Carteret, NJ: how dark is the sky here?

Carteret reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 83.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Carteret.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

The nearest darker sky to Carteret

9 miles from Carteret, straight-line, sits Sayreville, NJ, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Carteret's own suburban band.

Sayreville, NJ is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How Carteret compares nationally

Carteret, NJ counts roughly 26,003 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Carteret places 2,662 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.