Best PlacesDillsburg, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dillsburg, 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.
Dillsburg ranks 2,377th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dillsburg
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.
Dillsburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dillsburg ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
Where Dillsburg ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dillsburg
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dillsburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,274, 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 Dillsburg's effective rate of 1.36%, 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 Dillsburg
Dillsburg runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dillsburg.
Who works in Dillsburg, and how
Work in Dillsburg centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Dillsburg
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dillsburg.
What the weather is like in Dillsburg, month by month
Dillsburg sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Dillsburg
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 67 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dillsburg
Schools across Dillsburg average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dillsburg El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- South Mountain El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Wellsville CampusA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eagle View MsA · 60% proficient
- Northern MsA− · 53% proficient
- Yellow Breeches MsB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Northern HsA+ · 85% proficient
- Bermudian Springs HsA+ · 84% proficient
- Boiling Springs HsA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dillsburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dillsburg 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 Dillsburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dillsburg
Is Dillsburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dillsburg ranks 2,377th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and population health, and lowest on the weather and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dillsburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $302,157. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $102,274 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Dillsburg safe?
Yes, Dillsburg is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $134 per resident a year.
Compare Dillsburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dillsburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dillsburg 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.
Dillsburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dillsburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dillsburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dillsburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dillsburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dillsburg 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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