Best PlacesBustleton, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bustleton, 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.
Bustleton ranks 8,515th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bustleton
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.
Bustleton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bustleton ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$207,159 median, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Bustleton ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,470 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bustleton
A household needs to earn about $110,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bustleton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $207,159, 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 Bustleton's effective rate of 2.02%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Bustleton
Bustleton 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 Bustleton.
Who works in Bustleton, and how
Work in Bustleton centers on information and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 50%
- Work from home 48%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bustleton
The coast is about 43 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Bustleton, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bustleton, month by month
Bustleton sees roughly 58 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 Bustleton
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 28 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bustleton
Schools across Bustleton average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Roebling Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northern Burlington County Regional Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Florence Riverfront SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Northern Burlington County Regional High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Florence Township Memorial High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bustleton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bustleton 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 Bustleton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bustleton
Is Bustleton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bustleton ranks 8,515th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and big-city access, and lowest on state finances and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bustleton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $360,800. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $207,159 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Bustleton safe?
Yes, Bustleton is safer than 59% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $185 per resident a year.
Compare Bustleton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bustleton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bustleton 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.
Bustleton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bustleton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bustleton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bustleton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bustleton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bustleton 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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