Best PlacesFox Chapel, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fox Chapel, 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.
Fox Chapel ranks 129th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fox Chapel
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.
Fox Chapel's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fox Chapel ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$243,918 median, better than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
Where Fox Chapel ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 23% of towns
- Cheap childcare$991 a month, better than only 25% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fox Chapel
A household needs to earn about $254,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fox Chapel home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $243,918; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Fox Chapel's effective rate of 1.57%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Fox Chapel
Fox Chapel runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fox Chapel.
Who works in Fox Chapel, and how
Work in Fox Chapel centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Fox Chapel
Fox Chapel has more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Fox Chapel and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fox Chapel, month by month
Fox Chapel sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Fox Chapel
Pittsburgh International sits about 18 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Fox Chapel
Schools across Fox Chapel average an A, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fairview El SchA+ · 93% proficient
- Ohara El SchA+ · 91% proficient
- Kerr El SchA+ · 78% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dorseyville MsA+ · 72% proficient
- Shaler Area MsA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Fox Chapel Area HsA+ · 93% proficient
- Riverview JshsB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fox Chapel school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fox Chapel 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 Fox Chapel against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fox Chapel
Is Fox Chapel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fox Chapel ranks 129th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, what local pay buys, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fox Chapel expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $880,223. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $243,918 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Fox Chapel safe?
Yes, Fox Chapel is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $201 per resident a year.
Compare Fox Chapel with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fox Chapel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fox Chapel 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.
Fox Chapel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fox Chapel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fox Chapel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fox Chapel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fox Chapel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fox Chapel 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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