Best PlacesBerlin, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Berlin, 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.
Berlin ranks 13,665th 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 Berlin
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.
Berlin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Berlin ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$111,003 median, better than 90% of towns
Where Berlin ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,339 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Berlin
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Berlin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $111,003, 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 Berlin's effective rate of 2.36%, 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 Berlin
Berlin's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Berlin.
Who works in Berlin, and how
Work in Berlin centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Berlin
Berlin has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of towns and more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. The coast is about 43 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Berlin and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Berlin, month by month
Berlin 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 Berlin
Philadelphia International sits about 18 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 Berlin
Schools across Berlin average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Marlton ElementaryC+ · 39% proficient
- Berlin Community SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Waterford Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Marlton MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- Dwight D Eisenhower Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Winslow Township Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Eastern Regional High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Cherokee High SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Overbrook Senior High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Berlin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Berlin 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 Berlin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Berlin
Is Berlin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Berlin ranks 13,665th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and biking, 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 Berlin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $316,059. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $111,003 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Berlin safe?
Berlin is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $229 per resident a year.
Compare Berlin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Berlin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Berlin 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.
Berlin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Berlin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Berlin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Berlin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Berlin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Berlin 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.