Best PlacesIntercourse, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Intercourse, 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.
Intercourse ranks 21,895th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Intercourse
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.
Intercourse's strengths and weaknesses
Where Intercourse ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
Where Intercourse ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Intercourse
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Intercourse home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,129, 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 Intercourse's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Intercourse
Intercourse runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Intercourse.
Who works in Intercourse, and how
Work in Intercourse centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 22%
Life in Intercourse
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Intercourse.
What the weather is like in Intercourse, month by month
Intercourse sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Intercourse
The nearest airport, Lancaster, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 48 miles away.
The best schools in and around Intercourse
Schools across Intercourse average a C+, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Paradise El SchB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pequea Valley Intrmd SchB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Pequea Valley HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Intercourse school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Intercourse 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 Intercourse against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Intercourse
Is Intercourse a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Intercourse ranks 21,895th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and fast internet, and lowest on education levels and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Intercourse expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,900. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $70,129 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Intercourse safe?
Intercourse is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $341 per resident a year.
Compare Intercourse with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Intercourse. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Intercourse 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.
Intercourse detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Intercourse: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Intercourse: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Intercourse: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Intercourse: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Intercourse 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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