Best PlacesVictory Gardens, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Victory Gardens, 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.
Victory Gardens ranks 29,719th 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 Victory Gardens
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.
Victory Gardens' strengths and weaknesses
Where Victory Gardens ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
Where Victory Gardens ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,554 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Victory Gardens
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Victory Gardens home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $63,600, 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 Victory Gardens' effective rate of 2.10%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Victory Gardens
Victory Gardens'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 Victory Gardens.
Who works in Victory Gardens, and how
Work in Victory Gardens centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Victory Gardens
The coast is about 41 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Victory Gardens, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Victory Gardens, month by month
Victory Gardens sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Victory Gardens
Newark Liberty International sits about 23 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 Victory Gardens
Schools across Victory Gardens average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fernbrook SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- North Dover Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Randolph Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Dover Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Randolph High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Dover High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Victory Gardens school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Victory Gardens 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 Victory Gardens against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Victory Gardens
Is Victory Gardens a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Victory Gardens ranks 29,719th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, fast internet, and population health, and lowest on state finances and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Victory Gardens expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $253,879. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $63,600 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Victory Gardens safe?
Victory Gardens is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $204 per resident a year.
Compare Victory Gardens with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Victory Gardens. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Victory Gardens 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.
Victory Gardens detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Victory Gardens: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Victory Gardens: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Victory Gardens: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Victory Gardens: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Victory Gardens 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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