Best Neighborhoods in Lansdale, PA
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lansdale, 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.
Lansdale ranks 360th of 2,098 U.S. small cities on the BestNeighborhood index, and 26th of 71 Pennsylvania small cities. It scores best on good schools, and noise is the weak spot.
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Map of the best neighborhoods in Lansdale
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.
Lansdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lansdale ranks high
- School gradeA−, better than 84% of small cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 76% of small cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 85% of small cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 74% of small cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 79% of small cities
Where Lansdale ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 16% of small cities
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 26% of small cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 22% of small cities
- Short commute27.2 minutes each way, better than only 43% of small cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of small cities
What it costs to buy a home in Lansdale
A household needs to earn about $119,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lansdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $115,895; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.7% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-08-20 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 Lansdale's effective rate of 1.10%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lansdale
Lansdale runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lansdale.
Who works in Lansdale, and how
Work in Lansdale centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Lansdale
Lansdale has more parkland per resident than 90% of small cities. That concentrates in some parts of Lansdale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lansdale, month by month
Lansdale sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Lansdale
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 25 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lansdale
Schools across Lansdale average an A−, better than 84% of small cities.
Top elementary schools
- Worcester El SchA+ · 82% proficient
- Montgomery El SchA · 73% proficient
- Gwynedd Square El SchA · 72% proficient
Top middle schools
- Skyview Upper El SchA · 65% proficient
- Pennbrook MsA · 64% proficient
- Pennfield MsB+ · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Methacton HsA · 68% proficient
- North Penn ShsA− · 66% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lansdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lansdale 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 Lansdale against the other 2,097 small cities.
Who Lansdale suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 76% of small cities and 21% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Lansdale
Is Lansdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lansdale ranks 360th of 2,098 small cities, and 26th of 71 Pennsylvania small cities. It scores highest on good schools, what local pay buys, and health care access, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lansdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $434,139. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $115,895 median income, cost of living beats 76% of small cities.
Is Lansdale safe?
Yes, Lansdale is safer than 74% of small cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $211 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lansdale?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 25. That works out to about 70 pleasant days a year, more than 26% of small cities.
Is Lansdale good for families?
Schools beat 84% of small cities, crime safety beats 74%, and childcare runs $1,296 a month.
Compare Lansdale with other small cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lansdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lansdale 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.
Lansdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lansdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lansdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lansdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lansdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lansdale 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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