Best PlacesGoodville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Goodville, 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.
Goodville ranks 14,751st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Goodville
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.
Goodville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Goodville ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 88% of towns
Where Goodville ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,106 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Goodville
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Goodville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $85,796, 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 Goodville's effective rate of 0.88%, 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 Goodville
Goodville runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Goodville.
Who works in Goodville, and how
Work in Goodville centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Goodville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Goodville.
What the weather is like in Goodville, month by month
Goodville sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 32° | 26° |
| April | 62° | 53° | 44° |
| July | 84° | 76° | 68° |
| October | 66° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Goodville
The nearest airport, Lancaster, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 47 miles away.
The best schools in and around Goodville
Schools across Goodville average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Smoketown El SchA · 65% proficient
- Fritz El SchA− · 57% proficient
- Blue Ball El SchB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gerald G Huesken MsB+ · 50% proficient
- Garden Spot MsB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Conestoga Valley ShsA− · 60% proficient
- Garden Spot ShsB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Goodville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Goodville 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 Goodville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Goodville
Is Goodville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Goodville ranks 14,751st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, big-city access, and fast internet, and lowest on education levels and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Goodville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $369,357. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $85,796 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Goodville safe?
Goodville is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $329 per resident a year.
Compare Goodville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Goodville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Goodville 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.
Goodville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Goodville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Goodville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Goodville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Goodville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Goodville 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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