Best PlacesLinwood, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Linwood, 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.
Linwood ranks 4,618th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Linwood
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.
Linwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Linwood ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
Where Linwood ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Linwood
A household needs to earn about $128,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Linwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $130,068, 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 Linwood's effective rate of 2.27%, 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 Linwood
Linwood runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Linwood.
Who works in Linwood, and how
Work in Linwood centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Linwood
Linwood has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of towns. The coast is about 8 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Linwood and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Linwood, month by month
Linwood sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Linwood
The nearest airport, Atlantic City International, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 51 miles away.
The best schools in and around Linwood
Schools across Linwood average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Seaview Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Swift-slaybaugh ComplexC− · 28% proficient
- Dawes Avenue Elementary SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Belhaven Middle SchoolB+ · 47% proficient
- Alder Avenue Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Fernwood Avenue Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Mainland Regional High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Egg Harbor Township High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Linwood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Linwood 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 Linwood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Linwood
Is Linwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Linwood ranks 4,618th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, transit, and cell coverage, 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 Linwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $408,087. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $130,068 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Linwood safe?
Yes, Linwood is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $149 per resident a year.
Compare Linwood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Linwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Linwood 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.
Linwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Linwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Linwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Linwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Linwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Linwood 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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