Best PlacesHemlock Farms, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hemlock Farms, 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.
Hemlock Farms ranks 9,414th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hemlock Farms
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.
Hemlock Farms' strengths and weaknesses
Where Hemlock Farms ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 91% of towns
Where Hemlock Farms ranks low
- Short commute42.6 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 14% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hemlock Farms
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hemlock Farms home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $80,667; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Hemlock Farms' effective rate of 1.06%, 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 Hemlock Farms
Hemlock Farms 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 Hemlock Farms.
Who works in Hemlock Farms, and how
Work in Hemlock Farms centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 36%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Hemlock Farms
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hemlock Farms.
What the weather is like in Hemlock Farms, month by month
Hemlock Farms sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 25° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Hemlock Farms
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hemlock Farms
Schools across Hemlock Farms average an A−, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wallenpaupack South El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Dingman-delaware El SchA · 65% proficient
- Bushkill El SchB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wallenpaupack Area MsB · 45% proficient
- Dingman-delaware MsB · 44% proficient
- Lehman Intermediate SchC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Delaware Valley HsA · 79% proficient
- Wallenpaupack Area HsA · 75% proficient
- East Stroudsburg Shs NorthC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hemlock Farms school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hemlock Farms 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 Hemlock Farms against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hemlock Farms
Is Hemlock Farms a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hemlock Farms ranks 9,414th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and big-city access, and lowest on long commutes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hemlock Farms expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $326,270. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $80,667 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Hemlock Farms safe?
Yes, Hemlock Farms is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $215 per resident a year.
Compare Hemlock Farms with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hemlock Farms. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hemlock Farms 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.
Hemlock Farms detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hemlock Farms: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hemlock Farms: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hemlock Farms: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hemlock Farms: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hemlock Farms 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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