Best PlacesNetcong, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Netcong, 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.
Netcong ranks 17,776th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Netcong
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.
Netcong's strengths and weaknesses
Where Netcong ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
Where Netcong ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,554 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Netcong
A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Netcong home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $94,810, 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 Netcong's effective rate of 2.62%, 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 Netcong
Netcong's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Netcong.
Who works in Netcong, and how
Work in Netcong centers on finance & insurance and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Netcong
Netcong has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Netcong and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Netcong, month by month
Netcong sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Netcong
Newark Liberty International sits about 31 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 Netcong
Schools across Netcong average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tinc Rd. Elementary SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Sandshore Rd. Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Netcong Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mount Olive Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Mount Olive High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Lenape Valley Regional High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Netcong school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Netcong 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 Netcong against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Netcong
Is Netcong a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Netcong ranks 17,776th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and walkability, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Netcong expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $347,224. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $94,810 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Netcong safe?
Netcong is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $202 per resident a year.
Compare Netcong with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Netcong. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Netcong 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.
Netcong detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Netcong: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Netcong: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Netcong: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Netcong: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Netcong 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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