Best PlacesAmbler, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ambler, 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.
Ambler ranks 120th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ambler
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.
Ambler's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ambler ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of cities
- School gradeA, better than 95% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of cities
Where Ambler ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 24% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 27% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 30% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 30% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Ambler
A household needs to earn about $168,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ambler home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $157,069; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Ambler's effective rate of 1.24%, 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 Ambler
Ambler runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ambler.
Who works in Ambler, and how
Work in Ambler centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Ambler
Ambler has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of cities and more parkland per resident than 97% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Ambler and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ambler, month by month
Ambler sees roughly 72 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 Ambler
Philadelphia International sits about 21 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 Ambler
Schools across Ambler average an A, better than 95% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Fort Washington El SchA+ · 98% proficient
- Stony Creek El SchA+ · 89% proficient
- Jarrettown El SchA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sandy Run MsA+ · 71% proficient
- Wissahickon MsA · 64% proficient
- Pennbrook MsA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Upper Dublin HsA+ · 91% proficient
- Plymouth-whitemarsh ShsA+ · 85% proficient
- Hatboro-horsham ShsA · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ambler school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ambler 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 Ambler against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Ambler suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 95% of cities and 27% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Ambler
Is Ambler a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ambler ranks 120th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on health care access, an educated workforce, and what local pay buys, and lowest on state infrastructure and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ambler expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $605,859. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $157,069 median income, cost of living beats 95% of cities.
Is Ambler safe?
Ambler is safer than 54% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $255 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ambler?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 25. That works out to about 72 pleasant days a year, more than 30% of cities.
Is Ambler good for families?
Schools beat 95% of cities, crime safety beats 54%, and childcare runs $1,296 a month.
Compare Ambler with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ambler. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ambler 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.
Ambler detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ambler: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ambler: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ambler: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ambler: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ambler 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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