Best PlacesFountain Springs, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fountain Springs, 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.
Fountain Springs ranks 19,263rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fountain Springs
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.
Fountain Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Fountain Springs ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Fountain Springs ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Short commute32.3 minutes each way, better than only 23% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fountain Springs
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fountain Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,687, 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 Fountain Springs' effective rate of 1.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Fountain Springs
Fountain Springs runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fountain Springs.
Who works in Fountain Springs, and how
Work in Fountain Springs centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Fountain Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fountain Springs.
What the weather is like in Fountain Springs, month by month
Fountain Springs sees roughly 71 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 Fountain Springs
The nearest airport, Lancaster, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fountain Springs
Schools across Fountain Springs average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Saint Clair Area El/msA− · 60% proficient
- Minersville Area El CtrB · 50% proficient
- North Schuylkill Elem SchB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- North Schuylkill JshsC+ · 39% proficient
- Minersville Area JshsC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fountain Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fountain Springs 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 Fountain Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fountain Springs
Is Fountain Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fountain Springs ranks 19,263rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, tree cover, and big-city access, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fountain Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $192,965. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $82,687 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Fountain Springs safe?
Yes, Fountain Springs is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $222 per resident a year.
Compare Fountain Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fountain Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fountain Springs 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.
Fountain Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fountain Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fountain Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fountain Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fountain Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fountain Springs 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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