Best PlacesCatasauqua, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Catasauqua, 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.
Catasauqua ranks 11,512th 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 Catasauqua
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.
Catasauqua's strengths and weaknesses
Where Catasauqua ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
Where Catasauqua ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Catasauqua
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Catasauqua home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,439, 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 Catasauqua's effective rate of 1.82%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Catasauqua
Catasauqua's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Catasauqua.
Who works in Catasauqua, and how
Work in Catasauqua centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Catasauqua
Catasauqua has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Catasauqua and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Catasauqua, month by month
Catasauqua sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 41, 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 | 41° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 40° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Catasauqua
The nearest airport, Lehigh Valley International, is about 1 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 55 miles away.
The best schools in and around Catasauqua
Schools across Catasauqua average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Francis H Sheckler El SchB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Catasauqua MsC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Catasauqua ShsC · 33% proficient
- Innovative Arts Academy CsF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Catasauqua school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Catasauqua 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 Catasauqua against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Catasauqua
Is Catasauqua a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Catasauqua ranks 11,512th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, cell coverage, and transit, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Catasauqua expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $211,751. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $78,439 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Catasauqua safe?
Catasauqua is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $336 per resident a year.
Compare Catasauqua with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Catasauqua. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Catasauqua 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.
Catasauqua detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Catasauqua: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Catasauqua: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Catasauqua: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Catasauqua: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Catasauqua 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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