Best PlacesDoylestown, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Doylestown, 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.
Doylestown ranks 166th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Doylestown
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.
Doylestown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Doylestown ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of cities
- School gradeA, better than 93% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 92% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 91% of cities
Where Doylestown ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 18% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 19% of cities
- Short commute28.4 minutes each way, better than only 34% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Doylestown
A household needs to earn about $168,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Doylestown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $146,024, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Doylestown's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 Doylestown
Doylestown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Doylestown.
Who works in Doylestown, and how
Work in Doylestown centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Doylestown
Doylestown has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Doylestown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Doylestown, month by month
Doylestown sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 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 | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 90° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Doylestown
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 32 miles away.
The best schools in and around Doylestown
Schools across Doylestown average an A, better than 93% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Linden El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Gayman El SchA+ · 79% proficient
- Kutz El SchA+ · 78% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Hope-solebury MsA+ · 69% proficient
- Tohickon MsA · 60% proficient
- Holicong MsA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- New Hope-solebury HsA+ · 88% proficient
- Central Bucks Hs-eastA+ · 84% proficient
- Central Bucks Hs-southA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Doylestown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Doylestown 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 Doylestown against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Doylestown suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 90% of cities and 27% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Doylestown
Is Doylestown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Doylestown ranks 166th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and good schools, and lowest on the weather and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Doylestown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $621,078. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $146,024 median income, cost of living beats 90% of cities.
Is Doylestown safe?
Yes, Doylestown is safer than 78% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $208 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Doylestown?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 24. That works out to about 62 pleasant days a year, more than 11% of cities.
Is Doylestown good for families?
Schools beat 93% of cities, crime safety beats 78%, and childcare runs $1,200 a month.
Compare Doylestown with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Doylestown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Doylestown 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.
Doylestown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Doylestown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Doylestown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Doylestown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Doylestown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Doylestown 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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