Best PlacesBrick, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brick, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Brick ranks 1,109th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Brick
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.
The best areas in Brick
The parts of Brick, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Arrowhead Park
Cedarwood Park
West Osbornsville
Point Pleasant Manor
Catherine Manor
Scores across Brick run from about the 15th to the 86th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Brick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brick ranks high
- QuietBetter than 94% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 80% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 74% of cities
Where Brick ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of cities
- School gradeC−, better than only 14% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Brick
A household needs to earn about $120,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $107,724; 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 Brick's effective rate of 1.53%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Brick
Brick runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Brick.
Who works in Brick, and how
Work in Brick 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 Brick
Brick has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of cities and more parkland per resident than 77% of cities. The coast is about 9 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Brick and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Brick, month by month
Brick sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 26° |
| April | 64° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Brick
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 43 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brick
Schools across Brick average a C−, better than 14% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Allenwood Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Midstreams Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Drum Point Road Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wall Intermediate SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Lake Riviera Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Veterans Memorial Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Wall High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Brick Township High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Brick Township Memorial High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brick 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 Brick against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Brick suits
Families
Schools land around the 14th percentile and crime safety beats 90%.
Common questions about living in Brick
Is Brick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brick ranks 1,109th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on quiet, low crime, and big-city access, and lowest on state finances and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $419,135. The overall cost of living runs about 13% above the national average. Set against a $107,724 median income, cost of living beats 52% of cities.
Is Brick safe?
Yes, Brick is safer than 90% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $138 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Brick?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 26. That works out to about 60 pleasant days a year, more than 7% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Brick?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Arrowhead Park, Cedarwood Park, and West Osbornsville. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Brick with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brick 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.
Brick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brick 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.