Best PlacesBayville, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bayville, 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.
Bayville ranks 13,275th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bayville
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.
Bayville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bayville ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of towns
Where Bayville ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 51 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,478 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bayville
A household needs to earn about $118,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bayville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $111,122; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Bayville's effective rate of 1.54%, 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 Bayville
Bayville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bayville.
Who works in Bayville, and how
Work in Bayville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bayville
Bayville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of towns. The coast is about 16 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Bayville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bayville, month by month
Bayville sees roughly 51 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 90° | 77° | 65° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Bayville
The nearest airport, Atlantic City International, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bayville
Schools across Bayville average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- H & M Potter SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Ocean Gate Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Clara B. Worth Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central Regional Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Berkeley Township Elementary SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Lacey Township High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Central Regional High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bayville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bayville 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 Bayville against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Bayville suits
Families
Schools land around the 13th percentile and crime safety beats 94%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 75% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Bayville
Is Bayville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bayville ranks 13,275th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and low crime, 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 Bayville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $409,490. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $111,122 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Bayville safe?
Yes, Bayville is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $114 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bayville?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 22. That works out to about 51 pleasant days a year, more than 1% of towns.
Is Bayville good for families?
Schools beat 13% of towns, crime safety beats 94%, and childcare runs $1,478 a month.
Compare Bayville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bayville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bayville 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.
Bayville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bayville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bayville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bayville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bayville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bayville 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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