Best PlacesDresher, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dresher, 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.
Dresher ranks 86th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dresher
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.
Dresher's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dresher ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$194,875 median, better than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
Where Dresher ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,296 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dresher
A household needs to earn about $187,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dresher home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $194,875, 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 Dresher's effective rate of 1.47%, 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 Dresher
Dresher runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dresher.
Who works in Dresher, and how
Work in Dresher centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Dresher
Dresher has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Dresher and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dresher, month by month
Dresher sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Dresher
Philadelphia International sits about 19 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 Dresher
Schools across Dresher average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jarrettown El SchA+ · 85% proficient
- Fitzwater El SchA+ · 85% proficient
- Maple Glen El SchA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sandy Run MsA+ · 71% proficient
- Pottsgrove MsB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Upper Dublin HsA+ · 91% proficient
- Plymouth-whitemarsh ShsA+ · 85% proficient
- Pottsgrove ShsA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dresher school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dresher 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 Dresher against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dresher
Is Dresher a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dresher ranks 86th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and health care access, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dresher expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $655,344. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $194,875 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Dresher safe?
Yes, Dresher is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $220 per resident a year.
Compare Dresher with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dresher. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dresher 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.
Dresher detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dresher: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dresher: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dresher: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dresher: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dresher 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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