5 Best Places to Retire in New Jersey

3. Highland Park

Insider Monkey Score: 20.44

Livability Score:88

Median Home Price: $401,000

Median Rent: $2,286

IM Cost of Living: 125.4

Highland Park is a small suburb of New York City which is famous for its riverfront parks. Both Johnson Park and Donaldson Park host incredibly vast and beautiful trails which are a great way to explore the great outdoors. The area is quite close to New Brunswick, which is home to Rutgers University. Many of the university’s students and staff live in Highland Park, because of which the city has a diversified, vibrant, and youthful energy.