Best PlacesChestnut Crossroads, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chestnut Crossroads, 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.
Chestnut Crossroads ranks 13,272nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Chestnut Crossroads
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.
Chestnut Crossroads' strengths and weaknesses
Where Chestnut Crossroads ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 81% of towns
Where Chestnut Crossroads ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,031 a month, better than only 23% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chestnut Crossroads
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chestnut Crossroads home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $71,990; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Chestnut Crossroads' effective rate of 1.04%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Chestnut Crossroads
Chestnut Crossroads 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 Chestnut Crossroads.
Who works in Chestnut Crossroads, and how
Work in Chestnut Crossroads centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Chestnut Crossroads
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Chestnut Crossroads.
What the weather is like in Chestnut Crossroads, month by month
Chestnut Crossroads sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 63° | 51° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 65° |
| October | 66° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Chestnut Crossroads
The nearest airport, Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 73 miles away.
The best schools in and around Chestnut Crossroads
Schools across Chestnut Crossroads average an A+, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shippensburg Intrm SchA+ · 81% proficient
Top middle schools
- Upper Adams MsA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Shippensburg Area ShsA+ · 85% proficient
- Biglerville HsF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chestnut Crossroads school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chestnut Crossroads 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 Chestnut Crossroads against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chestnut Crossroads
Is Chestnut Crossroads a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chestnut Crossroads ranks 13,272nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, big-city access, and low disaster risk, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chestnut Crossroads expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $284,087. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $71,990 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Chestnut Crossroads safe?
Yes, Chestnut Crossroads is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $187 per resident a year.
Compare Chestnut Crossroads with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chestnut Crossroads. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chestnut Crossroads 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.
Chestnut Crossroads detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chestnut Crossroads: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chestnut Crossroads: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chestnut Crossroads: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chestnut Crossroads: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chestnut Crossroads 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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