Best PlacesBlue Ball, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Blue Ball, 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.
Blue Ball ranks 5,936th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Blue Ball
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.
Blue Ball's strengths and weaknesses
Where Blue Ball ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
Where Blue Ball ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,106 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Blue Ball
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Blue Ball home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,208, 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 Blue Ball's effective rate of 1.10%, 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 Blue Ball
Blue Ball runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Blue Ball.
Who works in Blue Ball, and how
Work in Blue Ball centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Blue Ball
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Blue Ball.
What the weather is like in Blue Ball, month by month
Blue Ball sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Blue Ball
The nearest airport, Lancaster, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 46 miles away.
The best schools in and around Blue Ball
Schools across Blue Ball average a B+, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Blue Ball El SchB+ · 54% proficient
- East Fallowfield El SchC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Garden Spot MsB− · 41% proficient
- Scott MsD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Garden Spot ShsB+ · 57% proficient
- Coatesville Area ShsC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Blue Ball school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Blue Ball 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 Blue Ball against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Blue Ball
Is Blue Ball a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Blue Ball ranks 5,936th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, transit, and fast internet, and lowest on education levels and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Blue Ball expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $284,684. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $88,208 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Blue Ball safe?
Yes, Blue Ball is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $228 per resident a year.
Compare Blue Ball with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Blue Ball. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Blue Ball 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.
Blue Ball detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Blue Ball: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Blue Ball: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Blue Ball: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Blue Ball: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Blue Ball 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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