Best PlacesGlen Rock, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glen Rock, 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.
Glen Rock ranks 834th 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 Glen Rock
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.
Glen Rock's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glen Rock ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$196,750 median, better than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
Where Glen Rock ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,508 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glen Rock
A household needs to earn about $260,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glen Rock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $196,750, 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 Glen Rock's effective rate of 2.23%, 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 Glen Rock
Glen Rock's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Glen Rock.
Who works in Glen Rock, and how
Work in Glen Rock centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 49%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 21%
Life in Glen Rock
Glen Rock has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of towns and more parkland per resident than 84% of towns. The coast is about 28 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Glen Rock and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Glen Rock, month by month
Glen Rock sees roughly 57 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 Glen Rock
Laguardia sits about 18 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 Glen Rock
Schools across Glen Rock average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clara E Coleman SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Orchard Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Central SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Glen Rock Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Ridgewood High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Glen Rock High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Fair Lawn High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glen Rock school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glen Rock 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 Glen Rock against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glen Rock
Is Glen Rock a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glen Rock ranks 834th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, high incomes, and population health, and lowest on state finances and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glen Rock expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $831,372. The overall cost of living runs about 27% above the national average. Set against a $196,750 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Glen Rock safe?
Glen Rock is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $235 per resident a year.
Compare Glen Rock with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glen Rock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glen Rock 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.
Glen Rock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glen Rock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glen Rock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glen Rock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glen Rock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glen Rock 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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