Best PlacesBendersville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bendersville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bendersville ranks 7,673rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bendersville
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.
Bendersville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bendersville ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
Where Bendersville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bendersville
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bendersville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,576, 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 Bendersville's effective rate of 1.27%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bendersville
Bendersville runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bendersville.
Who works in Bendersville, and how
Work in Bendersville centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Bendersville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bendersville.
What the weather is like in Bendersville, month by month
Bendersville sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 21° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 39° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Bendersville
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bendersville
Schools across Bendersville average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Upper Adams MsA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Biglerville HsF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bendersville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bendersville 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 Bendersville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bendersville
Is Bendersville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bendersville ranks 7,673rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, low crime, and big-city access, and lowest on the weather and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bendersville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,813. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $87,576 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Bendersville safe?
Yes, Bendersville is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $135 per resident a year.
Compare Bendersville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bendersville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bendersville 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.
Bendersville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bendersville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bendersville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bendersville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bendersville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bendersville 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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