Best PlacesWrightstown, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wrightstown, 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.
Wrightstown ranks 15,564th 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 Wrightstown
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.
Wrightstown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wrightstown ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 87% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Wrightstown ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,470 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wrightstown
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wrightstown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,483, 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 Wrightstown's effective rate of 1.76%, 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 Wrightstown
Wrightstown runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wrightstown.
Who works in Wrightstown, and how
Work in Wrightstown 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 80%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Wrightstown
Wrightstown has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of towns. The coast is about 39 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Wrightstown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wrightstown, month by month
Wrightstown sees roughly 55 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° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Wrightstown
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 37 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wrightstown
Schools across Wrightstown average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Springfield Township SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Endeavour Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Clarence B. Lamb Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northern Burlington County Regional Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- North Hanover Township Upper Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Newcomb Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Northern Burlington County Regional High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- New Egypt High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Pemberton Township High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wrightstown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wrightstown 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 Wrightstown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wrightstown
Is Wrightstown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wrightstown ranks 15,564th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and population health, and lowest on state finances and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wrightstown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $264,189. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $82,483 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Wrightstown safe?
Yes, Wrightstown is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $150 per resident a year.
Compare Wrightstown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wrightstown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wrightstown 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.
Wrightstown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wrightstown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wrightstown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wrightstown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wrightstown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wrightstown 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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