Best PlacesHoliday City-Berkeley, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Holiday City-Berkeley, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Holiday City-Berkeley ranks 34,551st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Holiday City-Berkeley
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.
Holiday City-Berkeley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Holiday City-Berkeley ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
Where Holiday City-Berkeley ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 51 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,478 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Holiday City-Berkeley
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Holiday City-Berkeley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $47,313, 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 Holiday City-Berkeley's effective rate of 1.23%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Holiday City-Berkeley
Holiday City-Berkeley 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 Holiday City-Berkeley.
Who works in Holiday City-Berkeley, and how
Work in Holiday City-Berkeley centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Holiday City-Berkeley
The coast is about 16 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Holiday City-Berkeley, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Holiday City-Berkeley, month by month
Holiday City-Berkeley sees roughly 51 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 | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 90° | 77° | 65° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Holiday City-Berkeley
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 50 miles away.
The best schools in and around Holiday City-Berkeley
Schools across Holiday City-Berkeley average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Whiting Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- West Dover Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Manchester Township Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Central Regional Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Manchester Township High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Central Regional High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Holiday City-Berkeley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Holiday City-Berkeley 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 Holiday City-Berkeley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Holiday City-Berkeley
Is Holiday City-Berkeley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Holiday City-Berkeley ranks 34,551st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, health care access, and low crime, 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 Holiday City-Berkeley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $260,807. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $47,313 median income, cost of living beats 5% of towns.
Is Holiday City-Berkeley safe?
Yes, Holiday City-Berkeley is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $113 per resident a year.
Compare Holiday City-Berkeley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Holiday City-Berkeley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Holiday City-Berkeley 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.
Holiday City-Berkeley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Holiday City-Berkeley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Holiday City-Berkeley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Holiday City-Berkeley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Holiday City-Berkeley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Holiday City-Berkeley 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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