Best PlacesBen Avon, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ben Avon, 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.
Ben Avon ranks 3,065th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ben Avon
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.
Ben Avon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ben Avon ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
Where Ben Avon ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 23% of towns
- Cheap childcare$991 a month, better than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ben Avon
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ben Avon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $99,591, 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 Ben Avon's effective rate of 1.46%, 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 Ben Avon
Ben Avon's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Ben Avon.
Who works in Ben Avon, and how
Work in Ben Avon centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Ben Avon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ben Avon.
What the weather is like in Ben Avon, month by month
Ben Avon sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Ben Avon
Pittsburgh International sits about 8 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Ben Avon
Schools across Ben Avon average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Avonworth MsA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Avonworth HsA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ben Avon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ben Avon 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 Ben Avon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ben Avon
Is Ben Avon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ben Avon ranks 3,065th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and low disaster risk, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ben Avon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $337,167. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $99,591 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Ben Avon safe?
Ben Avon is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $304 per resident a year.
Compare Ben Avon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ben Avon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ben Avon 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.
Ben Avon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ben Avon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ben Avon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ben Avon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ben Avon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ben Avon 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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