Best PlacesWrightsville, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wrightsville, 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.
Wrightsville ranks 1,487th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wrightsville
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.
Wrightsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wrightsville ranks high
- Household income$199,792 median, better than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
Where Wrightsville ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,493 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wrightsville
A household needs to earn about $222,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wrightsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $199,792; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Wrightsville's effective rate of 1.93%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Wrightsville
Wrightsville 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 Wrightsville.
Who works in Wrightsville, and how
Work in Wrightsville centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Wrightsville
The coast is about 34 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Wrightsville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wrightsville, month by month
Wrightsville 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 Wrightsville
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 39 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wrightsville
Schools across Wrightsville average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Newell Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stonebridge Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Allentown High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wrightsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wrightsville 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 Wrightsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wrightsville
Is Wrightsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wrightsville ranks 1,487th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, what local pay buys, and an educated workforce, 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 Wrightsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $737,100. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $199,792 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Wrightsville safe?
Yes, Wrightsville is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $165 per resident a year.
Compare Wrightsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wrightsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wrightsville 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.
Wrightsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wrightsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wrightsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wrightsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wrightsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wrightsville 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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