Best PlacesBiglerville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Biglerville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Biglerville ranks 13,131st 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 Biglerville
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.
Biglerville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Biglerville ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 79% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 78% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 77% of towns
Where Biglerville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 20% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Biglerville
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Biglerville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,930, 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 Biglerville's effective rate of 1.28%, 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 Biglerville
Biglerville 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 Biglerville.
Who works in Biglerville, and how
Work in Biglerville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Biglerville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Biglerville.
What the weather is like in Biglerville, month by month
Biglerville sees roughly 72 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 Biglerville
The nearest airport, Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 62 miles away.
The best schools in and around Biglerville
Schools across Biglerville average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Franklin Twp El SchA · 67% proficient
- James Gettys El SchA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Upper Adams MsA− · 55% proficient
- Gettysburg Area MsB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Gettysburg Area HsB+ · 52% proficient
- Biglerville HsF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Biglerville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Biglerville 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 Biglerville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Biglerville
Is Biglerville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Biglerville ranks 13,131st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, cheap car insurance, and walkability, and lowest on property taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Biglerville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $269,217. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $85,930 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Biglerville safe?
Yes, Biglerville is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $186 per resident a year.
Compare Biglerville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Biglerville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Biglerville 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.
Biglerville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Biglerville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Biglerville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Biglerville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Biglerville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Biglerville 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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