Best PlacesMorris Park, Philadelphia, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Morris Park, Philadelphia, 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.
Morris Park, Philadelphia ranks 3,168th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on health care access.
The best neighborhoods in Morris Park, Philadelphia
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.
Morris Park, Philadelphia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Morris Park, Philadelphia ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
Where Morris Park, Philadelphia ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Short commute30.8 minutes each way, better than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Morris Park, Philadelphia
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Morris Park, Philadelphia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,769, 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 Morris Park, Philadelphia'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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Morris Park, Philadelphia
Morris Park, Philadelphia runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Morris Park, Philadelphia.
Who works in Morris Park, Philadelphia, and how
Work in Morris Park, Philadelphia centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 26%
Life in Morris Park, Philadelphia
Morris Park, Philadelphia has more parkland per resident than 80% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Morris Park, Philadelphia and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Morris Park, Philadelphia, month by month
Morris Park, Philadelphia 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 Morris Park, Philadelphia
Philadelphia International sits about 7 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 Morris Park, Philadelphia
Schools across Morris Park, Philadelphia average a C+, better than 58% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Penn Wynne SchA+ · 85% proficient
- Chatham Park El SchA+ · 82% proficient
- Ad Prima CsC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bala-cynwyd MsA+ · 77% proficient
- Haverford MsA · 64% proficient
- Amy At MartinD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Lower Merion HsA+ · 90% proficient
- Arts Academy At Benjamin RushA− · 65% proficient
- Haverford ShsB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Morris Park, Philadelphia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Morris Park, Philadelphia 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 Morris Park, Philadelphia against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Morris Park, Philadelphia suits
Common questions about living in Morris Park, Philadelphia
Is Morris Park, Philadelphia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Morris Park, Philadelphia ranks 3,168th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on health care access, big-city access, and transit, and lowest on taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Morris Park, Philadelphia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $221,720. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $72,769 median income, cost of living beats 52% of neighborhoods.
Is Morris Park, Philadelphia safe?
Morris Park, Philadelphia is safer than 20% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $604 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Morris Park, Philadelphia?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 27. That works out to about 65 pleasant days a year, more than 17% of neighborhoods.
Is Morris Park, Philadelphia good for families?
Schools beat 58% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 20%, and childcare runs $1,033 a month.
Compare Morris Park, Philadelphia with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Morris Park, Philadelphia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Morris Park, Philadelphia 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.
Morris Park, Philadelphia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Morris Park, Philadelphia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Morris Park, Philadelphia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Morris Park, Philadelphia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Morris Park, Philadelphia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Morris Park, Philadelphia 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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