Best PlacesClementon, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Clementon, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Clementon ranks 1,767th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Property taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Clementon
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.
Clementon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Clementon ranks high
- QuietBetter than 88% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 84% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 78% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 76% of cities
Where Clementon ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of cities
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Clementon
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Clementon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $70,739; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Clementon's effective rate of 2.86%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Clementon
Clementon runs younger 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 Clementon.
Who works in Clementon, and how
Work in Clementon centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Clementon
Clementon has more parkland per resident than 77% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Clementon and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Clementon, month by month
Clementon sees roughly 64 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 Clementon
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 Clementon
Schools across Clementon average a D−, better than 2% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Parkview Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Clementon Elementary SchoolD+ · 21% proficient
- Loring Flemming Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Samuel S. Yellin Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Glen Landing Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Charles W. Lewis Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Highland Regional High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Overbrook Senior High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Lindenwold High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Clementon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Clementon 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 Clementon against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Clementon suits
Common questions about living in Clementon
Is Clementon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Clementon ranks 1,767th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on quiet, big-city access, and cell coverage, 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 Clementon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,954. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $70,739 median income, cost of living beats 21% of cities.
Is Clementon safe?
Clementon is safer than 45% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $225 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Clementon?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 25. That works out to about 64 pleasant days a year, more than 14% of cities.
Is Clementon good for families?
Schools beat 2% of cities, crime safety beats 45%, and childcare runs $1,338 a month.
Compare Clementon with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Clementon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Clementon 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.
Clementon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Clementon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Clementon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Clementon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Clementon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Clementon 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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