Best PlacesEnglewood, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Englewood, 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.
Englewood ranks 1,140th of 2,098 U.S. cities 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
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's strengths and weaknesses
Where Englewood ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of cities
- TransitBetter than 93% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 76% of cities
Where Englewood ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of cities
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Englewood
A household needs to earn about $194,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Englewood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $118,241, 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'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 Englewood
Englewood runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Englewood.
Who works in Englewood, and how
Work in Englewood centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 23%
Life in Englewood
Englewood has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of cities and more parkland per resident than 85% of cities. The coast is about 19 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Englewood and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Englewood, month by month
Englewood 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
Laguardia sits about 10 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
Schools across Englewood average a D+, better than 12% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Ps 133 William A ButlerA+ · 78% proficient
- Englewood On The Palisades Charter SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Janis E. Dismus Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Dwight Morrow High School/academies@englewoodC+ · 36% proficient
- Teaneck High SchoolC · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Englewood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Englewood 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 against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Englewood suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Englewood
Is Englewood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Englewood ranks 1,140th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and walkability, and lowest on state finances and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Englewood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $649,617. The overall cost of living runs about 23% above the national average. Set against a $118,241 median income, cost of living beats 54% of cities.
Is Englewood safe?
Englewood is safer than 13% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $325 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Englewood?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 26. That works out to about 58 pleasant days a year, more than 4% of cities.
Is Englewood good for families?
Schools beat 12% of cities, crime safety beats 13%, and childcare runs $1,508 a month.
Compare Englewood with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Englewood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Englewood 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Englewood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Englewood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Englewood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Englewood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Englewood 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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