Sussex, NJ · Jared Kofsky/Placenj.com, CC BY-SA 4.0

2018-07-26 08 23 02 View north along New Jersey State Route 23 (Mill Street) just north of Sussex County Route 639 (Loomis Avenue) in Sussex, Sussex County, New Jersey · Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

2018-07-26 12 34 27 View north along New Jersey State Route 23 (Loomis Avenue) between Hamburg Avenue and Mill Street-Walling Avenue in Sussex, Sussex County, New Jersey · Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

2025-03-10 12 20 26 View south along Main Street at Newton Avenue in Sussex, Sussex County, New Jersey · Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge, Sussex NJ (6106572578) · U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain

2018-07-26 12 02 14 View north along New Jersey State Route 284 (East Main Street) just north of New Jersey State Route 23 (Hamburg Avenue) in Sussex, Sussex County, New Jersey · Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Sussex, New Jersey

Sussex is a borough of 2,145 people in Sussex County, New Jersey.

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Population2,145 +14.7% since 2019

CountySussex County

Elevation449 ft 137 m

Land area0.6 sq mi

ZIP code07461

Nearest airportBlairstown Airport (1N7) 26 mi

Why visit Sussex

Townapedia lists 1 park or trail, 5 places to eat and 1 attraction in and around town.

Highlights include Crescent Theatre and Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge.

July is the warmest month, with average highs of 84°F; January lows average 18°F.

About Sussex

Sussex is a borough in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,024, a decrease of 106 (−5.0%) from the 2010 census count of 2,130, which in turn reflected a decline of 15 (−0.7%) from the 2,145 counted in the 2000 census.

From the Wikipedia article Sussex, New Jersey (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Things to do1

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Crescent Theatre

Cinema and theater · National Register of Historic Places

Theater and former movie theater in Sussex, New Jersey, United States

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Parks, trails and playgrounds1

Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge

Hiking and trails · 0.7 mi

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Restaurants and cafes5

Early American Tavern

Diner · American

9 Main Street, Sussex

Mo-Su 11:00-23:00

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Indian Spice Route 23

Restaurant · Indian, Italian · 0.5 mi

455 NJ-23, Sussex

We-Mo 11:00-14:45, 16:00-22:00

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TJ's Pizzeria

Restaurant · American, Italian, Italian Pizza, Mediterranean · 0.4 mi

39 Loomis Avenue, Sussex

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Lorenzo's Pizzeria & Restaurant

Restaurant · Pizza, Italian

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Patrick's Wine Barn

Brewery and winery

40C Hamburg Avenue, Sussex

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Churches and places of worship1

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First Presbyterian Church of Wantage

Church · National Register of Historic Places · 2.4 mi

Church building in Sussex County, New Jersey

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History

Sussex was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on October 14, 1891, as Deckertown, from portions of Wantage Township. The borough's original name was for settler Peter Decker. The borough was renamed Sussex on March 2, 1902.

A joint commission of residents of both Sussex and Wantage had recommended that the two communities should be consolidated to form what would be called the Township of Sussex-Wantage, which would operate within the Faulkner Act under the council-manager form of government, with a mayor and a six-member township council, and that voters in both municipalities should approve a referendum to be held on November 3, 2009. The committee noted that the two municipalities share common issues, schools, library and community services and that the artificial nature of the octagonal Sussex border often made it hard to distinguish between the two. The efforts at consolidation with surrounding Wantage Township ended in November 2009 after Wantage voters rejected the merger despite support from Sussex borough residents.

From the History section of Sussex, New Jersey on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Shopping1

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Gas and EV charging2

Lukoil

Gas station · 0.7 mi

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QuickChek

Gas station · 1.5 mi

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Schools, colleges and libraries15

Cedar Mountain Primary School

School · 5.3 mi
17 Sammis Road, Vernon

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Clifton E. Lawrence

School · 1.5 mi
31 Ryan Road, Wantage

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Glen Meadow Middle School

School · 5.2 mi
7 Sammis Road, Vernon

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Hamburg School

School · 4.2 mi
30 Linwood Avenue, Hamburg

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Hardyston Township Middle School

School · 5.0 mi
183 Wheatsworth Road, Hamburg

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High Point Regional High School District

School · 2.0 mi
299 Pidgeon Hill Road, Sussex

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Lafayette Township School

School · 5.8 mi
178 Beaver Run Road, Lafayette

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Lounsberry Hollow School

School · 5.6 mi
30 Sammis Road, Vernon

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Rolling Hills Primary School

School · 5.8 mi
60 Sammis Road, Vernon

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Sussex Middle School

School
10 Loomis Avenue, Sussex

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Wallkill Valley Regional High School

School · 3.9 mi
10 Grumm Road, Hardyston Township

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Walnut Ridge School

School · 4.9 mi
625 Route 517, Vernon

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Healthcare1

Baker's Pharmacy

Clinic and pharmacy
38-42 Main Street, Sussex

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Map of Sussex

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Climate by month

Average high Average low Rain

Monthly table

Month	High	Low	Rain
Jan	36°F	18°F	2.6 in
Feb	39°F	20°F	2.2 in
Mar	48°F	27°F	3.2 in
Apr	61°F	37°F	3.4 in
May	71°F	47°F	3.7 in
Jun	80°F	56°F	3.7 in
Jul	84°F	61°F	4.1 in
Aug	82°F	60°F	3.9 in
Sep	75°F	51°F	3.8 in
Oct	64°F	40°F	4.2 in
Nov	51°F	31°F	3.0 in
Dec	41°F	24°F	3.1 in

U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 for Sussex Ap (1 mi away), NOAA NCEI.

People and cost of living

$75,500median household income

$275,500median home value

$1,418median monthly rent

42.6median age

30.1%of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher

36.4%of homes are owner-occupied

42.4 minaverage commute

Age of residents

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024, U.S. Census Bureau. Estimates have margins of error, larger for small towns.

Disaster history

Sussex County has had 21 federal disaster declarations since 2000, most often for hurricanes.

2021-09-05: Remnants Of Hurricane Ida (Hurricane)
2021-09-02: Remnants Of Hurricane Ida (Hurricane)
2021-04-28: Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm (Snowstorm)
2020-12-11: Tropical Storm Isaias (Hurricane)
2020-03-25: Covid-19 Pandemic (Biological)
2020-03-13: Covid-19 (Biological)

OpenFEMA disaster declarations summaries.

Getting there and nearby towns

Blairstown Airport (1N7) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 26 miles away.

Hamburg 5 mi southeast, about 7 min by car
Franklin 7 mi south, about 11 min by car
Highland Lakes 8 mi east, about 13 min by car
Ogdensburg 9 mi south, about 14 min by car
Lake Mohawk 13 mi south, about 21 min by car
Newton 13 mi southwest, about 21 min by car
Crandon Lakes 13 mi southwest, about 22 min by car
Oak Ridge 14 mi southeast, about 22 min by car
Newfoundland 14 mi southeast, about 23 min by car
Hewitt 15 mi east, about 24 min by car

Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.

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Sources and licences

NCES EDGE (Public domain): public schools
NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (Public domain): climate by month
OpenFEMA (Public domain): disaster declarations
OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
U.S. Census Bureau (Public domain): population, income, housing, education, commute
Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text

Photo credits

Sussex, NJ, Jared Kofsky/Placenj.com, CC BY-SA 4.0
2018-07-26 08 23 02 View north along New Jersey State Route 23 (Mill Street) just north of Sussex County Route 639 (Loomis Avenue) in Sussex, Sussex County, New Jersey, Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0
2018-07-26 12 34 27 View north along New Jersey State Route 23 (Loomis Avenue) between Hamburg Avenue and Mill Street-Walling Avenue in Sussex, Sussex County, New Jersey, Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0
2025-03-10 12 20 26 View south along Main Street at Newton Avenue in Sussex, Sussex County, New Jersey, Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge, Sussex NJ (6106572578), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
2018-07-26 12 02 14 View north along New Jersey State Route 284 (East Main Street) just north of New Jersey State Route 23 (Hamburg Avenue) in Sussex, Sussex County, New Jersey, Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0
2018-07-26 08 21 31 View north along New Jersey State Route 23 (Hamburg Avenue) between Brookside Avenue and Munson Street in Sussex, Sussex County, New Jersey, Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0
2018-07-26 11 58 58 View south along New Jersey State Route 23 (Walling Avenue) just south of Brookside Avenue in Sussex, Sussex County, New Jersey, Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Old Clove Church, Wantage, NJ, Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0
Crescent Theatre, Sussex, NJ, Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0
Flooding at WallKill River Refuge (6105996711), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Hurricane Damage at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge August 30, 2011 (6100369399), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Hurricane Damage at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge August 30, 2011 (6100363173), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Flooding at WallKill River Refuge (6105997543), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Flooding at WallKill River Refuge (6105996163), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Hurricane Damage at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge August 30, 2011 (6100927610), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Hurricane Damage at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge August 30, 2011 (6100368111), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Hurricane Damage at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge August 30, 2011 (6100384735), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey and New York. Credit- USFWS (11801092633), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Photo of the Week - Waterfall (NJ) (8199473777), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Moon rising over Northern New Jersey - 4 May 2012, jason jenkins from southbay,ca, CC BY-SA 2.0
Egrets at Wallkill River Refuge (6105996961), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Flooding at WallKill River Refuge (6105997279), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Hurricane Damage at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge August 30, 2011 (6100929208), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Hurricane Damage at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge August 30, 2011 (6100928144), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Hurricane Damage at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge August 30, 2011 (6100377481), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region, Public domain
Hurricane Damage at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge August 30, 2011 (6100919406), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Hurricane Damage at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge August 30, 2011 (6100925332), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
My Window to Jupiter (8108045996), jason jenkins from stockton, california, CC BY-SA 2.0
Hurricane Damage at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge August 30, 2011 (6100370615), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Hurricane Damage at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge August 30, 2011 (6100383699), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Hurricane Damage at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge August 30, 2011 (6106019383), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Hurricane Damage at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge August 30, 2011 (6100366953), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Flooding at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge (6106019771), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
Flooding at WallKill River Refuge (6106541940), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain
"Geminid Spiral" (8271392943), jason jenkins from stockton, california, CC BY-SA 2.0
Eclipse (53640309332), Julie Jordan Scott from Bakersfield, California, USA, CC BY 2.0
Eclipse (53640309342), Julie Jordan Scott from Bakersfield, California, USA, CC BY 2.0
Eclipse (53641187581), Julie Jordan Scott from Bakersfield, California, USA, CC BY 2.0
Eclipse (53640309337), Julie Jordan Scott from Bakersfield, California, USA, CC BY 2.0

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Why visit Sussex

Weather in Sussex

About Sussex

Things to do1

Crescent Theatre

Parks, trails and playgrounds1

Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge

Restaurants and cafes5

Early American Tavern

Indian Spice Route 23

TJ's Pizzeria

Lorenzo's Pizzeria & Restaurant

Patrick's Wine Barn

Churches and places of worship1

First Presbyterian Church of Wantage

History

Shopping1

ShopRite

Gas and EV charging2

Lukoil

QuickChek

Schools, colleges and libraries15

Cedar Mountain Primary School

Clifton E. Lawrence

Glen Meadow Middle School

Hamburg School

Hardyston Township Middle School

High Point Regional High School District

Lafayette Township School

Lounsberry Hollow School

Rolling Hills Primary School

Sussex Middle School

Wallkill Valley Regional High School

Walnut Ridge School

Healthcare1

Baker's Pharmacy

Map of Sussex

Climate by month

People and cost of living

Disaster history

Getting there and nearby towns

Local news

Reviews, tips and questions

Sources and licences