Best PlacesMine Hill, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mine Hill, 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.
Mine Hill ranks 3,164th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mine Hill
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.
Mine Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mine Hill ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$131,319 median, better than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
Where Mine Hill ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,554 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 21% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 71 pleasant days a year, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mine Hill
A household needs to earn about $135,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mine Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $131,319; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Mine Hill's effective rate of 1.79%, 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 Mine Hill
Mine Hill runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mine Hill.
Who works in Mine Hill, and how
Work in Mine Hill centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Mine Hill
The coast is about 46 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Mine Hill, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mine Hill, month by month
Mine Hill sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Mine Hill
Newark Liberty International sits about 26 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 Mine Hill
Schools across Mine Hill average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fernbrook SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Ironia SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Catherine A Dwyer Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Randolph Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Lincoln/roosevelt SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Roxbury High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Randolph High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Dover High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mine Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mine Hill 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 Mine Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mine Hill
Is Mine Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mine Hill ranks 3,164th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, fast internet, and population health, and lowest on state finances and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mine Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $456,742. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $131,319 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Mine Hill safe?
Yes, Mine Hill is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $151 per resident a year.
Compare Mine Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mine Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mine Hill 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.
Mine Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mine Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mine Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mine Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mine Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mine Hill 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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