Best PlacesAirville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Airville, 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.
Airville ranks 7,603rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Airville
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.
Airville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Airville ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 85% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Airville ranks low
- Short commute41.2 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Airville
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Airville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,192, 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 Airville's effective rate of 1.61%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Airville
Airville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Airville.
Who works in Airville, and how
Work in Airville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Airville
The coast is about 46 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Airville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Airville, month by month
Airville sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Airville
The nearest airport, Lancaster, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 46 miles away.
The best schools in and around Airville
Schools across Airville average an A−, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fawn Area El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Delta-peach Bottom El SchA · 70% proficient
- Clearview El SchB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Red Lion Area JhsB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Red Lion Area ShsA · 77% proficient
- Kennard-dale HsB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Airville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Airville 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 Airville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Airville
Is Airville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Airville ranks 7,603rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, big-city access, and population health, and lowest on long commutes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Airville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $252,698. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $95,192 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Airville safe?
Yes, Airville is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $125 per resident a year.
Compare Airville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Airville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Airville 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.
Airville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Airville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Airville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Airville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Airville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Airville 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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