Best PlacesMoorestown, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Moorestown, 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.
Moorestown ranks 509th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Moorestown
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.
Moorestown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Moorestown ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$200,022 median, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
Where Moorestown ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,470 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Moorestown
A household needs to earn about $233,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Moorestown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $200,022, 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 Moorestown's effective rate of 2.04%, 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 Moorestown
Moorestown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Moorestown.
Who works in Moorestown, and how
Work in Moorestown centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Moorestown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Moorestown.
What the weather is like in Moorestown, month by month
Moorestown sees roughly 61 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 Moorestown
Philadelphia International sits about 18 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 Moorestown
Schools across Moorestown average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- George C. Baker Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- South Valley Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Countryside Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- William Allen Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Moorestown Upper Elementary SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- T. E. Harrington Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Moorestown High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Lenape High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Delran High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Moorestown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Moorestown 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 Moorestown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Moorestown
Is Moorestown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Moorestown ranks 509th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and an educated workforce, 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 Moorestown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $762,731. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $200,022 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Moorestown safe?
Yes, Moorestown is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $139 per resident a year.
Compare Moorestown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Moorestown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Moorestown 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.
Moorestown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Moorestown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Moorestown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Moorestown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Moorestown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Moorestown 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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