Best PlacesCollingdale, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Collingdale, 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.
Collingdale ranks 38,166th 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 Collingdale
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.
Collingdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Collingdale ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
Where Collingdale ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Collingdale
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Collingdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,511, 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 Collingdale's effective rate of 1.98%, 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 Collingdale
Collingdale'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 Collingdale.
Who works in Collingdale, and how
Work in Collingdale centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Collingdale
Collingdale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 65% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Collingdale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Collingdale, month by month
Collingdale sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Collingdale
Philadelphia International sits about 4 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 14.8 million passengers in 2025, with 179 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Collingdale
Schools across Collingdale average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Harris SchC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Academy Park HsF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Collingdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Collingdale 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 Collingdale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Collingdale
Is Collingdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Collingdale ranks 38,166th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, big-city access, and transit, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Collingdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $165,480. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $58,511 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Collingdale safe?
Collingdale is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $585 per resident a year.
Compare Collingdale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Collingdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Collingdale 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.
Collingdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Collingdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Collingdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Collingdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Collingdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Collingdale 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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