Best PlacesClearbrook Park, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Clearbrook Park, 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.
Clearbrook Park ranks 37,443rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Clearbrook Park
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.
Clearbrook Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Clearbrook Park ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
Where Clearbrook Park ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$37,582 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,499 a month, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Clearbrook Park
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Clearbrook Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $37,582, 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 Clearbrook Park's 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Clearbrook Park
Clearbrook Park 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 Clearbrook Park.
Who works in Clearbrook Park, and how
Work in Clearbrook Park centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Clearbrook Park
The coast is about 28 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Clearbrook Park, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Clearbrook Park, month by month
Clearbrook Park sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, 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 | 43° | 34° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Clearbrook Park
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 31 miles away.
The best schools in and around Clearbrook Park
Schools across Clearbrook Park average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oak Tree Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top middle schools
- Monroe Township Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Monroe Township High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Clearbrook Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Clearbrook Park 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 Clearbrook Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Clearbrook Park
Is Clearbrook Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Clearbrook Park ranks 37,443rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, big-city access, and health care access, and lowest on state finances and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Clearbrook Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $284,399. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $37,582 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Clearbrook Park safe?
Clearbrook Park is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $210 per resident a year.
Compare Clearbrook Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Clearbrook Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Clearbrook Park 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.
Clearbrook Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Clearbrook Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Clearbrook Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Clearbrook Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Clearbrook Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Clearbrook Park 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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