Best PlacesHarleysville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Harleysville, 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.
Harleysville ranks 131st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and transit ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Harleysville
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.
Harleysville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Harleysville ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 95% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of cities
- Household income$147,385 median, better than 90% of cities
Where Harleysville ranks low
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 24% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Harleysville
A household needs to earn about $140,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Harleysville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $147,385, 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 Harleysville's effective rate of 1.37%, 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 Harleysville
Harleysville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Harleysville.
Who works in Harleysville, and how
Work in Harleysville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Harleysville
Harleysville has more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Harleysville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Harleysville, month by month
Harleysville sees roughly 68 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 Harleysville
The nearest airport, Lehigh Valley International, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 28 miles away.
The best schools in and around Harleysville
Schools across Harleysville average an A, better than 95% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- West Broad Street El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- Vernfield El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Oak Ridge El SchA+ · 90% proficient
Top middle schools
- Perkiomen Valley Ms-westA+ · 70% proficient
- Indian Valley MsA− · 57% proficient
- Pennfield MsA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Perkiomen Valley HsA+ · 80% proficient
- Souderton Area ShsA+ · 80% proficient
- Upper Perkiomen HsA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Harleysville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Harleysville 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 Harleysville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Harleysville suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 93% of cities and 21% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Harleysville
Is Harleysville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Harleysville ranks 131st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on good schools, health care access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on transit and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Harleysville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $497,519. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $147,385 median income, cost of living beats 93% of cities.
Is Harleysville safe?
Yes, Harleysville is safer than 86% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $180 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Harleysville?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 22. That works out to about 68 pleasant days a year, more than 21% of cities.
Is Harleysville good for families?
Schools beat 95% of cities, crime safety beats 86%, and childcare runs $1,296 a month.
Compare Harleysville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Harleysville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Harleysville 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.
Harleysville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Harleysville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Harleysville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Harleysville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Harleysville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Harleysville 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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