Best PlacesGraterford, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Graterford, 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.
Graterford ranks 4,807th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
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The best neighborhoods in Graterford
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.
Graterford's strengths and weaknesses
Where Graterford ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Household income$151,748 median, better than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
Where Graterford ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
Who lives in Graterford
Graterford runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Graterford.
Life in Graterford
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Graterford.
What the weather is like in Graterford, month by month
Graterford sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, 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 | 41° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Graterford
Philadelphia International sits about 26 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 14.8 million passengers in 2025, with 179 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Graterford
Schools across Graterford average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Skippack El SchA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- Perkiomen Valley Ms-eastA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Perkiomen Valley HsA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Graterford school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Graterford 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 Graterford against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Graterford
Is Graterford a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Graterford ranks 4,807th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, high incomes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Graterford safe?
Graterford is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $302 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Graterford?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 22. That works out to about 67 pleasant days a year, more than 19% of towns.
Compare Graterford with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Graterford. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Graterford 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.
Graterford detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Graterford: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Graterford: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Graterford: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Graterford: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Graterford 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.
- 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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