Best PlacesLittlestown, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Littlestown, 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.
Littlestown ranks 8,678th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Littlestown
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.
Littlestown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Littlestown ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
Where Littlestown ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- Short commute33.5 minutes each way, better than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Littlestown
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Littlestown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,537, 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 Littlestown's effective rate of 1.27%, 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 Littlestown
Littlestown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Littlestown.
Who works in Littlestown, and how
Work in Littlestown centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Littlestown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Littlestown.
What the weather is like in Littlestown, month by month
Littlestown sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 35° | 29° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 70° | 60° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Littlestown
The nearest airport, Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 46 miles away.
The best schools in and around Littlestown
Schools across Littlestown average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lincoln El SchA · 62% proficient
- Alloway Creek El SchA− · 56% proficient
- Conewago Twp El SchB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Maple Avenue MsB+ · 48% proficient
- Gettysburg Area MsB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Littlestown ShsB+ · 53% proficient
- Gettysburg Area HsB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Littlestown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Littlestown 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 Littlestown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Littlestown
Is Littlestown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Littlestown ranks 8,678th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, few empty homes, and low crime, and lowest on property taxes and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Littlestown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $290,271. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $86,537 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Littlestown safe?
Yes, Littlestown is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $149 per resident a year.
Compare Littlestown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Littlestown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Littlestown 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.
Littlestown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Littlestown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Littlestown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Littlestown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Littlestown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Littlestown 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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