Best PlacesAsbury Park, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Asbury Park, 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.
Asbury Park ranks 1,269th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Asbury Park
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.
Asbury Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Asbury Park ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of cities
- BikingBetter than 82% of cities
Where Asbury Park ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of cities
- School gradeD+, better than only 8% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,493 a month, better than only 16% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Asbury Park
A household needs to earn about $177,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Asbury Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,901, 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 Asbury Park's effective rate of 1.59%, 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 Asbury Park
Asbury Park runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Asbury Park.
Who works in Asbury Park, and how
Work in Asbury Park centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Asbury Park
Asbury Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of cities and more parkland per resident than 90% of cities. The coast is about 6 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Asbury Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Asbury Park, month by month
Asbury Park 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 Asbury Park
John F Kennedy International sits about 31 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 Asbury Park
Schools across Asbury Park average a D+, better than 8% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Wayside Elementary SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Wanamassa Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Ocean Township Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Township Of Ocean Intermediate SchoolC− · 31% proficient
- Neptune Middle SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Dr. Martin Luther King Upper Elementary SchoolF · 7% proficient
Top high schools
- Ocean Township High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Neptune High SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Asbury Park High SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Asbury Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Asbury Park 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 Asbury Park against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Asbury Park suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 15% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Asbury Park
Is Asbury Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Asbury Park ranks 1,269th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on walkability, big-city access, and fast internet, and lowest on state finances and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Asbury Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $610,982. The overall cost of living runs about 28% above the national average. Set against a $93,901 median income, cost of living beats 22% of cities.
Is Asbury Park safe?
Asbury Park is safer than 39% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $258 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Asbury Park?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 26. That works out to about 60 pleasant days a year, more than 8% of cities.
Is Asbury Park good for families?
Schools beat 8% of cities, crime safety beats 39%, and childcare runs $1,493 a month.
Compare Asbury Park with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Asbury Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Asbury Park 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.
Asbury Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Asbury Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Asbury Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Asbury Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Asbury Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Asbury Park 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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