Best PlacesEast Petersburg, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Petersburg, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
East Petersburg ranks 2,489th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in East Petersburg
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 Petersburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Petersburg ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
Where East Petersburg ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,106 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Petersburg
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Petersburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $92,941, 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 Petersburg'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 8 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 Petersburg
East Petersburg runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Petersburg.
Who works in East Petersburg, and how
Work in East Petersburg centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in East Petersburg
East Petersburg has more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of East Petersburg and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Petersburg, month by month
East Petersburg sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 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 | 67° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of East Petersburg
The nearest airport, Lancaster, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Petersburg
Schools across East Petersburg average an A−, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bucher SchA · 68% proficient
- East Petersburg El SchA− · 59% proficient
Top middle schools
- Landis Run Intermediate SchoolA · 61% proficient
- Centerville MsA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Hempfield ShsB+ · 54% proficient
- Manheim Twp HsB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Petersburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Petersburg 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 Petersburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Petersburg
Is East Petersburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Petersburg ranks 2,489th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, civic engagement, and transit, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Petersburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $278,395. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $92,941 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is East Petersburg safe?
Yes, East Petersburg is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $125 per resident a year.
Compare East Petersburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Petersburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Petersburg 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 Petersburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Petersburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Petersburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Petersburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Petersburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Petersburg 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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