Best PlacesSwedesboro, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Swedesboro, 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.
Swedesboro ranks 2,399th 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 Swedesboro
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.
Swedesboro's strengths and weaknesses
Where Swedesboro ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$137,760 median, better than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
Where Swedesboro ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,433 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Swedesboro
A household needs to earn about $125,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Swedesboro home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $137,760, 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 Swedesboro's effective rate of 2.26%, 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 Swedesboro
Swedesboro runs younger 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 Swedesboro.
Who works in Swedesboro, and how
Work in Swedesboro centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Swedesboro
Swedesboro has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of towns and more parkland per resident than 90% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Swedesboro and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Swedesboro, month by month
Swedesboro sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Swedesboro
Philadelphia International sits about 10 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 Swedesboro
Schools across Swedesboro average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Logan Township Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- General Charles G. Harker SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Oldmans Township SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Walter Hill SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Logan Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Kingsway Regional Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Kingsway Regional High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Chichester ShsC · 30% proficient
- Woodstown High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Swedesboro school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Swedesboro 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 Swedesboro against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Swedesboro suits
Families
Schools land around the 51st percentile and crime safety beats 97%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 96% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Swedesboro
Is Swedesboro a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Swedesboro ranks 2,399th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, low crime, 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 Swedesboro expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $398,676. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $137,760 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Swedesboro safe?
Yes, Swedesboro is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $102 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Swedesboro?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 27. That works out to about 66 pleasant days a year, more than 17% of towns.
Is Swedesboro good for families?
Schools beat 51% of towns, crime safety beats 97%, and childcare runs $1,433 a month.
Compare Swedesboro with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Swedesboro. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Swedesboro 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.
Swedesboro detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Swedesboro: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Swedesboro: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Swedesboro: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Swedesboro: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Swedesboro 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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