Best PlacesBrowns Mills, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Browns Mills, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Browns Mills ranks 26,070th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Browns Mills
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.
Browns Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Browns Mills ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 86% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Browns Mills ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,470 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Browns Mills
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Browns Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,533, 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 Browns Mills' effective rate of 1.60%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Browns Mills
Browns Mills runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Browns Mills.
Who works in Browns Mills, and how
Work in Browns Mills centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Browns Mills
The coast is about 38 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Browns Mills, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Browns Mills, month by month
Browns Mills sees roughly 56 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° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Browns Mills
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 36 miles away.
The best schools in and around Browns Mills
Schools across Browns Mills average a D, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fort Dix Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Chatsworth Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- New Hanover Township SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Newcomb Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Seneca High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- New Egypt High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Pemberton Township High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Browns Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Browns Mills 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 Browns Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Browns Mills
Is Browns Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Browns Mills ranks 26,070th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and biking, and lowest on state finances and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Browns Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $226,286. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $84,533 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Browns Mills safe?
Yes, Browns Mills is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $161 per resident a year.
Compare Browns Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Browns Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Browns Mills 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.
Browns Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Browns Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Browns Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Browns Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Browns Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Browns Mills 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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