Best PlacesCentre Grove, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Centre Grove, 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.
Centre Grove ranks 37,950th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Centre Grove
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.
Centre Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Centre Grove ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of towns
- QuietBetter than 74% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 72% of towns
Where Centre Grove ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,350 a month, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Centre Grove
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Centre Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,208, 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 Centre Grove's effective rate of 1.89%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Centre Grove
Centre Grove runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Centre Grove.
Who works in Centre Grove, and how
Work in Centre Grove centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Centre Grove
The coast is about 45 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Centre Grove, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Centre Grove, month by month
Centre Grove sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Centre Grove
The nearest airport, Atlantic City International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 36 miles away.
The best schools in and around Centre Grove
Schools across Centre Grove average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Myron L. Powell Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Downe Township Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Memorial High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Centre Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Centre Grove 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 Centre Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Centre Grove
Is Centre Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Centre Grove ranks 37,950th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, big-city access, and tree cover, and lowest on state finances and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Centre Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $246,400. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $80,208 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Centre Grove safe?
Centre Grove is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $264 per resident a year.
Compare Centre Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Centre Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Centre Grove 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.
Centre Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Centre Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Centre Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Centre Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Centre Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Centre Grove 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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