Best PlacesBuck Run, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Buck Run, 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.
Buck Run ranks 35,617th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Buck Run
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.
Buck Run's strengths and weaknesses
Where Buck Run ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
Where Buck Run ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Buck Run
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Buck Run home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,063, 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 Buck Run'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Buck Run
Buck Run runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Buck Run.
Who works in Buck Run, and how
Work in Buck Run centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Buck Run
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Buck Run.
What the weather is like in Buck Run, month by month
Buck Run sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 40, 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 | 40° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Buck Run
The nearest airport, Lancaster, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 81 miles away.
The best schools in and around Buck Run
Schools across Buck Run average a B, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Minersville Area El CtrB · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Minersville Area JshsC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Buck Run school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Buck Run 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 Buck Run against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Buck Run
Is Buck Run a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Buck Run ranks 35,617th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, big-city access, and cell coverage, and lowest on biking and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Buck Run expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $88,600. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $59,063 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Buck Run safe?
Buck Run is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $308 per resident a year.
Compare Buck Run with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Buck Run. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Buck Run 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.
Buck Run detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Buck Run: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Buck Run: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Buck Run: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Buck Run: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Buck Run 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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