Best PlacesEastlawn Gardens, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eastlawn Gardens, 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.
Eastlawn Gardens ranks 4,126th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Eastlawn Gardens
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.
Eastlawn Gardens' strengths and weaknesses
Where Eastlawn Gardens ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- Household income$101,875 median, better than 86% of towns
Where Eastlawn Gardens ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eastlawn Gardens
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eastlawn Gardens home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $101,875, 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 Eastlawn Gardens' effective rate of 1.49%, 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 Eastlawn Gardens
Eastlawn Gardens 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 Eastlawn Gardens.
Who works in Eastlawn Gardens, and how
Work in Eastlawn Gardens centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Eastlawn Gardens
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Eastlawn Gardens.
What the weather is like in Eastlawn Gardens, month by month
Eastlawn Gardens sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 40° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Eastlawn Gardens
The nearest airport, Lehigh Valley International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 59 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eastlawn Gardens
Schools across Eastlawn Gardens average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shafer El SchB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nazareth Area Intermediate SchA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Nazareth Area HsA · 74% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eastlawn Gardens school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eastlawn Gardens 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 Eastlawn Gardens against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eastlawn Gardens
Is Eastlawn Gardens a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eastlawn Gardens ranks 4,126th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, health care access, and big-city access, and lowest on the weather and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eastlawn Gardens expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $280,800. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $101,875 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Eastlawn Gardens safe?
Yes, Eastlawn Gardens is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $181 per resident a year.
Compare Eastlawn Gardens with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eastlawn Gardens. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eastlawn Gardens 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.
Eastlawn Gardens detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eastlawn Gardens: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eastlawn Gardens: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eastlawn Gardens: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eastlawn Gardens: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eastlawn Gardens 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.
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