Best PlacesBogota, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bogota, 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.
Bogota ranks 11,793rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bogota
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.
Bogota's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bogota ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
Where Bogota ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,508 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bogota
A household needs to earn about $162,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bogota home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $101,920, 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 Bogota's effective rate of 2.42%, 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 Bogota
Bogota runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bogota.
Who works in Bogota, and how
Work in Bogota centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Bogota
Bogota has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of towns. The coast is about 20 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Bogota and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bogota, month by month
Bogota sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 26° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Bogota
Laguardia sits about 10 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 118 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bogota
Schools across Bogota average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lillian M. SteenC− · 28% proficient
- E. Roy BixbyC− · 27% proficient
- John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Teaneck High SchoolC · 30% proficient
- Bogota Jr./sr. High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bogota school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bogota 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 Bogota against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bogota
Is Bogota a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bogota ranks 11,793rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, big-city access, and transit, 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 Bogota expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $506,289. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $101,920 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Bogota safe?
Bogota is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $241 per resident a year.
Compare Bogota with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bogota. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bogota 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.
Bogota detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bogota: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bogota: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bogota: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bogota: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bogota 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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