Best PlacesChalfant, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chalfant, 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.
Chalfant ranks 31,975th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Chalfant
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.
Chalfant's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chalfant ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
Where Chalfant ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chalfant
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chalfant home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,904, 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 Chalfant's effective rate of 1.92%, 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 Chalfant
Chalfant'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 Chalfant.
Who works in Chalfant, and how
Work in Chalfant centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Chalfant
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Chalfant.
What the weather is like in Chalfant, month by month
Chalfant sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Chalfant
Pittsburgh International sits about 22 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Chalfant
Schools across Chalfant average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wilkins El Steam AcademyD · 20% proficient
- Duquesne El SchD · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Mifflin Area MsB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Woodland Hills HsC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chalfant school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chalfant 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 Chalfant against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chalfant
Is Chalfant a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chalfant ranks 31,975th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, transit, and biking, and lowest on crime and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chalfant expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $119,083. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $58,904 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Chalfant safe?
Chalfant is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $668 per resident a year.
Compare Chalfant with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chalfant. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chalfant 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.
Chalfant detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chalfant: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chalfant: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chalfant: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chalfant: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chalfant 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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