Best PlacesGuldens, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Guldens, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Guldens ranks 10,447th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Guldens
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.
Guldens' strengths and weaknesses
Where Guldens ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 86% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 78% of towns
Where Guldens ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Guldens
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Guldens home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,962, 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 Guldens' effective rate of 1.13%, 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 Guldens
Guldens runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Guldens.
Who works in Guldens, and how
Work in Guldens centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Guldens
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Guldens.
What the weather is like in Guldens, month by month
Guldens sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 21° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 39° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Guldens
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 53 miles away.
The best schools in and around Guldens
Schools across Guldens average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- James Gettys El SchA · 65% proficient
- New Oxford El SchB+ · 55% proficient
- Conewago Twp El SchB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gettysburg Area MsB+ · 47% proficient
- New Oxford MsB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Gettysburg Area HsB+ · 52% proficient
- New Oxford ShsB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Guldens school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Guldens 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 Guldens against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Guldens
Is Guldens a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Guldens ranks 10,447th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, biking, and low crime, and lowest on the weather and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Guldens expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $302,369. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $89,962 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Guldens safe?
Yes, Guldens is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $177 per resident a year.
Compare Guldens with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Guldens. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Guldens 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.
Guldens detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Guldens: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Guldens: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Guldens: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Guldens: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Guldens 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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