Best PlacesIrvington, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Irvington, 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.
Irvington ranks 2,014th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Irvington
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.
Irvington's strengths and weaknesses
Where Irvington ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of cities
Where Irvington ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Irvington
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Irvington home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $67,475, 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 Irvington's effective rate of 2.29%, 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 Irvington
Irvington runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Irvington.
Who works in Irvington, and how
Work in Irvington centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 21%
Life in Irvington
Irvington has more parkland per resident than 76% of cities. The coast is about 20 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Irvington and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Irvington, month by month
Irvington sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 71° | 60° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Irvington
Newark Liberty International sits about 4 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 Irvington
Schools across Irvington average an F, better than 1% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Franklin ElementaryD · 18% proficient
- Burch Charter School Of ExcellenceD− · 14% proficient
- Madison AvenueD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- University Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
- Union Avenue Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Hillside High SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Irvington High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Irvington school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Irvington 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 Irvington against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Irvington suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Irvington
Is Irvington a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Irvington ranks 2,014th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on transit, walkability, and big-city access, and lowest on the schools and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Irvington expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $316,519. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $67,475 median income, cost of living beats 5% of cities.
Is Irvington safe?
Irvington is safer than 6% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $376 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Irvington?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 26. That works out to about 58 pleasant days a year, more than 4% of cities.
Is Irvington good for families?
Schools beat 0% of cities, crime safety beats 6%, and childcare runs $1,400 a month.
Compare Irvington with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Irvington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Irvington 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.
Irvington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Irvington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Irvington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Irvington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Irvington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Irvington 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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