Best PlacesHughesville, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hughesville, 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.
Hughesville ranks 3,644th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hughesville
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.
Hughesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hughesville ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$137,613 median, better than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
Where Hughesville ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,458 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hughesville
A household needs to earn about $153,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hughesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $137,613; 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 Hughesville's effective rate of 2.08%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Hughesville
Hughesville's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hughesville.
Who works in Hughesville, and how
Work in Hughesville centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Hughesville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hughesville.
What the weather is like in Hughesville, month by month
Hughesville sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 41, 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 | 41° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 40° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Hughesville
The nearest airport, Lehigh Valley International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 49 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hughesville
Schools across Hughesville average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Holland Township Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Delaware Valley Regional High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hughesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hughesville 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 Hughesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hughesville
Is Hughesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hughesville ranks 3,644th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, big-city access, and low crime, and lowest on state finances and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hughesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $497,261. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $137,613 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Hughesville safe?
Yes, Hughesville is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $98 per resident a year.
Compare Hughesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hughesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hughesville 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.
Hughesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hughesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hughesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hughesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hughesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hughesville 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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