Best PlacesMarcus Hook, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Marcus Hook, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Marcus Hook ranks 17,235th 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 Marcus Hook
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.
Marcus Hook's strengths and weaknesses
Where Marcus Hook ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
Where Marcus Hook ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Marcus Hook
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Marcus Hook home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,030, 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 Marcus Hook's effective rate of 2.06%, 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 Marcus Hook
Marcus Hook's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Marcus Hook.
Who works in Marcus Hook, and how
Work in Marcus Hook centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Marcus Hook
Marcus Hook has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of towns and more parkland per resident than 93% of towns. The coast is about 36 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Marcus Hook and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Marcus Hook, month by month
Marcus Hook sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Marcus Hook
Philadelphia International sits about 11 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 14.8 million passengers in 2025, with 179 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Marcus Hook
Schools across Marcus Hook average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bethel Springs El SchA · 70% proficient
- Aston El SchA · 70% proficient
- Boothwyn El SchB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Garnet Valley MsA · 61% proficient
- Chichester MsD+ · 24% proficient
- Talley Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Garnet Valley HsA+ · 87% proficient
- Chichester ShsC · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Marcus Hook school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Marcus Hook 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 Marcus Hook against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Marcus Hook
Is Marcus Hook a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Marcus Hook ranks 17,235th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, cell coverage, and walkability, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Marcus Hook expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $255,701. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $91,030 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Marcus Hook safe?
Marcus Hook is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $363 per resident a year.
Compare Marcus Hook with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Marcus Hook. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Marcus Hook 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.
Marcus Hook detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Marcus Hook: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Marcus Hook: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Marcus Hook: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Marcus Hook: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Marcus Hook 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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