Best PlacesSharptown, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sharptown, 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.
Sharptown ranks 3,285th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sharptown
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.
Sharptown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sharptown ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$157,024 median, better than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
Where Sharptown ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,338 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sharptown
A household needs to earn about $117,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sharptown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $157,024, 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 Sharptown's effective rate of 2.40%, 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 Sharptown
Sharptown's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sharptown.
Who works in Sharptown, and how
Work in Sharptown centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Sharptown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sharptown.
What the weather is like in Sharptown, month by month
Sharptown sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Sharptown
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 17 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sharptown
Schools across Sharptown average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mannington Township Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Mary S. Shoemaker SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodstown Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Woodstown High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sharptown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sharptown 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 Sharptown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sharptown
Is Sharptown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sharptown ranks 3,285th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and big-city access, 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 Sharptown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $367,138. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $157,024 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Sharptown safe?
Yes, Sharptown is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $100 per resident a year.
Compare Sharptown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sharptown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sharptown 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.
Sharptown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sharptown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sharptown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sharptown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sharptown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sharptown 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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