Best PlacesFort Indiantown Gap, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Indiantown Gap, 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.
Fort Indiantown Gap ranks 12,844th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Indiantown Gap
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.
Fort Indiantown Gap's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Indiantown Gap ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute22.0 minutes each way, better than 80% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 78% of towns
- Household income$91,147 median, better than 78% of towns
Where Fort Indiantown Gap ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Indiantown Gap
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Indiantown Gap home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,147, 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 Fort Indiantown Gap's effective rate of 1.00%, 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 Fort Indiantown Gap
Fort Indiantown Gap runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fort Indiantown Gap.
Who works in Fort Indiantown Gap, and how
Work in Fort Indiantown Gap centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Fort Indiantown Gap
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fort Indiantown Gap.
What the weather is like in Fort Indiantown Gap, month by month
Fort Indiantown Gap sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 40, 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 | 40° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Fort Indiantown Gap
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 79 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Indiantown Gap
Schools across Fort Indiantown Gap average a B, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lickdale El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- East Hanover El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Annville El SchA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Annville-cleona MsB+ · 49% proficient
- Northern Lebanon MsB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Northern Lebanon ShsC+ · 40% proficient
- Annville Cleona HsC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Indiantown Gap school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Indiantown Gap 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 Fort Indiantown Gap against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Indiantown Gap
Is Fort Indiantown Gap a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Indiantown Gap ranks 12,844th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, low crime, and short commutes, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fort Indiantown Gap expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $330,523. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $91,147 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Fort Indiantown Gap safe?
Yes, Fort Indiantown Gap is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $162 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Indiantown Gap with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Indiantown Gap. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Indiantown Gap 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.
Fort Indiantown Gap detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Indiantown Gap: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Indiantown Gap: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Indiantown Gap: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Indiantown Gap: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Indiantown Gap 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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