Best PlacesEast Greenville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Greenville, 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.
East Greenville ranks 4,639th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Greenville
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.
East Greenville's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Greenville ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
Where East Greenville ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,270 a month, better than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 16% 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 East Greenville
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Greenville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,628, 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 East Greenville's effective rate of 1.34%, 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 East Greenville
East Greenville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Greenville.
Who works in East Greenville, and how
Work in East Greenville centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in East Greenville
East Greenville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of East Greenville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Greenville, month by month
East Greenville sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, 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 | 39° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of East Greenville
The nearest airport, Lehigh Valley International, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 40 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Greenville
Schools across East Greenville average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pfaff El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Upper Perkiomen 4th And 5th Grade CenterA+ · 77% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southern Lehigh Intermediate SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Upper Perkiomen MsB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Quakertown Community HsA+ · 85% proficient
- Southern Lehigh ShsA · 79% proficient
- Upper Perkiomen HsA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Greenville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Greenville 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 East Greenville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Greenville
Is East Greenville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Greenville ranks 4,639th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, population health, and few empty homes, and lowest on childcare costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Greenville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $315,176. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $96,628 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is East Greenville safe?
Yes, East Greenville is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $200 per resident a year.
Compare East Greenville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Greenville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Greenville 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.
East Greenville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Greenville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Greenville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Greenville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Greenville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Greenville 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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