Best PlacesEaston, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Easton, 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.
Easton ranks 718th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Easton
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.
The best areas in Easton
The parts of Easton, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Old Orchard
Southside
Palmer Heights
Downtown Historic District & College Hill
West Ward
Scores across Easton run from about the 17th to the 93rd percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Easton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Easton ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 81% of cities
- BikingBetter than 79% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 75% of cities
Where Easton ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 20% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Easton
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Easton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $99,449, 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 Easton's effective rate of 1.51%, 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 Easton
Easton's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Easton.
Who works in Easton, and how
Work in Easton centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Easton
Easton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of cities and more parkland per resident than 93% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Easton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Easton, month by month
Easton sees roughly 58 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 Easton
The nearest airport, Lehigh Valley International, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Easton
Schools across Easton average a B−, better than 46% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Springfield El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Williams Township El SchA · 70% proficient
- Farmersville El SchA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nazareth Area Intermediate SchA · 65% proficient
- Saucon Valley MsA · 60% proficient
- Wind Gap MsA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Palisades HsA+ · 90% proficient
- Wilson Area HsA · 75% proficient
- Nazareth Area HsA · 74% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Easton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Easton 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 Easton against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Easton suits
Families
Schools land around the 46th percentile and crime safety beats 69%.
Common questions about living in Easton
Is Easton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Easton ranks 718th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and big-city access, and lowest on the weather and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Easton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $306,528. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $99,449 median income, cost of living beats 63% of cities.
Is Easton safe?
Yes, Easton is safer than 69% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $230 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Easton?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 22. That works out to about 58 pleasant days a year, more than 5% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Easton?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Old Orchard, Southside, and Palmer Heights. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Easton with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Easton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Easton 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.
Easton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Easton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Easton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Easton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Easton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Easton 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.