Best PlacesBeverly, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Beverly, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Beverly ranks 24,117th 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 Beverly
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.
Beverly's strengths and weaknesses
Where Beverly ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
Where Beverly ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Beverly
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beverly home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $85,352; 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 Beverly's effective rate of 2.62%, 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 Beverly
Beverly runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Beverly.
Who works in Beverly, and how
Work in Beverly centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Beverly
Beverly has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns and more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Beverly and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Beverly, month by month
Beverly sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Beverly
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 22 miles away.
The best schools in and around Beverly
Schools across Beverly average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Beverly City School DistrictD · 17% proficient
- Mildred Magowan Elementary SchoolD · 16% proficient
- W. R. James Sr. Elementary SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Burlington Township Middle School At SpringsideC− · 28% proficient
- Samuel M Ridgway Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- Walnut Street SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Arts Academy At Benjamin RushA− · 65% proficient
- Bensalem Twp HsB− · 44% proficient
- Burlington Township High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Beverly school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Beverly 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 Beverly against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Beverly
Is Beverly a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beverly ranks 24,117th 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 Beverly expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $262,306. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $85,352 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Beverly safe?
Beverly is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $215 per resident a year.
Compare Beverly with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beverly. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beverly 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.
Beverly detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beverly: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beverly: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beverly: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beverly: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beverly 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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