CitytisticsShortlist

Cost of living, pay and housing

39.97° N · 74.96° W · GEOID 3447895

Moorestown-Lenola

Burlington County, New Jersey · part of the Philadelphia, PA metro

New JerseyMoorestown-Lenola, NJMoorestown-LenolaMoorestown-Lenola

The short answer

Moorestown-Lenola is home to 14,625 people. Median household income is $138,398 a year and median rent is $1,648 a month, 14.3% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $581,700, about 4.2x annual median household income.

Moorestown-Lenola stands out on how people work. Unemployment is 7.4%, against 3.5% in its closest peers. Also notable: Owning with a mortgage costs about $1,595 a month more than the median rent, a wider gap than in 96% of places its size.

76OF 100

CTXCitytistics Index

Strong

Moorestown-Lenola scores better than 76% of the 6,612 places we rate, and ranks 88th of 287 in New Jersey.

How the CTX is built

Category ratings · 0 to 100, typical place 50

Affordability 20%66
Economy 20%52
Safety 20%n/a
Amenities 15%43
Education 10%92
Commute 10%58
Growth 5%n/a

Not rated: safety, growth, for want of data (the city police department does not report a full year to the FBI). The other weights are spread over the categories rated.

Median gross rent
$1,648
21% above the median place
Median household income
$138,398
72% above the median place
Median home value
$581,700
82% above the median place
Unemployment
7.4%
52% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Moorestown-Lenola

  • AffordabilityAfter the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household keeps about $118,200 a year, more than in 87% of the 1,884 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track.
01

Moving to Moorestown-Lenola

Burlington County gains about 5.1 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in22,498
Moved out20,505
Net+1,993

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Within New Jersey, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within New JerseyOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$76K
Leavers$80K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Burlington County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
3.6% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 1.4% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Burlington County report $76,200 a year in income on average; those leaving, $79,800.
Income you would need
$65,900 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,648 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $3,243 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $581,700.
Getting to work
24 minutes each way on average; 23.5% work from home; 2.1% take transit.
If it is close but not quite
Wyndmoor, PA matches it on character for less of your income. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
3.6%
38% below the median place
Moved from another state1
1.4%
28% below the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people7
5.1
above the median place (median -0.6)
All 5 moving measures
MeasureMoorestown-LenolaAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year13.6%38% below
Moved from another state11.4%28% below
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure5.1above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in7County figure$76,2288% above
Income of households moving out7County figure$79,77214% above
02

What it costs to live here

Rent is light relative to pay, but the county has a FEMA natural hazard risk score of 94 out of 100. Budget for insurance before counting the savings.

Moorestown-Lenola14.3%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$65,920
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
14.3%
30% below the median place
Home price to income
4.2x
11% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
14%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$117,800
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Moorestown-Lenola, $1,648 a month, and local prices for everything else (100.4 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Moorestown-Lenola, but easier on the budget

Places that match Moorestown-Lenola on character (size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, remote work and climate) but where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income. Cost was left out of the match on purpose.

PlaceMatchRent to incomeMore left a year
Wyndmoor, PA9011.5% vs 14.3%$16,300Compare
Basking Ridge, NJ893.5% vs 14.3%$54,600Compare
Hillsdale, NJ8911.3% vs 14.3%$39,200Compare
Medfield, MA8711.0% vs 14.3%$76,500Compare

Moving from somewhere else? Work out the salary you would need in Moorestown-Lenola.

Sponsored · exampleMoving to Moorestown-Lenola? Compare quotes from licensed movers. No partner is signed yet. Sponsored offers are always labelled and never change the data.
Property tax paid (median)1
$9,921
204% above the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$3,243
73% above the median place
Median year built1
1960
1% below the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureMoorestown-LenolaAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,64821% above
Rent to income114.3%30% below
Property tax rate11.7%88% above
Home price to income14.2x11% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure102.52% above
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,86015% above
HUD area median income4County figure$122,70014% above
Property tax paid (median)1$9,921204% above
Median home value1$581,70082% above
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure5.7%78% above
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure69.8%36% above
Homeownership179.1%19% above
Renters paying 30%+145.6%10% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$3,24373% above
Vacant homes15.3%24% below
Median year built119601% below
03

Work and pay

24% of workers skip the commute by working from home, which keeps total commuting time lower than in 73% of places.

Income per person1
$78,472
96% above the median place
Median household income1
$138,398
72% above the median place
Works from home1
23.5%
89% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Unemployment7.4% +52%
Poverty rate7.1% −34%
Mean commute24 min −4%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureMoorestown-LenolaAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$138,39872% above
Income per person1$78,47296% above
Unemployment17.4%52% above
Average annual pay6County figure$73,34611% above
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure3.8%3% above
Jobs6County figure214,26742% above
Poverty rate17.1%34% below
Mean commute124 min4% below
Works from home123.5%89% above
Commutes by transit1County figure2.1%145% above
04

Who lives here

No health insurance is 1.3%, 80% below the median place.

No health insurance1
1.3%
80% below the median place
Bachelor's or higher1
64.4%
101% above the median place
Median age1
45.3
16% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

High school or higher95.8% +4%
Homes with broadband94.8% +3%
Born abroad6.8% −23%
Household size2.6 +3%
All 8 people measures
MeasureMoorestown-LenolaAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population114,6253046th largest
Median age145.316% above
Bachelor's or higher164.4%101% above
High school or higher195.8%4% above
Household size12.63% above
Born abroad16.8%23% below
No health insurance11.3%80% below
Homes with broadband194.8%3% above
05

Life in Moorestown-Lenola

OpenStreetMap shows 0 grocery stores per 10,000 residents, fewer than in 93% of the 2,301 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 287 New Jersey places we track.

102 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, 4 of them National Historic Landmarks. Its history on Wikipedia

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents15.7 +55%
Playgrounds per 10k10.9 +16%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k14.4 +29%
Libraries per 10k0.7 −22%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −95%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.1 −33%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • Independence National Historical Park 10 miles
  • Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial 10 miles
  • Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site 10 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars18.3 −12%
Shops28.1 −7%
Arts, recreation and fitness4.3 +5%
Doctors' offices and clinics20.8 +3%
Child care centers1.9 −17%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Nearest National Park Service site10
9.8
68% below the median place
Students per teacher12
11.6
25% below the median place
Public schools12
137
above the median place (median 9)
All 18 schools and local life measures
MeasureMoorestown-LenolaAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools12County figure137above (median 9)
Public school students12County figure68,892above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher12County figure11.625% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure18.312% below
Shops per 10k8County figure28.17% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure4.35% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure20.83% above
Child care centers per 10k8County figure1.917% below
Parks per 10k915.755% above
Playgrounds per 10k910.916% above
Grocery stores per 10k90.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k914.429% above
Libraries per 10k90.722% below
Named paths and bike trails90.195% below
Transit stops per sq mi90.133% below
Nearest National Park Service site109.868% below
National Park Service sites within 60 miles1011above (median 2)
National Register listings11County figure102above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Good air days is 41.4%, 40% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Moorestown-Lenola. Larger places are fetched first.

Good air days15
41.4%
40% below the median place
Median air quality index15
53
23% above the median place
Wildfire risk14
92.2
51% above the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureMoorestown-LenolaAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high13County figure87°F0% above
January average low13County figure25°F2% below
Average temperature13County figure55°F0% above
Annual precipitation13County figure47.0 in7% above
Natural hazard risk14County figure93.61% above
Hurricane risk14County figure88.826% above
Tornado risk14County figure78.24% below
Wildfire risk14County figure92.251% above
Heat wave risk14County figure93.84% above
Median air quality index15Metro figure5323% above
Good air days15Metro figure41.4%40% below
08

Moorestown-Lenola in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 15% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 14% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, Moorestown-Lenola does better than 65% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 29%.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,648/mo (2024)$2,120/mo$1,740 to $2,580/mo+4.3%
Median household income$138,398 (2024)$173,000$146,000 to $204,500+3.8%
Median home value$581,700 (2024)$823,000$597,000 to $1,133,000+5.9%

The median home would be worth 4.8 years of the median income in 2030, against 4.2 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Moorestown-Lenola

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Park Ridge, IL$1,537$142,986Compare
Mendota Heights, MN$1,631$132,768Compare
Barrington, IL$1,500$147,989Compare
Strathmore, NJ$1,592$151,855Compare
Strathmore, NJBarrington, ILMendota Heights, MNPark Ridge, ILMoorestown-Lenola, NJPark RidgeMendota HeightsBarringtonPark RidgeMendota HeightsBarrington

Places built like Moorestown-Lenola

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Moorestown-Lenola performs against places like it.

PlaceRent to incomeIncome growthPop. change
Moorestown-Lenola, NJ14.3%2.6%/yrn/a
Lake Mohawk, NJ16.0%3.0%/yrn/aCompare
Huntington, NY18.1%6.3%/yrn/aCompare
Babylon, NY20.7%1.4%/yr1.0%Compare
Park Ridge, NJ15.8%4.4%/yr7.7%Compare
Niskayuna, NY14.2%3.9%/yrn/aCompare
Allison Park, PA12.9%6.4%/yrn/aCompare

Common questions

Is Moorestown-Lenola a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 76 out of 100, better than 76% of the places we rate and 88th of 287 in New Jersey. After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household keeps about $118,200 a year, more than in 87% of the 1,884 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. On cost, space and class size it scores 85 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Moorestown-Lenola expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 14.3% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $581,700.

What salary do you need to live in Moorestown-Lenola?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $65,920 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Moorestown-Lenola?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Park Ridge, IL, Mendota Heights, MN, Barrington, IL and Strathmore, NJ.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Moorestown-Lenola with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Moorestown-Lenola itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/moorestown-lenola-new-jersey

Citytistics. “Moorestown-Lenola, New Jersey.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/moorestown-lenola-new-jersey/

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.