Best PlacesBushkill, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bushkill, 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.
Bushkill ranks 34,143rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bushkill
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.
Bushkill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bushkill ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 84% of towns
Where Bushkill ranks low
- Short commute54.2 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bushkill
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bushkill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,533, 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 Bushkill's effective rate of 1.58%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bushkill
Bushkill runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bushkill.
Who works in Bushkill, and how
Work in Bushkill centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Bushkill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bushkill.
What the weather is like in Bushkill, month by month
Bushkill sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Bushkill
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bushkill
Schools across Bushkill average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wallenpaupack North Intrmd SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Bushkill El SchB · 45% proficient
- Middle Smithfield El SchC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wallenpaupack Area MsB · 45% proficient
- Lehman Intermediate SchC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Delaware Valley HsA · 79% proficient
- Wallenpaupack Area HsA · 75% proficient
- East Stroudsburg Shs NorthC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bushkill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bushkill 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 Bushkill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bushkill
Is Bushkill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bushkill ranks 34,143rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, tree cover, and heat safety, and lowest on long commutes 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 Bushkill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $246,095. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $75,533 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Bushkill safe?
Bushkill is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $366 per resident a year.
Compare Bushkill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bushkill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bushkill 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.
Bushkill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bushkill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bushkill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bushkill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bushkill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bushkill 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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