Best PlacesLincoln Park, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lincoln Park, 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.
Lincoln Park ranks 5,372nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lincoln Park
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.
Lincoln Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lincoln Park ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$131,988 median, better than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
Where Lincoln Park ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,552 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lincoln Park
A household needs to earn about $147,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lincoln Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $131,988; 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 Lincoln Park's effective rate of 2.25%, 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 Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lincoln Park.
Who works in Lincoln Park, and how
Work in Lincoln Park centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park has more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. The coast is about 37 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Lincoln Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lincoln Park, month by month
Lincoln Park sees roughly 60 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 Lincoln Park
Newark Liberty International sits about 17 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 Lincoln Park
Schools across Lincoln Park average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cedar Hill SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Lincoln Park Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- North Boulevard SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Robert R Lazar Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Pequannock Valley SchoolB · 43% proficient
- West Essex Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- West Essex High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Montville Township High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Wayne Valley High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lincoln Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lincoln Park 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 Lincoln Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lincoln Park
Is Lincoln Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lincoln Park ranks 5,372nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, fast internet, and transit, and lowest on state finances and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lincoln Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $468,054. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $131,988 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Lincoln Park safe?
Yes, Lincoln Park is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $166 per resident a year.
Compare Lincoln Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lincoln Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lincoln Park 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.
Lincoln Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lincoln Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lincoln Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lincoln Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lincoln Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lincoln Park 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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