Best PlacesCherry Hill, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cherry Hill, 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.
Cherry Hill ranks 5,618th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cherry Hill
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.
Cherry Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cherry Hill ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
Where Cherry Hill ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,340 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cherry Hill
A household needs to earn about $119,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cherry Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $119,399, 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 Cherry Hill's effective rate of 2.44%, 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 Cherry Hill
Cherry Hill's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cherry Hill.
Who works in Cherry Hill, and how
Work in Cherry Hill centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Cherry Hill
Cherry Hill has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns and more parkland per resident than 84% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Cherry Hill and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cherry Hill, month by month
Cherry Hill sees roughly 61 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° | 35° | 25° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Cherry Hill
Philadelphia International sits about 13 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 14.8 million passengers in 2025, with 179 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Cherry Hill
Schools across Cherry Hill average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- A. Russell Knight Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- James Johnson Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Clara Barton Elementary SchoolC · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rosa International Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Henry C. Beck Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- John A. Carusi Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Cherry Hill High School EastB · 47% proficient
- Cherry Hill High School WestC− · 26% proficient
- Pennsauken High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cherry Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cherry Hill 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 Cherry Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Cherry Hill suits
Families
Schools land around the 24th percentile and crime safety beats 69%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 91% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Cherry Hill
Is Cherry Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cherry Hill ranks 5,618th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and population health, and lowest on property taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cherry Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $372,862. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $119,399 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Cherry Hill safe?
Yes, Cherry Hill is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $179 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Cherry Hill?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 25. That works out to about 61 pleasant days a year, more than 10% of towns.
Is Cherry Hill good for families?
Schools beat 24% of towns, crime safety beats 69%, and childcare runs $1,340 a month.
Compare Cherry Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cherry Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cherry Hill 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.
Cherry Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cherry Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cherry Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cherry Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cherry Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cherry Hill 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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