Best PlacesSayreville, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sayreville, 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.
Sayreville ranks 8,876th 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 Sayreville
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.
Sayreville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sayreville ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
Where Sayreville ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,499 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 18% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sayreville
A household needs to earn about $136,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sayreville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $110,169, 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 Sayreville's effective rate of 1.42%, 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 Sayreville
Sayreville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sayreville.
Who works in Sayreville, and how
Work in Sayreville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Sayreville
Sayreville has more parkland per resident than 88% of towns. The coast is about 7 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Sayreville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sayreville, month by month
Sayreville sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 35° | 29° |
| April | 64° | 54° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 78° | 71° |
| October | 68° | 59° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Sayreville
Newark Liberty International sits about 19 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 Sayreville
Schools across Sayreville average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Harry S. Truman Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Chittick Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hammarskjold Upper Elementary SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Jonas Salk Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Sayreville Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Old Bridge High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Edison High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Sayreville War Memorial High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sayreville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sayreville 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 Sayreville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sayreville
Is Sayreville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sayreville ranks 8,876th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and population health, 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 Sayreville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $480,930. The overall cost of living runs about 13% above the national average. Set against a $110,169 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Sayreville safe?
Yes, Sayreville is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $179 per resident a year.
Compare Sayreville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sayreville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sayreville 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.
Sayreville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sayreville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sayreville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sayreville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sayreville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sayreville 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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