Best PlacesWaterford Works, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Waterford Works, 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.
Waterford Works ranks 16,458th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Waterford Works
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.
Waterford Works' strengths and weaknesses
Where Waterford Works ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$121,221 median, better than 93% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of towns
Where Waterford Works ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,338 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Waterford Works
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Waterford Works home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $121,221, 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 Waterford Works' effective rate of 2.58%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Waterford Works
Waterford Works runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Waterford Works.
Who works in Waterford Works, and how
Work in Waterford Works centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Waterford Works
The coast is about 42 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Waterford Works, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Waterford Works, month by month
Waterford Works sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 25° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Waterford Works
Philadelphia International sits about 23 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 Waterford Works
Schools across Waterford Works average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Waterford Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Winslow Township Elementary School TwoD · 18% proficient
- Winslow Township Elementary School OneF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Winslow Township Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Winslow Township Elementary School FiveD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Hammonton High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Winslow Township High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Waterford Works school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Waterford Works 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 Waterford Works against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Waterford Works
Is Waterford Works a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Waterford Works ranks 16,458th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and high incomes, and lowest on property taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Waterford Works expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $274,193. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $121,221 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Waterford Works safe?
Yes, Waterford Works is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $133 per resident a year.
Compare Waterford Works with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Waterford Works. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Waterford Works 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.
Waterford Works detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Waterford Works: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Waterford Works: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Waterford Works: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Waterford Works: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Waterford Works 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.
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