Best PlacesDenville, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Denville, 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.
Denville ranks 1,832nd 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 Denville
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.
Denville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Denville ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$152,155 median, better than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
Where Denville ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,554 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Denville
A household needs to earn about $170,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Denville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $152,155; 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 Denville's effective rate of 1.85%, 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 Denville
Denville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Denville.
Who works in Denville, and how
Work in Denville centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Denville
Denville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns and more parkland per resident than 84% of towns. The coast is about 40 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Denville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Denville, month by month
Denville sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, 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 | 40° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Denville
Newark Liberty International sits about 21 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 23.5 million passengers in 2025, with 242 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Denville
Schools across Denville average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mount Tabor Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Riverview Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brooklawn Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Valleyview Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Randolph Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Morris County School Of TechnologyA · 76% proficient
- Parsippany Hills High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Morris Knolls High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Denville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Denville 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 Denville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Denville
Is Denville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Denville ranks 1,832nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, fast internet, and population health, and lowest on state finances and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Denville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $568,404. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $152,155 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Denville safe?
Yes, Denville is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $163 per resident a year.
Compare Denville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Denville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Denville 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.
Denville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Denville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Denville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Denville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Denville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Denville 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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