Best PlacesMadison Park, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Madison Park, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Madison Park ranks 35,492nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Madison 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.
Madison Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Madison Park ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
Where Madison Park ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,499 a month, better than only 3% of towns
Who lives in Madison Park
Madison Park runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Madison Park.
Who works in Madison Park, and how
Work in Madison Park 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 63%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 32%
Life in Madison Park
The coast is about 4 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Madison Park, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Madison Park, month by month
Madison Park sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 35° | 29° |
| April | 64° | 54° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 78° | 71° |
| October | 68° | 59° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Madison Park
Newark Liberty International sits about 18 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 Madison Park
Schools across Madison Park average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- M. Scott Carpenter Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Madison Park Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Carl Sandburg Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Jonas Salk Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Old Bridge High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Madison Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Madison 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 Madison Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Madison Park
Is Madison Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Madison Park ranks 35,492nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, big-city access, and transit, and lowest on state finances and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Madison Park safe?
Yes, Madison Park is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $193 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Madison Park?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 42 with lows near 29. That works out to about 77 pleasant days a year, more than 42% of towns.
Compare Madison Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Madison Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Madison 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.
Madison Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Madison Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Madison Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Madison Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Madison Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Madison 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.
- 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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