Best PlacesSpringdale, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Springdale, 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.
Springdale ranks 904th 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 Springdale
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.
Springdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Springdale ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$182,880 median, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
Where Springdale 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 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Springdale
A household needs to earn about $164,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Springdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $182,880, 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 Springdale's effective rate of 2.52%, 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 Springdale
Springdale runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Springdale.
Who works in Springdale, and how
Work in Springdale centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Springdale
Springdale has more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Springdale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Springdale, month by month
Springdale sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 25° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Springdale
Philadelphia International sits about 14 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 Springdale
Schools across Springdale average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bret Harte Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Richard Stockton Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Woodcrest Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rosa International Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Henry C. Beck Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- John A. Carusi Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Cherry Hill High School EastB · 47% proficient
- Cherry Hill High School WestC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Springdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Springdale 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 Springdale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Springdale
Is Springdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Springdale ranks 904th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and an educated workforce, 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 Springdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $507,375. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $182,880 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Springdale safe?
Yes, Springdale is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $134 per resident a year.
Compare Springdale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Springdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Springdale 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.
Springdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Springdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Springdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Springdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Springdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Springdale 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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