Best PlacesDelran, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Delran, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Delran ranks 24,424th 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 Delran
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.
Delran's strengths and weaknesses
Where Delran ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
Where Delran ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,470 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Delran
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Delran home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $84,653; 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 Delran's effective rate of 2.12%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Delran
Delran 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 Delran.
Who works in Delran, and how
Work in Delran centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Delran
Delran has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Delran and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Delran, month by month
Delran sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Delran
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 19 miles away.
The best schools in and around Delran
Schools across Delran average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- M. Joan Pearson Elementary SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Delran Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Walnut Street SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Delran High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Riverside High SchoolF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Delran school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Delran 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 Delran against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Delran
Is Delran a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Delran ranks 24,424th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, biking, and big-city access, 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 Delran expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $275,900. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $84,653 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Delran safe?
Yes, Delran is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $179 per resident a year.
Compare Delran with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Delran. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Delran 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.
Delran detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Delran: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Delran: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Delran: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Delran: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Delran 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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