Best PlacesEnglewood Cliffs, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Englewood Cliffs, 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.
Englewood Cliffs ranks 1,592nd 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 Englewood Cliffs
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.
Englewood Cliffs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Englewood Cliffs ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$203,323 median, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
Where Englewood Cliffs ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,508 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Englewood Cliffs
A household needs to earn about $381,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Englewood Cliffs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $203,323, 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 Englewood Cliffs' effective rate of 0.93%, 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 Englewood Cliffs
Englewood Cliffs runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Englewood Cliffs.
Who works in Englewood Cliffs, and how
Work in Englewood Cliffs centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Englewood Cliffs
Englewood Cliffs has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. The coast is about 18 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Englewood Cliffs and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Englewood Cliffs, month by month
Englewood Cliffs sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 26° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Englewood Cliffs
Laguardia sits about 8 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 118 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Englewood Cliffs
Schools across Englewood Cliffs average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Upper SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Riverdale/kingsbridge Academy (ms/hs 141)A+ · 86% proficient
- City College Academy Of The ArtsA+ · 84% proficient
- High School For Excellence And InnovationA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Englewood Cliffs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Englewood Cliffs 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 Englewood Cliffs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Englewood Cliffs
Is Englewood Cliffs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Englewood Cliffs ranks 1,592nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, high incomes, and an educated workforce, 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 Englewood Cliffs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,433,734. The overall cost of living runs about 27% above the national average. Set against a $203,323 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Englewood Cliffs safe?
Englewood Cliffs is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $499 per resident a year.
Compare Englewood Cliffs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Englewood Cliffs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Englewood Cliffs 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.
Englewood Cliffs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Englewood Cliffs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Englewood Cliffs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Englewood Cliffs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Englewood Cliffs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Englewood Cliffs 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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