Best PlacesVauxhall, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vauxhall, 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.
Vauxhall ranks 11,823rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Vauxhall
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.
Vauxhall's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vauxhall ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
Where Vauxhall ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,432 a month, better than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vauxhall
A household needs to earn about $110,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vauxhall home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $111,171, 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 Vauxhall's effective rate of 2.20%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Vauxhall
Vauxhall's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Vauxhall.
Who works in Vauxhall, and how
Work in Vauxhall centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in Vauxhall
Vauxhall has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of towns. The coast is about 21 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Vauxhall and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Vauxhall, month by month
Vauxhall sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 71° | 60° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Vauxhall
Newark Liberty International sits about 6 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 23.5 million passengers in 2025, with 242 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Vauxhall
Schools across Vauxhall average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wyoming SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- South Mountain SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Tuscan Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Maplewood Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Jefferson ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Columbia High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Union High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vauxhall school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vauxhall 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 Vauxhall against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vauxhall
Is Vauxhall a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vauxhall ranks 11,823rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and big-city access, and lowest on state finances and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vauxhall expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $352,068. The overall cost of living runs about 17% above the national average. Set against a $111,171 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Vauxhall safe?
Vauxhall is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $312 per resident a year.
Compare Vauxhall with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vauxhall. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vauxhall 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.
Vauxhall detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vauxhall: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vauxhall: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vauxhall: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vauxhall: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vauxhall 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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