Best PlacesLindenwold, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lindenwold, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lindenwold ranks 34,811th 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 Lindenwold
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.
Lindenwold's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lindenwold ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of towns
Where Lindenwold ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lindenwold
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lindenwold home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,878, 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 Lindenwold's effective rate of 2.54%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lindenwold
Lindenwold runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lindenwold.
Who works in Lindenwold, and how
Work in Lindenwold centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Lindenwold
Lindenwold has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Lindenwold and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lindenwold, month by month
Lindenwold sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 25° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Lindenwold
Philadelphia International sits about 14 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 Lindenwold
Schools across Lindenwold average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Berlin Community SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Laurel Springs SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Lindenwold School FiveD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Samuel S. Yellin Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Lindenwold Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Eastern Regional High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Lindenwold High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lindenwold school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lindenwold 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 Lindenwold against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lindenwold
Is Lindenwold a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lindenwold ranks 34,811th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and few empty homes, 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 Lindenwold expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $200,975. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $71,878 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Lindenwold safe?
Lindenwold is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $255 per resident a year.
Compare Lindenwold with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lindenwold. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lindenwold 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.
Lindenwold detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lindenwold: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lindenwold: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lindenwold: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lindenwold: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lindenwold 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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