Best PlacesBressler, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bressler, 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.
Bressler ranks 16,897th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bressler
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.
Bressler's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bressler ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
Where Bressler ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bressler
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bressler home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,949, 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 Bressler's effective rate of 1.19%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bressler
Bressler runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bressler.
Who works in Bressler, and how
Work in Bressler centers on hospitality & food 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 82%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Bressler
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bressler.
What the weather is like in Bressler, month by month
Bressler sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Bressler
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 73 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bressler
Schools across Bressler average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tri-community El SchC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Swatara MsD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Dauphin East ShsC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bressler school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bressler 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 Bressler against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bressler
Is Bressler a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bressler ranks 16,897th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, few empty homes, and biking, and lowest on noise and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bressler expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $162,410. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $72,949 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Bressler safe?
Bressler is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $288 per resident a year.
Compare Bressler with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bressler. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bressler 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.
Bressler detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bressler: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bressler: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bressler: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bressler: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bressler 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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