Best PlacesHarper Tavern, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Harper Tavern, 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.
Harper Tavern ranks 13,748th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Harper Tavern
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.
Harper Tavern's strengths and weaknesses
Where Harper Tavern ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 80% of towns
Where Harper Tavern ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Harper Tavern
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Harper Tavern home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,583, 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 Harper Tavern's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Harper Tavern
Harper Tavern runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Harper Tavern.
Who works in Harper Tavern, and how
Work in Harper Tavern centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Harper Tavern
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Harper Tavern.
What the weather is like in Harper Tavern, month by month
Harper Tavern sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 40, 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 | 40° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Harper Tavern
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 79 miles away.
The best schools in and around Harper Tavern
Schools across Harper Tavern average a B, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Hanover El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Annville El SchA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Annville-cleona MsB+ · 49% proficient
- Northern Lebanon MsB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Northern Lebanon ShsC+ · 40% proficient
- Annville Cleona HsC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Harper Tavern school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Harper Tavern 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 Harper Tavern against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Harper Tavern
Is Harper Tavern a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Harper Tavern ranks 13,748th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, few empty homes, and big-city access, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Harper Tavern expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $260,887. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $77,583 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Harper Tavern safe?
Yes, Harper Tavern is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $209 per resident a year.
Compare Harper Tavern with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Harper Tavern. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Harper Tavern 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.
Harper Tavern detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Harper Tavern: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Harper Tavern: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Harper Tavern: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Harper Tavern: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Harper Tavern 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.