Best PlacesMaple Shade, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Maple Shade, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Maple Shade ranks 16,751st 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 Maple Shade
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.
Maple Shade's strengths and weaknesses
Where Maple Shade ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
Where Maple Shade ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,469 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Maple Shade
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maple Shade home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,927, 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 Maple Shade's effective rate of 2.11%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Maple Shade
Maple Shade runs younger 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 Maple Shade.
Who works in Maple Shade, and how
Work in Maple Shade centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Maple Shade
Maple Shade has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of towns and more parkland per resident than 81% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Maple Shade and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Maple Shade, month by month
Maple Shade sees roughly 59 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 Maple Shade
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 Maple Shade
Schools across Maple Shade average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eleanor Rush Intermediate SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Maude M. Wilkins Elementary SchoolD− · 16% proficient
- George B. Fine Elementary SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cinnaminson Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Howard M. Phifer Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Ralph J. Steinhauer Elementary SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Cinnaminson High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Pennsauken High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Maple Shade High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Maple Shade school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Maple Shade 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 Maple Shade against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Maple Shade
Is Maple Shade a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Maple Shade ranks 16,751st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, big-city access, and walkability, 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 Maple Shade expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $248,298. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $79,927 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Maple Shade safe?
Maple Shade is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $203 per resident a year.
Compare Maple Shade with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maple Shade. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maple Shade 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.
Maple Shade detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maple Shade: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maple Shade: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maple Shade: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maple Shade: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maple Shade 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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