Best PlacesManheim, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Manheim, 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.
Manheim ranks 5,441st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Manheim
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.
Manheim's strengths and weaknesses
Where Manheim ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
Where Manheim ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,105 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Manheim
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Manheim home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,801, 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 Manheim's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 Manheim
Manheim runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Manheim.
Who works in Manheim, and how
Work in Manheim centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Manheim
Manheim has more parkland per resident than 85% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Manheim and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Manheim, month by month
Manheim 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 Manheim
The nearest airport, Lancaster, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Manheim
Schools across Manheim average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- John Beck El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- Lingle Avenue El SchA+ · 85% proficient
- Reidenbaugh El SchA+ · 77% proficient
Top middle schools
- Landisville Intrmd CtrA+ · 70% proficient
- Palmyra Area MsA · 63% proficient
- Warwick MsA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Warwick ShsA+ · 90% proficient
- Palmyra Area ShsA− · 60% proficient
- Cedar Crest HsA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Manheim school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Manheim 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 Manheim against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Manheim suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 75% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Manheim
Is Manheim a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Manheim ranks 5,441st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, low crime, and transit, and lowest on the weather and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Manheim expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $303,319. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $91,801 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Manheim safe?
Yes, Manheim is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $137 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Manheim?
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 4% of towns.
Is Manheim good for families?
Schools beat 74% of towns, crime safety beats 96%, and childcare runs $1,105 a month.
Compare Manheim with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Manheim. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Manheim 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.
Manheim detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Manheim: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Manheim: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Manheim: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Manheim: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Manheim 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.