Best PlacesMontgomery Ferry, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Montgomery Ferry, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Montgomery Ferry ranks 19,724th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on big-city access, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Montgomery Ferry
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.
Montgomery Ferry's strengths and weaknesses
Where Montgomery Ferry ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 85% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 80% of towns
Where Montgomery Ferry ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 17% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Montgomery Ferry
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Montgomery Ferry home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,620, 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 Montgomery Ferry's effective rate of 1.14%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Montgomery Ferry
Montgomery Ferry runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Montgomery Ferry.
Who works in Montgomery Ferry, and how
Work in Montgomery Ferry centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Montgomery Ferry
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Montgomery Ferry.
What the weather is like in Montgomery Ferry, month by month
Montgomery Ferry sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 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 | 69° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Montgomery Ferry
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 92 miles away.
The best schools in and around Montgomery Ferry
Schools across Montgomery Ferry average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Susquenita El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Halifax Area El SchA− · 57% proficient
- Newport El SchB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Susquenita MsB+ · 50% proficient
- Newport MsB · 44% proficient
- Halifax Area MsC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Halifax Area HsB · 50% proficient
- Newport HsC+ · 40% proficient
- Susquenita HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Montgomery Ferry school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Montgomery Ferry 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 Montgomery Ferry against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Montgomery Ferry
Is Montgomery Ferry a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Montgomery Ferry ranks 19,724th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, low crime, and population health, and lowest on the weather and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Montgomery Ferry expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $223,363. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $80,620 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Montgomery Ferry safe?
Yes, Montgomery Ferry is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $191 per resident a year.
Compare Montgomery Ferry with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Montgomery Ferry. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Montgomery Ferry 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.
Montgomery Ferry detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Montgomery Ferry: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Montgomery Ferry: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Montgomery Ferry: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Montgomery Ferry: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Montgomery Ferry 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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