Best PlacesBoyertown, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boyertown, 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.
Boyertown ranks 10,920th 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 Boyertown
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.
Boyertown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Boyertown ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 80% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Boyertown ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 22% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 25% of towns
- Cheap childcare$976 a month, better than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Boyertown
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boyertown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,500, 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 Boyertown's effective rate of 1.57%, 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 Boyertown
Boyertown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Boyertown.
Who works in Boyertown, and how
Work in Boyertown centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Boyertown
Boyertown has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of towns and more parkland per resident than 87% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Boyertown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Boyertown, month by month
Boyertown sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Boyertown
The nearest airport, Lehigh Valley International, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 39 miles away.
The best schools in and around Boyertown
Schools across Boyertown average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- French Creek El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- East Coventry El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Oley Valley El SchA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Owen J Roberts MsA+ · 70% proficient
- Oley Valley MsA− · 55% proficient
- Boyertown Area Ms-westB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Oley Valley ShsA+ · 95% proficient
- Owen J Roberts HsA · 70% proficient
- Daniel Boone Area HsA · 69% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boyertown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boyertown 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 Boyertown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Boyertown
Is Boyertown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boyertown ranks 10,920th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, walkability, and few empty homes, 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 Boyertown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $274,654. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $83,500 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Boyertown safe?
Yes, Boyertown is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $189 per resident a year.
Compare Boyertown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boyertown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boyertown 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.
Boyertown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boyertown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boyertown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boyertown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boyertown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boyertown 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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