About Rahway

Rahway () is a city in southern Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A bedroom community of New York City, it is centrally located in the Rahway Valley region, in the New York metropolitan area. The city is 21.6 miles (34.8 km) southwest of Manhattan and 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Staten Island. Built on the navigable Rahway River, it was an industrial and artisanal craft city for much of its history. The city has increasingly reinvented itself in recent years as a diverse regional hub for the arts.As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 29,556, an increase of 2,210 (+8.1%) from the 2010 census count of 27,346, which in turn reflected an increase of 846 (+3.2%) from the 26,500 counted in the 2000 census.