Best PlacesCamp Hill, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Camp Hill, 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.
Camp Hill ranks 511th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Internet speeds pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cell coverage.
The best neighborhoods in Camp Hill
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.
Camp Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Camp Hill ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of cities
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of cities
Where Camp Hill ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 12% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Camp Hill
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Camp Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $107,821, 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 Camp Hill'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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Camp Hill
Camp Hill's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Camp Hill.
Who works in Camp Hill, and how
Work in Camp Hill centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Camp Hill
Camp Hill has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of cities and more parkland per resident than 84% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Camp Hill and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Camp Hill, month by month
Camp Hill 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 Camp Hill
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 75 miles away.
The best schools in and around Camp Hill
Schools across Camp Hill average an A−, better than 88% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Highland El SchA+ · 85% proficient
- Shaull El SchA+ · 79% proficient
- Eisenhower El SchA+ · 76% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mountain View MsA · 62% proficient
- Eagle View MsA · 60% proficient
- Camp Hill MsB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Cedar Cliff HsA+ · 80% proficient
- Camp Hill ShsA · 75% proficient
- Carlisle Area HsA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Camp Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Camp Hill 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 Camp Hill against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Camp Hill suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 71% of cities and 26% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Camp Hill
Is Camp Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Camp Hill ranks 511th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cell coverage, good schools, and low disaster risk, and lowest on internet speeds and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Camp Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $297,256. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $107,821 median income, cost of living beats 71% of cities.
Is Camp Hill safe?
Yes, Camp Hill is safer than 72% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $223 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Camp Hill?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 25. That works out to about 61 pleasant days a year, more than 9% of cities.
Is Camp Hill good for families?
Schools beat 88% of cities, crime safety beats 72%, and childcare runs $1,025 a month.
Compare Camp Hill with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Camp Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Camp Hill 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.
Camp Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Camp Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Camp Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Camp Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Camp Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Camp Hill 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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