Best PlacesBethel Park, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bethel Park, 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.
Bethel Park ranks 381st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bethel Park
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.
Bethel Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bethel Park ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of cities
- School gradeA, better than 89% of cities
Where Bethel Park ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 77 pleasant days a year, better than only 40% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Bethel Park
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bethel Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $112,643, 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 Bethel Park's effective rate of 1.54%, 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 Bethel Park
Bethel Park runs older 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 Bethel Park.
Who works in Bethel Park, and how
Work in Bethel Park centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Bethel Park
Bethel Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of cities and more parkland per resident than 84% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bethel Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bethel Park, month by month
Bethel Park sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Bethel Park
Pittsburgh International sits about 15 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 Bethel Park
Schools across Bethel Park average an A, better than 89% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Mcmurray El SchA+ · 94% proficient
- Foster El SchA+ · 87% proficient
- William Penn El SchA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mellon MsA+ · 71% proficient
- Neil Armstrong 5-6 MsA · 61% proficient
- Independence MsA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Peters Twp HsA+ · 100% proficient
- Mt Lebanon ShsA− · 67% proficient
- Bethel Park HsA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bethel Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bethel Park 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 Bethel Park against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Bethel Park suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 79% of cities and 24% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Bethel Park
Is Bethel Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bethel Park ranks 381st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low disaster risk, health care access, and civic engagement, and lowest on internet speeds and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bethel Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $280,406. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $112,643 median income, cost of living beats 79% of cities.
Is Bethel Park safe?
Bethel Park is safer than 53% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $258 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bethel Park?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 23. That works out to about 77 pleasant days a year, more than 40% of cities.
Is Bethel Park good for families?
Schools beat 89% of cities, crime safety beats 53%, and childcare runs $991 a month.
Compare Bethel Park with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bethel Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bethel Park 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.
Bethel Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bethel Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bethel Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bethel Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bethel Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bethel Park 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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