Best PlacesPittstown, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pittstown, 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.
Pittstown ranks 1,579th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pittstown
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.
Pittstown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pittstown ranks high
- Household income$182,887 median, better than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
Where Pittstown ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,458 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- Short commute37.0 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pittstown
A household needs to earn about $173,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pittstown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $182,887, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Pittstown's effective rate of 2.11%, 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 Pittstown
Pittstown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pittstown.
Who works in Pittstown, and how
Work in Pittstown centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Pittstown
The coast is about 46 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Pittstown, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pittstown, month by month
Pittstown sees roughly 59 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 Pittstown
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 42 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pittstown
Schools across Pittstown average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Union Township Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Robert Hunter Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Franklin Township SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Union Township Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Alexandria Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Reading-fleming Intermediate SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- North Hunterdon High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Hunterdon Central Regional High School DistrictB− · 45% proficient
- Delaware Valley Regional High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pittstown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pittstown 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 Pittstown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pittstown
Is Pittstown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pittstown ranks 1,579th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, what local pay buys, and big-city access, and lowest on state finances and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pittstown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $560,310. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $182,887 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Pittstown safe?
Yes, Pittstown is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $112 per resident a year.
Compare Pittstown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pittstown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pittstown 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.
Pittstown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pittstown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pittstown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pittstown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pittstown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pittstown 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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