	99.9%	22 providers
Metuchen	100.0%	15 providers
Middlesex	100.0%	18 providers
Middletown	99.6%	16 providers
Millville	98.1%	16 providers
Monmouth Junction	99.3%	19 providers
Monroe Township	99.1%	16 providers
Montclair	99.8%	18 providers
Moorestown	100.0%	21 providers
Morganville	100.0%	20 providers
Morris Plains	100.0%	20 providers
Morristown	100.0%	23 providers
Mount Holly	99.6%	19 providers
Mount Laurel	99.3%	20 providers
Mullica Hill	99.6%	15 providers
Neptune	99.5%	17 providers
New Brunswick	100.0%	19 providers
New Milford	100.0%	13 providers
Newark	98.7%	29 providers
Newton	100.0%	18 providers
North Arlington	100.0%	16 providers
North Bergen	100.0%	22 providers
North Brunswick	99.8%	21 providers
Nutley	100.0%	19 providers
Oaklyn	99.9%	14 providers
Old Bridge	100.0%	17 providers
Orange	99.1%	19 providers
Palisades Park	100.0%	17 providers
Paramus	100.0%	21 providers
Parlin	100.0%	20 providers
Parsippany	100.0%	23 providers
Passaic	100.0%	15 providers
Paterson	100.0%	22 providers
Penns Grove	98.3%	13 providers
Pennsauken	99.9%	17 providers
Perth Amboy	100.0%	15 providers
Phillipsburg	100.0%	18 providers
Piscataway	100.0%	21 providers
Plainfield	99.9%	22 providers
Plainsboro	98.1%	17 providers
Pleasantville	96.9%	15 providers
Point Pleasant Beach	99.9%	12 providers
Princeton	95.7%	24 providers
Princeton Junction	99.9%	18 providers
Rahway	99.1%	19 providers
Ramsey	100.0%	21 providers
Randolph	100.0%	18 providers
Red Bank	99.8%	18 providers
Ridgewood	100.0%	17 providers
Riverside	99.0%	17 providers
Riverton	99.7%	17 providers
Rockaway	100.0%	18 providers
Roselle	100.0%	17 providers
Roselle Park	98.3%	15 providers
Rutherford	100.0%	21 providers
Saddle Brook	100.0%	18 providers
Sayreville	100.0%	17 providers
Scotch Plains	99.2%	17 providers
Secaucus	99.6%	29 providers
Sewell	99.8%	20 providers
Short Hills	99.9%	17 providers
Sicklerville	99.2%	18 providers
Somerset	99.6%	19 providers
Somerville	99.5%	23 providers
South Amboy	100.0%	15 providers
South Orange	100.0%	19 providers
South Plainfield	99.3%	23 providers
South River	99.9%	18 providers
Sparta	100.0%	15 providers
Springfield	99.6%	22 providers
Summit	99.0%	18 providers
Sussex	100.0%	14 providers
Swedesboro	98.3%	18 providers
Teaneck	100.0%	17 providers
Tenafly	100.0%	17 providers
Toms River	99.2%	20 providers
Trenton	98.5%	28 providers
Tuckerton	99.7%	12 providers
Union	99.8%	19 providers
Union City	100.0%	17 providers
Verona	99.9%	18 providers
Vincentown	97.8%	12 providers
Vineland	97.7%	20 providers
Voorhees	98.7%	23 providers
Warren	100.0%	18 providers
Washington	99.6%	17 providers
Wayne	100.0%	19 providers
West Deptford	98.2%	19 providers
West Milford	100.0%	12 providers
West New York	100.0%	19 providers
West Orange	97.9%	22 providers
Westfield	99.9%	15 providers
Westwood	100.0%	19 providers
Wildwood	99.5%	13 providers
Williamstown	98.8%	16 providers
Willingboro	100.0%	12 providers
Woodbridge	97.5%	21 providers
Wyckoff	100.0%	17 providers

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Last Updated on 9/11/2019.

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