Best Places19022, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 19022, 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.
19022 ranks 28,924th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 19022
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.
19022's strengths and weaknesses
Where 19022 ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 92% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 82% of zip codes
Where 19022 ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of zip codes
- Household income$49,281 median, better than only 10% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 19022
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 19022 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,281, 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 19022's effective rate of 2.60%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 19022
19022 runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 19022.
Who works in 19022, and how
Work in 19022 centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in 19022
The coast is about 40 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across 19022, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 19022, month by month
19022 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 19022
Philadelphia International sits about 5 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 19022
Schools across 19022 average a B−, better than 57% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Leedom El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Lakeview El SchA+ · 75% proficient
- Woodlyn El SchA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ridley MsC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Ridley HsB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 19022 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
19022 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 19022 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 19022
Is 19022 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 19022 ranks 28,924th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and big-city access, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 19022 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $146,587. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $49,281 median income, cost of living beats 9% of zip codes.
Is 19022 safe?
19022 is safer than 10% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $506 per resident a year.
Compare 19022 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 19022. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 19022 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.
19022 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 19022: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 19022: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 19022: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 19022: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
19022 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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