Best PlacesHaddon Heights, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Haddon Heights, 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.
Haddon Heights ranks 3,354th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Haddon Heights
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.
Haddon Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Haddon Heights ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
Where Haddon Heights ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,338 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Haddon Heights
A household needs to earn about $134,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Haddon Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $132,798; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Haddon Heights' effective rate of 2.47%, 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 Haddon Heights
Haddon Heights's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Haddon Heights.
Who works in Haddon Heights, and how
Work in Haddon Heights centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Haddon Heights
Haddon Heights has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns and more parkland per resident than 93% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Haddon Heights and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Haddon Heights, month by month
Haddon Heights sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Haddon Heights
Philadelphia International sits about 9 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 Haddon Heights
Schools across Haddon Heights average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elizabeth Haddon SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Glenview AvenueB− · 40% proficient
- Seventh AvenueC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Haddonfield Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Raymond W. Kershaw SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Haddonfield Memorial High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Haddon Heights Jr./sr. High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Triton Regional High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Haddon Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Haddon Heights 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 Haddon Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Haddon Heights
Is Haddon Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Haddon Heights ranks 3,354th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, big-city access, and biking, 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 Haddon Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $418,563. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $132,798 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Haddon Heights safe?
Haddon Heights is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $198 per resident a year.
Compare Haddon Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Haddon Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Haddon Heights 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.
Haddon Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Haddon Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Haddon Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Haddon Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Haddon Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Haddon Heights 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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