Best PlacesLawnside, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lawnside, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lawnside ranks 31,837th 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 Lawnside
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.
Lawnside's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lawnside ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
Where Lawnside ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,338 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lawnside
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lawnside home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,829, 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 Lawnside'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 Lawnside
Lawnside runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lawnside.
Who works in Lawnside, and how
Work in Lawnside centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 20%
Life in Lawnside
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lawnside.
What the weather is like in Lawnside, month by month
Lawnside sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Lawnside
Philadelphia International sits about 11 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 Lawnside
Schools across Lawnside average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Central SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Avon Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Lawnside SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Haddonfield Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Woodland Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Haddonfield Memorial High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Haddon Heights Jr./sr. High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Sterling High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lawnside school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lawnside 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 Lawnside against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lawnside
Is Lawnside a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lawnside ranks 31,837th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, cell coverage, and walkability, 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 Lawnside expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $250,328. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $72,829 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Lawnside safe?
Lawnside is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $244 per resident a year.
Compare Lawnside with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lawnside. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lawnside 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.
Lawnside detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lawnside: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lawnside: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lawnside: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lawnside: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lawnside 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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