Best Places19041, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 19041, 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.
19041 ranks 845th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 19041
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.
19041's strengths and weaknesses
Where 19041 ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of zip codes
- School gradeA, better than 96% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of zip codes
Where 19041 ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of zip codes
- State infrastructureBetter than only 18% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,150 a month, better than only 21% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 30% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 19041
A household needs to earn about $234,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 19041 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $145,116, 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 19041's effective rate of 1.59%, 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 19041
19041 runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 19041.
Who works in 19041, and how
Work in 19041 centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 48%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 23%
Life in 19041
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 19041.
What the weather is like in 19041, month by month
19041 sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, 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 | 40° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of 19041
Philadelphia International sits about 10 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 19041
Schools across 19041 average an A, better than 96% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Penn Valley SchA+ · 87% proficient
- Gladwyne SchA+ · 86% proficient
- Coopertown El SchA+ · 82% proficient
Top middle schools
- Welsh Valley MsA+ · 75% proficient
- Haverford MsA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Harriton ShsA+ · 89% proficient
- Haverford ShsB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 19041 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
19041 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 19041 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 19041
Is 19041 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 19041 ranks 845th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on health care access, an educated workforce, and good schools, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 19041 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $807,864. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $145,116 median income, cost of living beats 96% of zip codes.
Is 19041 safe?
Yes, 19041 is safer than 59% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $245 per resident a year.
Compare 19041 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 19041. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 19041 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.
19041 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 19041: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 19041: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 19041: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 19041: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
19041 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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