Best PlacesMantoloking, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mantoloking, 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.
Mantoloking ranks 17,369th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mantoloking
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.
Mantoloking's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mantoloking ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$207,539 median, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
Where Mantoloking ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,478 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Short commute37.0 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mantoloking
A household needs to earn about $346,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mantoloking home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $207,539, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Mantoloking's effective rate of 0.85%, 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 Mantoloking
Mantoloking 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 Mantoloking.
Who works in Mantoloking, and how
Work in Mantoloking centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Mantoloking
The coast is about 3 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Mantoloking, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mantoloking, month by month
Mantoloking sees roughly 61 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 Mantoloking
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John F Kennedy International, about 45 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mantoloking
Schools across Mantoloking average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- G. Harold Antrim Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Ridgeway Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Emma Havens Young Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Manchester Township Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Lake Riviera Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Point Pleasant Beach High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Brick Township High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Manchester Township High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mantoloking school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mantoloking 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 Mantoloking against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mantoloking
Is Mantoloking a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mantoloking ranks 17,369th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, high incomes, and big-city access, and lowest on disaster risk and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mantoloking expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,315,084. The overall cost of living runs about 83% above the national average. Set against a $207,539 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Mantoloking safe?
Yes, Mantoloking is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $180 per resident a year.
Compare Mantoloking with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mantoloking. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mantoloking 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.
Mantoloking detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mantoloking: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mantoloking: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mantoloking: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mantoloking: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mantoloking 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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