Best PlacesCoytesville, Fort Lee, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coytesville, Fort Lee, 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.
Coytesville, Fort Lee ranks 1,922nd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Coytesville, Fort Lee
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.
Coytesville, Fort Lee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coytesville, Fort Lee ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Household income$140,451 median, better than 89% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
Where Coytesville, Fort Lee ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Short commute33.4 minutes each way, better than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Coytesville, Fort Lee
A household needs to earn about $189,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coytesville, Fort Lee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $140,451, 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 Coytesville, Fort Lee's effective rate of 1.68%, 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 Coytesville, Fort Lee
Coytesville, Fort Lee runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Coytesville, Fort Lee.
Who works in Coytesville, Fort Lee, and how
Work in Coytesville, Fort Lee centers on health care & social and wholesale trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 57%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 20%
Life in Coytesville, Fort Lee
The coast is about 15 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Coytesville, Fort Lee, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Coytesville, Fort Lee, month by month
Coytesville, Fort Lee sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 26° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Coytesville, Fort Lee
Laguardia sits about 8 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 118 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Coytesville, Fort Lee
Schools across Coytesville, Fort Lee average a B+, better than 77% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- School No. 3B+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lewis F. Cole Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Fort Lee High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coytesville, Fort Lee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coytesville, Fort Lee 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 Coytesville, Fort Lee against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Coytesville, Fort Lee
Is Coytesville, Fort Lee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coytesville, Fort Lee ranks 1,922nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, cell coverage, and high incomes, 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 Coytesville, Fort Lee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $644,532. The overall cost of living runs about 20% above the national average. Set against a $140,451 median income, cost of living beats 84% of neighborhoods.
Is Coytesville, Fort Lee safe?
Yes, Coytesville, Fort Lee is safer than 71% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $245 per resident a year.
Compare Coytesville, Fort Lee with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coytesville, Fort Lee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coytesville, Fort Lee 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.
Coytesville, Fort Lee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coytesville, Fort Lee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coytesville, Fort Lee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coytesville, Fort Lee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coytesville, Fort Lee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coytesville, Fort Lee 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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