Best PlacesParsippany, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Parsippany, 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.
Parsippany ranks 453rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Parsippany
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.
Parsippany's strengths and weaknesses
Where Parsippany ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 89% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 86% of cities
Where Parsippany ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,554 a month, better than only 12% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 15% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Parsippany
A household needs to earn about $178,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Parsippany home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $132,896, 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 Parsippany's effective rate of 1.97%, 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 Parsippany
Parsippany runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Parsippany.
Who works in Parsippany, and how
Work in Parsippany centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Parsippany
Parsippany has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of cities and more parkland per resident than 89% of cities. The coast is about 35 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Parsippany and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Parsippany, month by month
Parsippany sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Parsippany
Newark Liberty International sits about 17 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 Parsippany
Schools across Parsippany average a B, better than 59% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Littleton Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Northvail Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Mount Tabor Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brooklawn Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Central Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Memorial Junior SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Parsippany Hills High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Whippany Park High SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Hanover Park High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Parsippany school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Parsippany 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 Parsippany against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Parsippany suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 77% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 21% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Parsippany
Is Parsippany a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Parsippany ranks 453rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on population health, fast internet, and big-city access, and lowest on noise and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Parsippany expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $585,778. The overall cost of living runs about 13% above the national average. Set against a $132,896 median income, cost of living beats 77% of cities.
Is Parsippany safe?
Yes, Parsippany is safer than 79% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $170 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Parsippany?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 24. That works out to about 72 pleasant days a year, more than 30% of cities.
Is Parsippany good for families?
Schools beat 59% of cities, crime safety beats 79%, and childcare runs $1,554 a month.
Compare Parsippany with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Parsippany. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Parsippany 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.
Parsippany detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Parsippany: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Parsippany: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Parsippany: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Parsippany: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Parsippany 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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