Best PlacesAtco, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Atco, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Atco ranks 12,826th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Atco
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.
Atco's strengths and weaknesses
Where Atco ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$113,341 median, better than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 89% of towns
Where Atco ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,343 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Atco
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Atco home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $113,341, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Atco's effective rate of 2.68%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Atco
Atco runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Atco.
Who works in Atco, and how
Work in Atco centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Atco
The coast is about 44 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Atco, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Atco, month by month
Atco sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 25° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Atco
Philadelphia International sits about 20 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 14.8 million passengers in 2025, with 179 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Atco
Schools across Atco average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cranberry Pines ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Marlton ElementaryC+ · 39% proficient
- Richard L Rice SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Marlton MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- Neeta SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Dwight D Eisenhower Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Shawnee High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Cherokee High SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Winslow Township High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Atco school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Atco 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 Atco against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Atco
Is Atco a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Atco ranks 12,826th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and few empty homes, and lowest on property taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Atco expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $292,852. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $113,341 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Atco safe?
Yes, Atco is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $154 per resident a year.
Compare Atco with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Atco. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Atco 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.
Atco detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Atco: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Atco: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Atco: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Atco: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Atco 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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