Best PlacesBrigantine, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brigantine, 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.
Brigantine ranks 26,756th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Brigantine
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.
Brigantine's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brigantine ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
Where Brigantine ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,355 a month, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brigantine
A household needs to earn about $150,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brigantine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $107,916, 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 Brigantine's effective rate of 1.13%, 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 Brigantine
Brigantine runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Brigantine.
Who works in Brigantine, and how
Work in Brigantine centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Brigantine
Brigantine has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of towns. The coast is about 1 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Brigantine and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Brigantine, month by month
Brigantine sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Brigantine
The nearest airport, Atlantic City International, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brigantine
Schools across Brigantine average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brigantine Community SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Swift-slaybaugh ComplexC− · 28% proficient
- Smithville Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Galloway Township Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Alder Avenue Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Egg Harbor Township High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Absegami High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Atlantic City High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brigantine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brigantine 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 Brigantine against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brigantine
Is Brigantine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brigantine ranks 26,756th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, cell coverage, and transit, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brigantine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $548,795. The overall cost of living runs about 17% above the national average. Set against a $107,916 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Brigantine safe?
Brigantine is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $304 per resident a year.
Compare Brigantine with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brigantine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brigantine 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.
Brigantine detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brigantine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brigantine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brigantine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brigantine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brigantine 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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