Best PlacesGriggstown, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Griggstown, 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.
Griggstown ranks 3,336th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Griggstown
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.
Griggstown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Griggstown ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$125,063 median, better than 94% of towns
Where Griggstown ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,549 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Griggstown
A household needs to earn about $202,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Griggstown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $125,063, 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 Griggstown's effective rate of 1.85%, 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 Griggstown
Griggstown runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Griggstown.
Who works in Griggstown, and how
Work in Griggstown centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 37%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Griggstown
The coast is about 30 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Griggstown, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Griggstown, month by month
Griggstown sees roughly 54 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 67° | 52° | 39° |
| July | 90° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 56° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Griggstown
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 28 miles away.
The best schools in and around Griggstown
Schools across Griggstown average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Woods Road Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Constable Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Claremont Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Montgomery Upper Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
- Crossroads North Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Hillsborough High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- South Brunswick High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Griggstown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Griggstown 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 Griggstown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Griggstown
Is Griggstown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Griggstown ranks 3,336th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, big-city access, and few empty homes, and lowest on state finances and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Griggstown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $674,436. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $125,063 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Griggstown safe?
Yes, Griggstown is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $155 per resident a year.
Compare Griggstown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Griggstown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Griggstown 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.
Griggstown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Griggstown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Griggstown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Griggstown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Griggstown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Griggstown 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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