Best PlacesEgg Harbor City, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Egg Harbor City, 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.
Egg Harbor City ranks 19,205th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Egg Harbor City
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.
Egg Harbor City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Egg Harbor City ranks high
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Egg Harbor City ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,358 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Egg Harbor City
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Egg Harbor City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,320, 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 Egg Harbor City's effective rate of 2.36%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Egg Harbor City
Egg Harbor City 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 Egg Harbor City.
Who works in Egg Harbor City, and how
Work in Egg Harbor City centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Egg Harbor City
Egg Harbor City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns. The coast is about 20 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Egg Harbor City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Egg Harbor City, month by month
Egg Harbor City sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Egg Harbor City
The nearest airport, Atlantic City International, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 41 miles away.
The best schools in and around Egg Harbor City
Schools across Egg Harbor City average a D+, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Port Republic Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Arthur Rann Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Mullica Township Primary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Galloway Township Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Mullica Township Middle SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Pinelands Regional Jr. High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Cedar Creek High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Absegami High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Pinelands Regional High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Egg Harbor City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Egg Harbor City 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 Egg Harbor City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Egg Harbor City
Is Egg Harbor City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Egg Harbor City ranks 19,205th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, big-city access, and biking, and lowest on property taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Egg Harbor City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $269,367. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $87,320 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Egg Harbor City safe?
Yes, Egg Harbor City is safer than 61% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $199 per resident a year.
Compare Egg Harbor City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Egg Harbor City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Egg Harbor City 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.
Egg Harbor City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Egg Harbor City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Egg Harbor City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Egg Harbor City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Egg Harbor City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Egg Harbor City 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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