Best PlacesGrassmere Park, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grassmere Park, 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.
Grassmere Park ranks 26,790th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Cell coverage pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on big-city access.
The best neighborhoods in Grassmere Park
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.
Grassmere Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grassmere Park ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 82% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 75% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 74% of towns
Where Grassmere Park ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute34.2 minutes each way, better than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Grassmere Park
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grassmere Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,216, 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 Grassmere Park'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Grassmere Park
Grassmere Park runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Grassmere Park.
Who works in Grassmere Park, and how
Work in Grassmere Park centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Grassmere Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Grassmere Park.
What the weather is like in Grassmere Park, month by month
Grassmere Park sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 89° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Grassmere Park
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 114 miles away.
The best schools in and around Grassmere Park
Schools across Grassmere Park average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Appleman El SchA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Benton Area MsC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Benton Area HsA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grassmere Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grassmere Park 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 Grassmere Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Grassmere Park
Is Grassmere Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grassmere Park ranks 26,790th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, tree cover, and clean air, and lowest on cell coverage and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grassmere Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $239,713. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $71,216 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Grassmere Park safe?
Grassmere Park is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $300 per resident a year.
Compare Grassmere Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grassmere Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grassmere Park 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.
Grassmere Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grassmere Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grassmere Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grassmere Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grassmere Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grassmere Park 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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