Best PlacesIona, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Iona, 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.
Iona ranks 19,994th 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 Iona
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.
Iona's strengths and weaknesses
Where Iona ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$104,880 median, better than 88% of towns
- BikingBetter than 87% of towns
Where Iona ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,434 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Iona
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Iona home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,880, 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 Iona's effective rate of 2.38%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Iona
Iona runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Iona.
Who works in Iona, and how
Work in Iona centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Iona
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Iona.
What the weather is like in Iona, month by month
Iona sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, 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 | 46° | 35° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Iona
Philadelphia International sits about 19 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 Iona
Schools across Iona average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Main Road SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Delsea Regional Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Delsea Regional High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Iona school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Iona 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 Iona against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Iona
Is Iona a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Iona ranks 19,994th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, 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 Iona expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $286,465. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $104,880 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Iona safe?
Yes, Iona is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $174 per resident a year.
Compare Iona with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Iona. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Iona 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.
Iona detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Iona: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Iona: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Iona: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Iona: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Iona 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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