Best PlacesFairless Hills, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fairless Hills, 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.
Fairless Hills ranks 7,880th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fairless Hills
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.
Fairless Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Fairless Hills ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
Where Fairless Hills ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,200 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fairless Hills
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fairless Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $89,545, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Fairless Hills' effective rate of 1.30%, 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 Fairless Hills
Fairless Hills'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 Fairless Hills.
Who works in Fairless Hills, and how
Work in Fairless Hills centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Fairless Hills
Fairless Hills has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Fairless Hills and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fairless Hills, month by month
Fairless Hills sees roughly 59 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° | 34° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Fairless Hills
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 29 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fairless Hills
Schools across Fairless Hills average a B+, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oxford Valley El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Fallsington El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Bucks County Montessori CsA+ · 78% proficient
Top middle schools
- Charles H Boehm MsA · 60% proficient
- William Penn MsA− · 55% proficient
- Pennwood MsA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Neshaminy HsA− · 62% proficient
- Pennsbury HsB · 50% proficient
- Truman ShsC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fairless Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fairless Hills 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 Fairless Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fairless Hills
Is Fairless Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fairless Hills ranks 7,880th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, few empty homes, 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 Fairless Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $378,843. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $89,545 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Fairless Hills safe?
Yes, Fairless Hills is safer than 59% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $233 per resident a year.
Compare Fairless Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fairless Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fairless Hills 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.
Fairless Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fairless Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fairless Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fairless Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fairless Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fairless Hills 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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