Best PlacesEast Windsor, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Windsor, 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.
East Windsor ranks 5,575th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Windsor
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.
East Windsor's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Windsor ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$166,192 median, better than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
Where East Windsor ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,394 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Windsor
A household needs to earn about $190,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Windsor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $166,192, 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 East Windsor's effective rate of 2.35%, 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 East Windsor
East Windsor runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Windsor.
Who works in East Windsor, and how
Work in East Windsor centers on professional & technical and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in East Windsor
The coast is about 26 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across East Windsor, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Windsor, month by month
East Windsor sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, 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 | 43° | 34° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of East Windsor
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 35 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Windsor
Schools across East Windsor average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Melvin H. Kreps Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Hightstown High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Windsor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Windsor 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 East Windsor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Windsor
Is East Windsor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Windsor ranks 5,575th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, big-city access, and high incomes, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Windsor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $600,069. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $166,192 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is East Windsor safe?
Yes, East Windsor is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $155 per resident a year.
Compare East Windsor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Windsor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Windsor 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.
East Windsor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Windsor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Windsor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Windsor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Windsor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Windsor 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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