Best PlacesMinotola, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Minotola, 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.
Minotola ranks 23,617th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Minotola
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.
Minotola's strengths and weaknesses
Where Minotola ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
Where Minotola ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,355 a month, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Minotola
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Minotola home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,559, 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 Minotola's effective rate of 2.41%, 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 Minotola
Minotola runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Minotola.
Who works in Minotola, and how
Work in Minotola centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Minotola
The coast is about 37 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Minotola, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Minotola, month by month
Minotola sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, 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 | 46° | 35° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Minotola
The nearest airport, Atlantic City International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 29 miles away.
The best schools in and around Minotola
Schools across Minotola average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Solve D'ippolito Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
- Dr. J.p. Cleary Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Johnstone Elementary SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Veterans Memorial MiddleD− · 17% proficient
- Buena Regional Middle SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Buena Regional High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Vineland Senior High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Minotola school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Minotola 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 Minotola against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Minotola
Is Minotola a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Minotola ranks 23,617th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, biking, and population health, and lowest on property taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Minotola expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $242,985. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $82,559 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Minotola safe?
Yes, Minotola is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $157 per resident a year.
Compare Minotola with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Minotola. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Minotola 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.
Minotola detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Minotola: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Minotola: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Minotola: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Minotola: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Minotola 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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