Best PlacesDaretown, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Daretown, 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.
Daretown ranks 21,491st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Daretown
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.
Daretown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Daretown ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- BikingBetter than 81% of towns
Where Daretown ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,338 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Daretown
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Daretown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $76,567, 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 Daretown's effective rate of 2.34%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Daretown
Daretown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Daretown.
Who works in Daretown, and how
Work in Daretown centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Daretown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Daretown.
What the weather is like in Daretown, month by month
Daretown sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Daretown
Philadelphia International sits about 18 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 Daretown
Schools across Daretown average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Upper Pittsgrove SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Arthur P. Schalick High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Woodstown High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Daretown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Daretown 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 Daretown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Daretown
Is Daretown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Daretown ranks 21,491st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, big-city access, and transit, 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 Daretown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $301,100. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $76,567 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Daretown safe?
Yes, Daretown is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $129 per resident a year.
Compare Daretown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Daretown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Daretown 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.
Daretown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Daretown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Daretown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Daretown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Daretown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Daretown 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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