Best PlacesHamilton Square, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hamilton Square, 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.
Hamilton Square ranks 2,369th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hamilton Square
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.
Hamilton Square's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hamilton Square ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
Where Hamilton Square ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,394 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hamilton Square
A household needs to earn about $138,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hamilton Square home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $142,641, 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 Hamilton Square's effective rate of 2.39%, 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 Hamilton Square
Hamilton Square runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hamilton Square.
Who works in Hamilton Square, and how
Work in Hamilton Square centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Hamilton Square
Hamilton Square has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of towns and more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. The coast is about 37 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hamilton Square and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hamilton Square, month by month
Hamilton Square sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, 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 | 43° | 34° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Hamilton Square
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 40 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hamilton Square
Schools across Hamilton Square average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dutch Neck Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Langtree Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Morgan Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Thomas R Grover Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Emily C. Reynolds Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Richard C Crockett Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- West Windsor-plainsboro High School SouthA · 68% proficient
- Hamilton East - SteinertC · 34% proficient
- Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences AcademyC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hamilton Square school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hamilton Square 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 Hamilton Square against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hamilton Square
Is Hamilton Square a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hamilton Square ranks 2,369th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, population health, and transit, 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 Hamilton Square expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $432,274. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $142,641 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Hamilton Square safe?
Yes, Hamilton Square is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $143 per resident a year.
Compare Hamilton Square with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hamilton Square. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hamilton Square 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.
Hamilton Square detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hamilton Square: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hamilton Square: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hamilton Square: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hamilton Square: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hamilton Square 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.