Best PlacesMays Landing, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mays Landing, 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.
Mays Landing ranks 18,013th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mays Landing
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.
Mays Landing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mays Landing ranks high
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of towns
Where Mays Landing ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,355 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mays Landing
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mays Landing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,863, 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 Mays Landing's effective rate of 2.15%, 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 Mays Landing
Mays Landing runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mays Landing.
Who works in Mays Landing, and how
Work in Mays Landing centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Mays Landing
Mays Landing has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns and more parkland per resident than 81% of towns. The coast is about 20 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Mays Landing and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mays Landing, month by month
Mays Landing 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 Mays Landing
The nearest airport, Atlantic City International, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 41 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mays Landing
Schools across Mays Landing average a D, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Swift-slaybaugh ComplexC− · 28% proficient
- Weymouth Township Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Estell Manor Elementary SchoolC− · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Johnstone Elementary SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Galloway Township Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Alder Avenue Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Egg Harbor Township High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Absegami High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Buena Regional High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mays Landing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mays Landing 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 Mays Landing against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Mays Landing suits
Families
Schools land around the 12th percentile and crime safety beats 78%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Mays Landing
Is Mays Landing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mays Landing ranks 18,013th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, big-city access, and population health, 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 Mays Landing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $251,998. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $84,863 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Mays Landing safe?
Yes, Mays Landing is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $164 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Mays Landing?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 47 with lows near 26. That works out to about 58 pleasant days a year, more than 5% of towns.
Is Mays Landing good for families?
Schools beat 12% of towns, crime safety beats 78%, and childcare runs $1,355 a month.
Compare Mays Landing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mays Landing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mays Landing 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.
Mays Landing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mays Landing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mays Landing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mays Landing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mays Landing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mays Landing 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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