Best PlacesWilliamstown, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Williamstown, 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.
Williamstown ranks 1,025th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Williamstown
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.
Williamstown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Williamstown ranks high
- QuietBetter than 99% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 80% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 79% of cities
Where Williamstown ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of cities
- Short commute31.8 minutes each way, better than only 15% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Williamstown
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Williamstown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $111,810, 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 Williamstown's effective rate of 2.44%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Williamstown
Williamstown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Williamstown.
Who works in Williamstown, and how
Work in Williamstown centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Williamstown
Williamstown has more parkland per resident than 86% of cities. The coast is about 40 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Williamstown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Williamstown, month by month
Williamstown sees roughly 65 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 Williamstown
Philadelphia International sits about 19 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 Williamstown
Schools across Williamstown average a C−, better than 19% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Radix ElementaryC+ · 40% proficient
- Oak Knoll Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Whitehall Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Delsea Regional Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Orchard Valley Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Williamstown Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Washington Township High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Delsea Regional High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Williamstown High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Williamstown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Williamstown 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 Williamstown against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Williamstown suits
Families
Schools land around the 19th percentile and crime safety beats 86%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 72% of cities and 13% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Williamstown
Is Williamstown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Williamstown ranks 1,025th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on quiet, low crime, and big-city access, 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 Williamstown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $295,563. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $111,810 median income, cost of living beats 72% of cities.
Is Williamstown safe?
Yes, Williamstown is safer than 86% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $147 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Williamstown?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 27. That works out to about 65 pleasant days a year, more than 15% of cities.
Is Williamstown good for families?
Schools beat 19% of cities, crime safety beats 86%, and childcare runs $1,433 a month.
Compare Williamstown with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Williamstown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Williamstown 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.
Williamstown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Williamstown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Williamstown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Williamstown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Williamstown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Williamstown 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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