Best PlacesMiddle Spring, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Middle Spring, 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.
Middle Spring ranks 8,357th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Middle Spring
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.
Middle Spring's strengths and weaknesses
Where Middle Spring ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 84% of towns
Where Middle Spring ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Middle Spring
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Middle Spring home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,042, 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 Middle Spring's effective rate of 0.93%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Middle Spring
Middle Spring runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Middle Spring.
Who works in Middle Spring, and how
Work in Middle Spring centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Middle Spring
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Middle Spring.
What the weather is like in Middle Spring, month by month
Middle Spring sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Middle Spring
The nearest airport, Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Middle Spring
Schools across Middle Spring average an A+, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shippensburg Intrm SchA+ · 81% proficient
Top high schools
- Shippensburg Area ShsA+ · 85% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Middle Spring school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Middle Spring 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 Middle Spring against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Middle Spring
Is Middle Spring a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Middle Spring ranks 8,357th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, big-city access, and low disaster risk, and lowest on noise and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Middle Spring expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $265,010. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $82,042 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Middle Spring safe?
Yes, Middle Spring is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $190 per resident a year.
Compare Middle Spring with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Middle Spring. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Middle Spring 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.
Middle Spring detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Middle Spring: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Middle Spring: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Middle Spring: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Middle Spring: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Middle Spring 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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