Best PlacesVineland, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in the Vineland metro, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
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Vineland ranks 350th of 387 U.S. metro areas on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 44 minutes away. Its strengths are quiet and big-city access. The cost shows up in the schools, state finances, and property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in the Vineland metro
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.
The best areas in Vineland
The towns and districts of the Vineland metro, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood in each, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the metro.
Downtown Vineland
More households have young kids, more adults hold degrees, and more residents vote.
Millville
Biking is better and streets are more walkable.
Leesburg
It is quieter, though disaster risk is higher.
Bridgeton
Health care is harder to reach and local pay stretches less far.
Scores across Vineland run from about the 4th to the 79th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Vineland's strengths and weaknesses
Vineland ranks near the bottom because several of the basics fall short at once. Quiet is the standout, in the top 1% of metro areas. Big-city access and clean air follow.
The weak spots are broad rather than narrow: the schools, state finances, and property taxes all drag on the score. Those are area averages, and the map below shows which parts run well above them.
Where Vineland ranks high
- QuietBetter than 99% of metro areas
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of metro areas
- Air qualityBetter than 81% of metro areas
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of metro areas
- Low vacancyBetter than 80% of metro areas
Where Vineland ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 1% of metro areas
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of metro areas
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of metro areas
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of metro areas
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of metro areas
What it costs to buy a home in Vineland
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vineland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,388, 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 Vineland's effective rate of 2.03%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Vineland
Vineland'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 Vineland.
Who works in Vineland, and how
Work in Vineland centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Vineland
Vineland has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of metro areas and more parkland per resident than 84% of metro areas. The coast is about 44 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Vineland and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Vineland growing, and who is moving in?
Vineland has held roughly flat in population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Philadelphia, PA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Vineland go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Vineland, month by month
Vineland sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, 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 | 46° | 35° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Vineland
The nearest airport, Atlantic City International, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 30 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vineland
Schools across Vineland average a D−, better than 1% of metro areas.
Top elementary schools
- Main Road SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Maurice River Township SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Pauline J. Petway Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Johnstone Elementary SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Delsea Regional Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Delsea Regional High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Arthur P. Schalick High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Buena Regional High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vineland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vineland 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 Vineland against the other 386 metro areas.
Who Vineland suits
Common questions about living in Vineland
Is Vineland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vineland ranks 350th of 387 metro areas. It scores highest on quiet, big-city access, and clean air, and lowest on the schools and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vineland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $220,205. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $73,388 median income, cost of living beats 20% of metro areas.
Is Vineland safe?
Vineland is safer than 45% of metro areas. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $246 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Vineland?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 46 with lows near 24. That works out to about 65 pleasant days a year, more than 13% of metro areas.
What are the best neighborhoods in Vineland?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Downtown Vineland, Millville, and Leesburg. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Vineland good for families?
Schools beat 0% of metro areas, crime safety beats 45%, and childcare runs $1,350 a month.
Is Vineland good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 20% of metro areas, though advertised internet speeds beat only 15% of metro areas. About 6% of workers already work from home.
Compare Vineland with other metro areas
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vineland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vineland 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.
Vineland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vineland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vineland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vineland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vineland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vineland 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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