Best PlacesLampeter, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lampeter, 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.
Lampeter ranks 1,818th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lampeter
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.
Lampeter's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lampeter ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
Where Lampeter ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,106 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lampeter
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lampeter home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $99,542; 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 Lampeter's effective rate of 1.37%, 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 Lampeter
Lampeter runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lampeter.
Who works in Lampeter, and how
Work in Lampeter centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Lampeter
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lampeter.
What the weather is like in Lampeter, month by month
Lampeter 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 Lampeter
The nearest airport, Lancaster, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 53 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lampeter
Schools across Lampeter average an A−, better than 82% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Martin Meylin MsA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Lampeter-strasburg ShsB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lampeter school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lampeter 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 Lampeter against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lampeter
Is Lampeter a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lampeter ranks 1,818th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, low crime, and few empty homes, and lowest on the weather and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lampeter expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $363,913. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $99,542 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Lampeter safe?
Yes, Lampeter is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $108 per resident a year.
Compare Lampeter with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lampeter. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lampeter 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.
Lampeter detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lampeter: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lampeter: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lampeter: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lampeter: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lampeter 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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