Best PlacesHunterstown, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hunterstown, 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.
Hunterstown ranks 14,888th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hunterstown
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.
Hunterstown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hunterstown ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 79% of towns
Where Hunterstown ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hunterstown
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hunterstown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $81,261; 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 Hunterstown's effective rate of 1.18%, 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 Hunterstown
Hunterstown 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 Hunterstown.
Who works in Hunterstown, and how
Work in Hunterstown centers on other services and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Hunterstown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hunterstown.
What the weather is like in Hunterstown, month by month
Hunterstown 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 Hunterstown
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 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hunterstown
Schools across Hunterstown average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- James Gettys El SchA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gettysburg Area MsB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Gettysburg Area HsB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hunterstown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hunterstown 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 Hunterstown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hunterstown
Is Hunterstown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hunterstown ranks 14,888th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, low crime, and cell coverage, and lowest on education levels and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hunterstown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $309,661. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $81,261 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Hunterstown safe?
Yes, Hunterstown is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $149 per resident a year.
Compare Hunterstown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hunterstown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hunterstown 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.
Hunterstown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hunterstown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hunterstown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hunterstown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hunterstown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hunterstown 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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