Best PlacesDelta, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Delta, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Delta ranks 10,888th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Delta
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.
Delta's strengths and weaknesses
Where Delta ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 79% of towns
Where Delta ranks low
- Short commute37.2 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Delta
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Delta home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,827, 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 Delta's effective rate of 1.39%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Delta
Delta'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 Delta.
Who works in Delta, and how
Work in Delta centers on education and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Delta
Delta has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns. The coast is about 38 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Delta and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Delta, month by month
Delta sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Delta
The nearest airport, Lancaster, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 43 miles away.
The best schools in and around Delta
Schools across Delta average an A, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Delta-peach Bottom El SchA · 70% proficient
- Clearview El SchB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Red Lion Area JhsB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Red Lion Area ShsA · 77% proficient
- Kennard-dale HsB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Delta school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Delta 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 Delta against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Delta
Is Delta a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Delta ranks 10,888th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, population health, and low crime, and lowest on long commutes and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Delta expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $270,216. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $86,827 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Delta safe?
Yes, Delta is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $179 per resident a year.
Compare Delta with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Delta. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Delta 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.
Delta detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Delta: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Delta: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Delta: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Delta: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Delta 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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