Best PlacesHutton Park, West Orange, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hutton Park, West Orange, 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.
Hutton Park, West Orange ranks 2,832nd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hutton Park, West Orange
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.
Hutton Park, West Orange's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hutton Park, West Orange ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- Household income$115,293 median, better than 78% of neighborhoods
Where Hutton Park, West Orange ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Hutton Park, West Orange
A household needs to earn about $190,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hutton Park, West Orange home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $115,293, 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 Hutton Park, West Orange's effective rate of 2.81%, 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 Hutton Park, West Orange
Hutton Park, West Orange runs older than the country, 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 Hutton Park, West Orange.
Who works in Hutton Park, West Orange, and how
Work in Hutton Park, West Orange centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 54%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 23%
Life in Hutton Park, West Orange
The coast is about 24 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Hutton Park, West Orange, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hutton Park, West Orange, month by month
Hutton Park, West Orange sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Hutton Park, West Orange
Newark Liberty International sits about 7 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 23.5 million passengers in 2025, with 242 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hutton Park, West Orange
Schools across Hutton Park, West Orange average a C, better than 41% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- St. Cloud Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Gregory Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Mount Pleasant Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Liberty Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- West Orange High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hutton Park, West Orange school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hutton Park, West Orange 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 Hutton Park, West Orange against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Hutton Park, West Orange
Is Hutton Park, West Orange a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hutton Park, West Orange ranks 2,832nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and tree cover, 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 Hutton Park, West Orange expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $571,182. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $115,293 median income, cost of living beats 75% of neighborhoods.
Is Hutton Park, West Orange safe?
Hutton Park, West Orange is safer than 54% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $292 per resident a year.
Compare Hutton Park, West Orange with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hutton Park, West Orange. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hutton Park, West Orange 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.
Hutton Park, West Orange detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hutton Park, West Orange: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hutton Park, West Orange: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hutton Park, West Orange: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hutton Park, West Orange: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hutton Park, West Orange 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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