Best PlacesKennett Square, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kennett Square, 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.
Kennett Square ranks 930th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kennett Square
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.
Kennett Square's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kennett Square ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
Where Kennett Square ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,310 a month, better than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kennett Square
A household needs to earn about $147,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kennett Square home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $134,737; 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 Kennett Square's effective rate of 1.31%, 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 Kennett Square
Kennett Square runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kennett Square.
Who works in Kennett Square, and how
Work in Kennett Square centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Kennett Square
Kennett Square has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. The coast is about 41 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Kennett Square and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kennett Square, month by month
Kennett Square sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 64° | 52° | 43° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Kennett Square
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 25 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kennett Square
Schools across Kennett Square average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pocopson El SchA+ · 98% proficient
- Fern Hill El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- Hillendale El SchA+ · 90% proficient
Top middle schools
- Charles F Patton MsA+ · 84% proficient
- Stetson MsA+ · 75% proficient
- E N Peirce MsA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Unionville HsA+ · 94% proficient
- West Chester Henderson HsA · 79% proficient
- West Chester Bayard Rustin HsA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kennett Square school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kennett Square 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 Kennett Square against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Kennett Square suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 96% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 22% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 74% of towns and health care access beats 97%.
Common questions about living in Kennett Square
Is Kennett Square a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kennett Square ranks 930th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, heat safety, and big-city access, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kennett Square expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $526,779. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $134,737 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Kennett Square safe?
Yes, Kennett Square is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $229 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Kennett Square?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 25. That works out to about 108 pleasant days a year, more than 74% of towns.
Is Kennett Square good for families?
Schools beat 80% of towns, crime safety beats 65%, and childcare runs $1,310 a month.
Compare Kennett Square with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kennett Square. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kennett Square 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.
Kennett Square detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kennett Square: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kennett Square: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kennett Square: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kennett Square: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kennett Square 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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