Best PlacesDeerfield Street, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Deerfield Street, 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.
Deerfield Street ranks 33,050th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Deerfield Street
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.
Deerfield Street's strengths and weaknesses
Where Deerfield Street ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Short commute19.3 minutes each way, better than 90% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
Where Deerfield Street ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,350 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Deerfield Street
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Deerfield Street home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,114, 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 Deerfield Street's effective rate of 2.24%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Deerfield Street
Deerfield Street runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Deerfield Street.
Who works in Deerfield Street, and how
Work in Deerfield Street centers on education and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Deerfield Street
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Deerfield Street.
What the weather is like in Deerfield Street, month by month
Deerfield Street sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, 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 | 46° | 35° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Deerfield Street
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 24 miles away.
The best schools in and around Deerfield Street
Schools across Deerfield Street average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Woodruff Middle SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Cumberland Regional High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Deerfield Street school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Deerfield Street 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 Deerfield Street against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Deerfield Street
Is Deerfield Street a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Deerfield Street ranks 33,050th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and short commutes, and lowest on state finances and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Deerfield Street expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $166,600. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $100,114 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Deerfield Street safe?
Deerfield Street is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $569 per resident a year.
Compare Deerfield Street with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Deerfield Street. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Deerfield Street 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.
Deerfield Street detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Deerfield Street: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Deerfield Street: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Deerfield Street: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Deerfield Street: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Deerfield Street 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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