Best PlacesFort Dix, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Dix, 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.
Fort Dix ranks 20,205th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Dix
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.
Fort Dix's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Dix ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute15.2 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Fort Dix ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,470 a month, better than only 4% of towns
Who lives in Fort Dix
Fort Dix runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fort Dix.
Who works in Fort Dix, and how
Work in Fort Dix centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Fort Dix
Fort Dix has more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. The coast is about 43 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Fort Dix and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fort Dix, month by month
Fort Dix sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Fort Dix
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 34 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Dix
Schools across Fort Dix average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Endeavour Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Fort Dix Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- New Hanover Township SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Newcomb Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Helen A. Fort Middle SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- New Egypt High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Pemberton Township High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Dix school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Dix 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 Fort Dix against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Dix
Is Fort Dix a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Dix ranks 20,205th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, short commutes, and population health, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fort Dix safe?
Yes, Fort Dix is safer than 67% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $173 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Fort Dix?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 25. That works out to about 56 pleasant days a year, more than 3% of towns.
Compare Fort Dix with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Dix. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Dix 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.
Fort Dix detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Dix: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Dix: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Dix: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Dix: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Dix 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.
- 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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