Best PlacesCreswell, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Creswell, 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.
Creswell ranks 5,737th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Creswell
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.
Creswell's strengths and weaknesses
Where Creswell ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
Where Creswell ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,106 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Creswell
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Creswell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,750, 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 Creswell's effective rate of 1.13%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Creswell
Creswell runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Creswell.
Who works in Creswell, and how
Work in Creswell centers on manufacturing and admin & support services. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Creswell
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Creswell.
What the weather is like in Creswell, month by month
Creswell sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Creswell
The nearest airport, Lancaster, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 55 miles away.
The best schools in and around Creswell
Schools across Creswell average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Letort El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- Central Manor El SchA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- Marticville MsA · 60% proficient
- Manor Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Penn Manor HsA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Creswell school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Creswell 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 Creswell against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Creswell
Is Creswell a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Creswell ranks 5,737th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, big-city access, and biking, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Creswell expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $332,400. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $96,750 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Creswell safe?
Yes, Creswell is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $144 per resident a year.
Compare Creswell with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Creswell. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Creswell 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.
Creswell detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Creswell: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Creswell: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Creswell: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Creswell: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Creswell 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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