Best PlacesLititz, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lititz, 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.
Lititz ranks 321st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lititz
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.
Lititz's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lititz ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 95% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of cities
Where Lititz ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 24% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 32% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 33% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Lititz
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lititz home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $109,600, 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 Lititz's effective rate of 1.20%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lititz
Lititz runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lititz.
Who works in Lititz, and how
Work in Lititz centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Lititz
Lititz has more parkland per resident than 82% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Lititz and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lititz, month by month
Lititz 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 Lititz
The nearest airport, Lancaster, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 59 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lititz
Schools across Lititz average an A, better than 95% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- John Beck El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- John R Bonfield El SchA+ · 85% proficient
- Nitrauer SchA+ · 79% proficient
Top middle schools
- Warwick MsA · 62% proficient
- Landis Run Intermediate SchoolA · 61% proficient
- Manheim Central MsB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Warwick ShsA+ · 90% proficient
- Ephrata ShsB+ · 53% proficient
- Manheim Twp HsB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lititz school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lititz 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 Lititz against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Lititz suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 71% of cities and 15% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Lititz
Is Lititz a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lititz ranks 321st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on good schools, low crime, and few empty homes, and lowest on the weather and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lititz expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $361,436. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $109,600 median income, cost of living beats 71% of cities.
Is Lititz safe?
Yes, Lititz is safer than 93% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $189 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lititz?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 24. That works out to about 56 pleasant days a year, more than 2% of cities.
Is Lititz good for families?
Schools beat 95% of cities, crime safety beats 93%, and childcare runs $1,106 a month.
Compare Lititz with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lititz. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lititz 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.
Lititz detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lititz: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lititz: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lititz: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lititz: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lititz 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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