Best PlacesAston, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Aston, 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.
Aston ranks 6,654th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Aston
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.
Aston's strengths and weaknesses
Where Aston ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
Where Aston ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,032 a month, better than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Aston
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Aston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,912, 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 Aston's effective rate of 1.67%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Aston
Aston runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Aston.
Who works in Aston, and how
Work in Aston centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Aston
Aston has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns and more parkland per resident than 84% of towns. The coast is about 39 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Aston and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Aston, month by month
Aston sees roughly 65 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 Aston
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 Aston
Schools across Aston average a B, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pocopson El SchA+ · 98% proficient
- Glenwood El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Indian Lane El SchA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stetson MsA+ · 75% proficient
- Springton Lake MsA+ · 74% proficient
- Garnet Valley MsA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Penncrest HsA+ · 95% proficient
- Unionville HsA+ · 94% proficient
- Garnet Valley HsA+ · 87% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Aston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Aston 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 Aston against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Aston suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 84% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 16% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Aston
Is Aston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Aston ranks 6,654th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and cell coverage, 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 Aston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $335,543. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $104,912 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Aston safe?
Aston is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $287 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Aston?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 27. That works out to about 65 pleasant days a year, more than 17% of towns.
Is Aston good for families?
Schools beat 76% of towns, crime safety beats 43%, and childcare runs $1,032 a month.
Compare Aston with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Aston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Aston 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.
Aston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Aston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Aston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Aston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Aston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Aston 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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