Best PlacesRunnemede, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Runnemede, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Runnemede ranks 20,589th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Runnemede
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.
Runnemede's strengths and weaknesses
Where Runnemede ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
Where Runnemede ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,338 a month, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Runnemede
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Runnemede home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,348, 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 Runnemede's effective rate of 2.60%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Runnemede
Runnemede runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Runnemede.
Who works in Runnemede, and how
Work in Runnemede centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Runnemede
Runnemede has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of towns and more parkland per resident than 91% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Runnemede and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Runnemede, month by month
Runnemede 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 Runnemede
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 Runnemede
Schools across Runnemede average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bellmawr Park Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Grade Downing Elementary SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Aline Bingham Elementary SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bell Oaks Upper Elementary SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Mary E. Volz Elementary SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Triton Regional High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Runnemede school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Runnemede 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 Runnemede against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Runnemede
Is Runnemede a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Runnemede ranks 20,589th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and cell coverage, 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 Runnemede expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $250,905. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $91,348 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Runnemede safe?
Runnemede is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $238 per resident a year.
Compare Runnemede with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Runnemede. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Runnemede 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.
Runnemede detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Runnemede: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Runnemede: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Runnemede: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Runnemede: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Runnemede 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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