Best PlacesWyckoff, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wyckoff, 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.
Wyckoff ranks 805th 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 Wyckoff
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.
Wyckoff's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wyckoff ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$202,432 median, better than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
Where Wyckoff ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,508 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wyckoff
A household needs to earn about $279,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wyckoff home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $202,432, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Wyckoff's effective rate of 1.68%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wyckoff
Wyckoff runs older 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 Wyckoff.
Who works in Wyckoff, and how
Work in Wyckoff centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Wyckoff
Wyckoff has more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. The coast is about 33 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Wyckoff and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wyckoff, month by month
Wyckoff sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Wyckoff
Newark Liberty International sits about 21 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 23.5 million passengers in 2025, with 242 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Wyckoff
Schools across Wyckoff average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- George Washington SchoolB · 45% proficient
- George Washington Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Calvin Coolidge Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Ramapo RidgeB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Northern Highlands Regional High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Mahwah High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Ramapo High SchoolB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wyckoff school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wyckoff 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 Wyckoff against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wyckoff
Is Wyckoff a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wyckoff ranks 805th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, high incomes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on state finances and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wyckoff expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $952,650. The overall cost of living runs about 21% above the national average. Set against a $202,432 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Wyckoff safe?
Yes, Wyckoff is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $168 per resident a year.
Compare Wyckoff with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wyckoff. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wyckoff 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.
Wyckoff detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wyckoff: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wyckoff: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wyckoff: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wyckoff: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wyckoff 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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