Best PlacesStewartsville, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stewartsville, 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.
Stewartsville ranks 4,139th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Stewartsville
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.
Stewartsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stewartsville ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$150,157 median, better than 97% of towns
Where Stewartsville ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute40.5 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stewartsville
A household needs to earn about $138,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stewartsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $150,157, 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 Stewartsville's effective rate of 2.27%, 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 Stewartsville
Stewartsville runs older than the country, 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 Stewartsville.
Who works in Stewartsville, and how
Work in Stewartsville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Stewartsville
Stewartsville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Stewartsville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Stewartsville, month by month
Stewartsville sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 40° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Stewartsville
The nearest airport, Lehigh Valley International, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 50 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stewartsville
Schools across Stewartsville average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Greenwich SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Brass Castle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Lopatcong Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stewartsville Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Lopatcong Township Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
- Warren Hills Regional Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Phillipsburg High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Warren Hills Regional High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stewartsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stewartsville 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 Stewartsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stewartsville
Is Stewartsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stewartsville ranks 4,139th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, big-city access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on state finances and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stewartsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $439,619. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $150,157 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Stewartsville safe?
Yes, Stewartsville is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $111 per resident a year.
Compare Stewartsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stewartsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stewartsville 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.
Stewartsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stewartsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stewartsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stewartsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stewartsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stewartsville 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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