Best PlacesFar Hills, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Far Hills, 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.
Far Hills ranks 1,068th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Far Hills
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.
Far Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Far Hills ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$201,748 median, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
Where Far Hills ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,551 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute35.1 minutes each way, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Far Hills
A household needs to earn about $273,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Far Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $201,748, 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 Far Hills' effective rate of 1.59%, 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 Far Hills
Far Hills runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Far Hills.
Who works in Far Hills, and how
Work in Far Hills centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Far Hills
The coast is about 34 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Far Hills, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Far Hills, month by month
Far Hills sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 67° | 52° | 39° |
| July | 90° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 56° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Far Hills
Newark Liberty International sits about 24 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 Far Hills
Schools across Far Hills average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mount Prospect Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Mendham Township Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Oak Street SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mendham Township Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
- William Annin Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Black River Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Ridge High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- West Morris Mendham High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- West Morris Central High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Far Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Far Hills 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 Far Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Far Hills
Is Far Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Far Hills ranks 1,068th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, an educated workforce, and high incomes, 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 Far Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $941,881. The overall cost of living runs about 22% above the national average. Set against a $201,748 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Far Hills safe?
Yes, Far Hills is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $136 per resident a year.
Compare Far Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Far Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Far Hills 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.
Far Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Far Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Far Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Far Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Far Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Far Hills 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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