Best PlacesOldwick, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oldwick, 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.
Oldwick ranks 6,255th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Oldwick
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.
Oldwick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oldwick ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$165,057 median, better than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
Where Oldwick ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,458 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oldwick
A household needs to earn about $248,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oldwick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $165,057, 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 Oldwick's effective rate of 1.74%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Oldwick
Oldwick runs older than the country, 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 Oldwick.
Who works in Oldwick, and how
Work in Oldwick centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Oldwick
The coast is about 35 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Oldwick, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Oldwick, month by month
Oldwick sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 67° | 52° | 39° |
| July | 90° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 71° | 56° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Oldwick
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 31 miles away.
The best schools in and around Oldwick
Schools across Oldwick average a B−, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tewksbury Elementary SchoolC · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Old Turnpike SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Voorhees High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oldwick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oldwick 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 Oldwick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oldwick
Is Oldwick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oldwick ranks 6,255th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, high incomes, and health care access, and lowest on state finances and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oldwick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $841,200. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $165,057 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Oldwick safe?
Oldwick is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $262 per resident a year.
Compare Oldwick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oldwick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oldwick 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.
Oldwick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oldwick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oldwick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oldwick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oldwick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oldwick 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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