Best PlacesEatontown, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eatontown, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Eatontown ranks 16,068th 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 Eatontown
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.
Eatontown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eatontown ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
Where Eatontown ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,493 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eatontown
A household needs to earn about $136,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eatontown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,046, 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 Eatontown's effective rate of 1.74%, 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 Eatontown
Eatontown 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 Eatontown.
Who works in Eatontown, and how
Work in Eatontown centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, 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 6%
Life in Eatontown
Eatontown has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of towns and more parkland per resident than 86% of towns. The coast is about 8 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Eatontown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eatontown, month by month
Eatontown sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 26° |
| April | 64° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Eatontown
Newark Liberty International sits about 28 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 Eatontown
Schools across Eatontown average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shrewsbury Borough Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Conover Road Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Wayside Elementary SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cedar Drive Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Tinton Falls Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Township Of Ocean Intermediate SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Middletown High School SouthB− · 43% proficient
- Ocean Township High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Monmouth Regional High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eatontown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eatontown 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 Eatontown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eatontown
Is Eatontown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eatontown ranks 16,068th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, biking, and transit, 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 Eatontown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $462,309. The overall cost of living runs about 19% above the national average. Set against a $93,046 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Eatontown safe?
Eatontown is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $221 per resident a year.
Compare Eatontown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eatontown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eatontown 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.
Eatontown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eatontown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eatontown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eatontown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eatontown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eatontown 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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