Best PlacesGreentree, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Greentree, 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.
Greentree ranks 1,696th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Greentree
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.
Greentree's strengths and weaknesses
Where Greentree ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$151,281 median, better than 97% of towns
Where Greentree ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,338 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Greentree
A household needs to earn about $141,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Greentree home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $151,281, 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 Greentree's effective rate of 2.57%, 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 Greentree
Greentree runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Greentree.
Who works in Greentree, and how
Work in Greentree centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Greentree
Greentree has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of towns and more parkland per resident than 86% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Greentree and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Greentree, month by month
Greentree sees roughly 61 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° | 35° | 25° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Greentree
Philadelphia International sits about 15 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 Greentree
Schools across Greentree average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Joseph D. Sharp Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Richard Stockton Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- James F. Cooper Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rosa International Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Henry C. Beck Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Cherry Hill High School EastB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Greentree school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Greentree 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 Greentree against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Greentree
Is Greentree a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Greentree ranks 1,696th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, population health, and big-city access, 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 Greentree expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $433,454. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $151,281 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Greentree safe?
Yes, Greentree is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $163 per resident a year.
Compare Greentree with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Greentree. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Greentree 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.
Greentree detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Greentree: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Greentree: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Greentree: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Greentree: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Greentree 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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