Best PlacesLeisure Knoll, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Leisure Knoll, 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.
Leisure Knoll ranks 1,256th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Leisure Knoll
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.
Leisure Knoll's strengths and weaknesses
Where Leisure Knoll ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$160,842 median, better than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
Where Leisure Knoll ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,492 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Short commute37.0 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Leisure Knoll
A household needs to earn about $171,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Leisure Knoll home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $160,842; 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 Leisure Knoll's effective rate of 1.81%, 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 Leisure Knoll
Leisure Knoll runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Leisure Knoll.
Who works in Leisure Knoll, and how
Work in Leisure Knoll centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Leisure Knoll
The coast is about 22 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Leisure Knoll, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Leisure Knoll, month by month
Leisure Knoll sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 26° |
| April | 64° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Leisure Knoll
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 36 miles away.
The best schools in and around Leisure Knoll
Schools across Leisure Knoll average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oak Tree Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Brookside Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Manchester Township Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Monroe Township Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Manchester Township Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Monroe Township High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Manchester Township High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Leisure Knoll school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Leisure Knoll 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 Leisure Knoll against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Leisure Knoll
Is Leisure Knoll a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Leisure Knoll ranks 1,256th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, big-city access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on state finances and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Leisure Knoll expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $574,504. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $160,842 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Leisure Knoll safe?
Yes, Leisure Knoll is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $112 per resident a year.
Compare Leisure Knoll with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Leisure Knoll. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Leisure Knoll 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.
Leisure Knoll detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Leisure Knoll: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Leisure Knoll: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Leisure Knoll: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Leisure Knoll: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Leisure Knoll 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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