Best PlacesGreenwich, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Greenwich, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Greenwich ranks 22,185th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Greenwich
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.
Greenwich's strengths and weaknesses
Where Greenwich ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 83% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 74% of towns
Where Greenwich ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,350 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Greenwich
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Greenwich home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,911, 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 Greenwich'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 Greenwich
Greenwich runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Greenwich.
Who works in Greenwich, and how
Work in Greenwich centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Greenwich
Greenwich has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Greenwich and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Greenwich, month by month
Greenwich 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 Greenwich
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 33 miles away.
The best schools in and around Greenwich
Schools across Greenwich average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Morris Goodwin SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Stow Creek Township SchoolC · 30% proficient
- Lower Alloways Creek Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Smyrna High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Cumberland Regional High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Bridgeton High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Greenwich school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Greenwich 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 Greenwich against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Greenwich
Is Greenwich a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Greenwich ranks 22,185th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, big-city access, and an educated workforce, 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 Greenwich expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $259,823. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $84,911 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Greenwich safe?
Yes, Greenwich is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $164 per resident a year.
Compare Greenwich with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Greenwich. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Greenwich 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.
Greenwich detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Greenwich: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Greenwich: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Greenwich: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Greenwich: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Greenwich 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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