Best PlacesNew Gretna, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Gretna, 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.
New Gretna ranks 28,281st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in New Gretna
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.
New Gretna's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Gretna ranks high
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
Where New Gretna ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,470 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Gretna
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Gretna home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $75,833, 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 New Gretna's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in New Gretna
New Gretna runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Gretna.
Who works in New Gretna, and how
Work in New Gretna centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in New Gretna
The coast is about 22 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across New Gretna, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in New Gretna, month by month
New Gretna 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 New Gretna
The nearest airport, Atlantic City International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 46 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Gretna
Schools across New Gretna average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Port Republic Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Tuckerton Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pinelands Regional Jr. High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Pinelands Regional High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Gretna school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Gretna 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 New Gretna against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Gretna
Is New Gretna a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Gretna ranks 28,281st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, big-city access, and low crime, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Gretna expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $325,600. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $75,833 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is New Gretna safe?
Yes, New Gretna is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $113 per resident a year.
Compare New Gretna with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Gretna. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Gretna 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.
New Gretna detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Gretna: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Gretna: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Gretna: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Gretna: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Gretna 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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