Best PlacesSomers Point, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Somers Point, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Somers Point ranks 27,966th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Somers Point
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.
Somers Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Somers Point ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
Where Somers Point ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Somers Point
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Somers Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $76,689, 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 Somers Point's effective rate of 2.03%, 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 Somers Point
Somers Point runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Somers Point.
Who works in Somers Point, and how
Work in Somers Point centers on hospitality & food and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Somers Point
Somers Point has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns. The coast is about 6 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Somers Point and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Somers Point, month by month
Somers Point sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Somers Point
The nearest airport, Atlantic City International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 51 miles away.
The best schools in and around Somers Point
Schools across Somers Point average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Seaview Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Ocean City Primary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Swift-slaybaugh ComplexC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Belhaven Middle SchoolB+ · 47% proficient
- Ocean City Intermediate SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Alder Avenue Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Ocean City High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Mainland Regional High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Egg Harbor Township High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Somers Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Somers Point 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 Somers Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Somers Point
Is Somers Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Somers Point ranks 27,966th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, walkability, and transit, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Somers Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $328,545. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $76,689 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Somers Point safe?
Yes, Somers Point is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $173 per resident a year.
Compare Somers Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Somers Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Somers Point 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.
Somers Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Somers Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Somers Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Somers Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Somers Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Somers Point 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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