Best PlacesAllenhurst, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Allenhurst, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Allenhurst ranks 15,167th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Allenhurst
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Allenhurst's strengths and weaknesses
Where Allenhurst ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$158,530 median, better than 98% of towns
Where Allenhurst ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,493 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Allenhurst
A household needs to earn about $319,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Allenhurst home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $158,530, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Allenhurst's effective rate of 1.19%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Allenhurst
Allenhurst runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Allenhurst.
Who works in Allenhurst, and how
Work in Allenhurst centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Allenhurst
The coast is about 2 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Allenhurst, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Allenhurst, month by month
Allenhurst sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 26° |
| April | 64° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Allenhurst
John F Kennedy International sits about 30 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 31.0 million passengers in 2025, with 249 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Allenhurst
Schools across Allenhurst average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wanamassa Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Deal Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Bradley Elementary SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top middle schools
- Township Of Ocean Intermediate SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Ocean Township High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Asbury Park High SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Allenhurst school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Allenhurst measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Allenhurst against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Allenhurst
Is Allenhurst a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Allenhurst ranks 15,167th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, big-city access, and an educated workforce, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Allenhurst expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,157,944. The overall cost of living runs about 75% above the national average. Set against a $158,530 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Allenhurst safe?
Allenhurst is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $305 per resident a year.
Compare Allenhurst with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Allenhurst. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Allenhurst represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Allenhurst detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Allenhurst: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Allenhurst: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Allenhurst: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Allenhurst: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Allenhurst detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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