Best PlacesBryn Mawr, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bryn Mawr, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bryn Mawr ranks 236th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bryn Mawr
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.
Bryn Mawr's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bryn Mawr ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$160,398 median, better than 98% of towns
Where Bryn Mawr ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,141 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bryn Mawr
A household needs to earn about $227,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bryn Mawr home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $160,398, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Bryn Mawr's effective rate of 1.27%, 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 Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawr runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bryn Mawr.
Who works in Bryn Mawr, and how
Work in Bryn Mawr centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 53%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 21%
Life in Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawr has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of towns and more parkland per resident than 86% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bryn Mawr and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bryn Mawr, month by month
Bryn Mawr sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Bryn Mawr
Philadelphia International sits about 11 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 14.8 million passengers in 2025, with 179 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bryn Mawr
Schools across Bryn Mawr average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Radnor El SchA+ · 98% proficient
- New Eagle El SchA+ · 98% proficient
- Ithan El SchA+ · 90% proficient
Top middle schools
- Valley Forge MsA+ · 90% proficient
- Radnor MsA+ · 80% proficient
- Welsh Valley MsA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Radnor ShsA+ · 92% proficient
- Conestoga ShsA+ · 89% proficient
- Harriton ShsA+ · 89% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bryn Mawr school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bryn Mawr 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 Bryn Mawr against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bryn Mawr
Is Bryn Mawr a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bryn Mawr ranks 236th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, good schools, and population health, and lowest on noise and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bryn Mawr expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $815,782. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $160,398 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Bryn Mawr safe?
Yes, Bryn Mawr is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $222 per resident a year.
Compare Bryn Mawr with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bryn Mawr. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bryn Mawr 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.
Bryn Mawr detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bryn Mawr: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bryn Mawr: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bryn Mawr: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bryn Mawr: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bryn Mawr 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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