Best PlacesCedar Ridge, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cedar Ridge, 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.
Cedar Ridge ranks 4,050th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cedar Ridge
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.
Cedar Ridge's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cedar Ridge ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$118,750 median, better than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of towns
Where Cedar Ridge ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cedar Ridge
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cedar Ridge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $118,750, 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 Cedar Ridge's effective rate of 1.37%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cedar Ridge
Cedar Ridge runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cedar Ridge.
Who works in Cedar Ridge, and how
Work in Cedar Ridge centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cedar Ridge
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cedar Ridge.
What the weather is like in Cedar Ridge, month by month
Cedar Ridge sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 21° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 39° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Cedar Ridge
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cedar Ridge
Schools across Cedar Ridge average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- New Oxford El SchB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Oxford MsB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- New Oxford ShsB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cedar Ridge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cedar Ridge 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 Cedar Ridge against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cedar Ridge
Is Cedar Ridge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cedar Ridge ranks 4,050th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, high incomes, and big-city access, and lowest on biking and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cedar Ridge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $275,000. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $118,750 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Cedar Ridge safe?
Yes, Cedar Ridge is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $133 per resident a year.
Compare Cedar Ridge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cedar Ridge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cedar Ridge 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.
Cedar Ridge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cedar Ridge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cedar Ridge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cedar Ridge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cedar Ridge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cedar Ridge 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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