Best PlacesOaklyn, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oaklyn, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Oaklyn ranks 18,998th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Oaklyn
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.
Oaklyn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oaklyn ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
Where Oaklyn ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,338 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oaklyn
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oaklyn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $89,517, 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 Oaklyn's effective rate of 2.42%, 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 Oaklyn
Oaklyn'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 Oaklyn.
Who works in Oaklyn, and how
Work in Oaklyn centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Oaklyn
Oaklyn has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Oaklyn and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Oaklyn, month by month
Oaklyn sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Oaklyn
Philadelphia International sits about 9 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 Oaklyn
Schools across Oaklyn average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clyde S. Jennings Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Zane North Elementary SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Van Sciver Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- William G. Rohrer Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Collingswood Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Haddon Township High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Audubon Junior/senior High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Collingswood High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oaklyn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oaklyn 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 Oaklyn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oaklyn
Is Oaklyn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oaklyn ranks 18,998th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, big-city access, and transit, 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 Oaklyn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $322,897. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $89,517 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Oaklyn safe?
Oaklyn is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $286 per resident a year.
Compare Oaklyn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oaklyn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oaklyn 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.
Oaklyn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oaklyn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oaklyn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oaklyn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oaklyn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oaklyn 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.