Best Places19072, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 19072, 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.
19072 ranks 156th 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 19072
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.
19072's strengths and weaknesses
Where 19072 ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of zip codes
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of zip codes
- Household income$175,404 median, better than 98% of zip codes
Where 19072 ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,296 a month, better than only 16% of zip codes
- State infrastructureBetter than only 18% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 22% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 19072
A household needs to earn about $227,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 19072 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $175,404, 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 19072's effective rate of 1.32%, 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 19072
19072 runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 19072.
Who works in 19072, and how
Work in 19072 centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 53%
- Work from home 37%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in 19072
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 19072.
What the weather is like in 19072, month by month
19072 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 19072
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 19072
Schools across 19072 average an A+, better than 99% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Merion El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Cynwyd SchA+ · 89% proficient
- Penn Valley SchA+ · 87% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bala-cynwyd MsA+ · 77% proficient
- Welsh Valley MsA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Lower Merion HsA+ · 90% proficient
- Harriton ShsA+ · 89% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 19072 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
19072 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 19072 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 19072
Is 19072 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 19072 ranks 156th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on health care access, an educated workforce, and what local pay buys, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 19072 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $810,269. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $175,404 median income, cost of living beats 100% of zip codes.
Is 19072 safe?
19072 is safer than 22% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $396 per resident a year.
Compare 19072 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 19072. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 19072 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.
19072 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 19072: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 19072: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 19072: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 19072: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
19072 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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