Best PlacesDrexel Hill, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Drexel Hill, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Drexel Hill ranks 704th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Drexel Hill
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.
Drexel Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Drexel Hill ranks high
- TransitBetter than 96% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 84% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 75% of cities
Where Drexel Hill ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of cities
- Short commute30.8 minutes each way, better than only 20% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 21% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Drexel Hill
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Drexel Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,602, 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 Drexel Hill's effective rate of 2.20%, 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 Drexel Hill
Drexel Hill runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Drexel Hill.
Who works in Drexel Hill, and how
Work in Drexel Hill centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Drexel Hill
Drexel Hill has more parkland per resident than 89% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Drexel Hill and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Drexel Hill, month by month
Drexel Hill sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Drexel Hill
Philadelphia International sits about 6 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 Drexel Hill
Schools across Drexel Hill average a B+, better than 74% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Aronimink El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Manoa El SchA+ · 75% proficient
- Garrettford El SchA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Haverford MsA · 64% proficient
- Drexel Hill MsC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Upper Darby ShsB+ · 53% proficient
- Haverford ShsB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Drexel Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Drexel Hill 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 Drexel Hill against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Drexel Hill suits
Common questions about living in Drexel Hill
Is Drexel Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Drexel Hill ranks 704th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on transit, walkability, and big-city access, and lowest on property taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Drexel Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $287,068. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $98,602 median income, cost of living beats 64% of cities.
Is Drexel Hill safe?
Drexel Hill is safer than 22% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $341 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Drexel Hill?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 27. That works out to about 65 pleasant days a year, more than 17% of cities.
Is Drexel Hill good for families?
Schools beat 74% of cities, crime safety beats 22%, and childcare runs $1,032 a month.
Compare Drexel Hill with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Drexel Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Drexel Hill 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.
Drexel Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Drexel Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Drexel Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Drexel Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Drexel Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Drexel Hill 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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