Best PlacesFranklinville, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Franklinville, 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.
Franklinville ranks 9,518th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Franklinville
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.
Franklinville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Franklinville ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$118,914 median, better than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Franklinville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,434 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Franklinville
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Franklinville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $118,914, 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 Franklinville's effective rate of 2.38%, 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 Franklinville
Franklinville runs older 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 Franklinville.
Who works in Franklinville, and how
Work in Franklinville centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Franklinville
The coast is about 46 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Franklinville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Franklinville, month by month
Franklinville sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Franklinville
Philadelphia International sits about 20 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 14.8 million passengers in 2025, with 179 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Franklinville
Schools across Franklinville average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Main Road SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Delsea Regional Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Caroline L. Reutter SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Delsea Regional High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Franklinville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Franklinville 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 Franklinville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Franklinville
Is Franklinville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Franklinville ranks 9,518th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, high incomes, and transit, 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 Franklinville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $331,374. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $118,914 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Franklinville safe?
Yes, Franklinville is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $133 per resident a year.
Compare Franklinville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Franklinville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Franklinville 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.
Franklinville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Franklinville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Franklinville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Franklinville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Franklinville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Franklinville 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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