Best PlacesAudubon, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Audubon, 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.
Audubon ranks 6,418th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Audubon
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.
Audubon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Audubon ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
Where Audubon ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,293 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Audubon
A household needs to earn about $131,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Audubon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $96,658, 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 Audubon's effective rate of 1.48%, 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 Audubon
Audubon runs younger 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 Audubon.
Who works in Audubon, and how
Work in Audubon centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 60%
- Work from home 36%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Audubon
Audubon has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Audubon and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Audubon, month by month
Audubon sees roughly 71 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 Audubon
Philadelphia International sits about 20 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 Audubon
Schools across Audubon average an A, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oaks El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Arrowhead El SchA+ · 73% proficient
- Buck El SchA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Skyview Upper El SchA− · 58% proficient
- Maple Point MsB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Spring-ford Shs 9-12 CtrA+ · 98% proficient
- Methacton HsA+ · 86% proficient
- Neshaminy HsA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Audubon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Audubon 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 Audubon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Audubon
Is Audubon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Audubon ranks 6,418th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, population health, and big-city access, 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 Audubon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $457,549. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $96,658 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Audubon safe?
Audubon is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $291 per resident a year.
Compare Audubon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Audubon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Audubon 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.
Audubon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Audubon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Audubon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Audubon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Audubon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Audubon 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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