Best PlacesWoodbury, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodbury, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Woodbury ranks 1,311th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Property taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on big-city access.
The best neighborhoods in Woodbury
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.
Woodbury's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodbury ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 76% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 69% of cities
- TransitBetter than 66% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 65% of cities
Where Woodbury ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 15% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Woodbury
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodbury home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $99,533, 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 Woodbury's effective rate of 2.56%, 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 Woodbury
Woodbury'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 Woodbury.
Who works in Woodbury, and how
Work in Woodbury centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Woodbury
Woodbury has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of cities and more parkland per resident than 89% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Woodbury and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Woodbury, month by month
Woodbury sees roughly 66 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 Woodbury
Philadelphia International sits about 6 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 Woodbury
Schools across Woodbury average a D+, better than 10% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Green-fields Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Good Intent Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Oak Valley Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- J. Mason Tomlin Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- West Deptford Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Deptford Township Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- West Deptford High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Deptford Township High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Gateway Regional High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woodbury school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woodbury 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 Woodbury against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Woodbury suits
Families
Schools land around the 10th percentile and crime safety beats 64%.
Common questions about living in Woodbury
Is Woodbury a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodbury ranks 1,311th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on big-city access, tree cover, and walkability, 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 Woodbury expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $281,243. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $99,533 median income, cost of living beats 64% of cities.
Is Woodbury safe?
Yes, Woodbury is safer than 64% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $196 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Woodbury?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 27. That works out to about 66 pleasant days a year, more than 18% of cities.
Is Woodbury good for families?
Schools beat 10% of cities, crime safety beats 64%, and childcare runs $1,434 a month.
Compare Woodbury with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodbury. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodbury 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.
Woodbury detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodbury: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodbury: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodbury: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodbury: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodbury 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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