Best PlacesMount Airy, Philadelphia, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Airy, 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.
Mount Airy, Philadelphia ranks 2,206th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mount Airy, 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.
Mount Airy, Philadelphia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Airy, Philadelphia ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
Where Mount Airy, Philadelphia ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Short commute32.6 minutes each way, better than only 11% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Airy, Philadelphia
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Airy, Philadelphia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $89,034, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Mount Airy, Philadelphia's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 Mount Airy, Philadelphia
Mount Airy, Philadelphia runs older 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 Mount Airy, Philadelphia.
Who works in Mount Airy, Philadelphia, and how
Work in Mount Airy, 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 52%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 20%
Life in Mount Airy, Philadelphia
Mount Airy, Philadelphia has more parkland per resident than 67% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Mount Airy, Philadelphia and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mount Airy, Philadelphia, month by month
Mount Airy, Philadelphia sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Mount Airy, Philadelphia
Philadelphia International sits about 13 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 Mount Airy, Philadelphia
Schools across Mount Airy, Philadelphia average a C, better than 52% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Henry Charles W SchB− · 40% proficient
- Emlen Eleanor C SchD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Amy At MartinD+ · 25% proficient
- Amy NwF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Arts Academy At Benjamin RushA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Airy, Philadelphia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Airy, 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 Mount Airy, Philadelphia against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Mount Airy, Philadelphia suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 72% of neighborhoods and 28% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Mount Airy, Philadelphia
Is Mount Airy, Philadelphia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Airy, Philadelphia ranks 2,206th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on health care access, big-city access, and civic engagement, and lowest on taxes and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mount Airy, Philadelphia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $399,157. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $89,034 median income, cost of living beats 72% of neighborhoods.
Is Mount Airy, Philadelphia safe?
Mount Airy, Philadelphia is safer than 16% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $629 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Mount Airy, Philadelphia?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 25. That works out to about 73 pleasant days a year, more than 29% of neighborhoods.
Is Mount Airy, Philadelphia good for families?
Schools beat 52% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 16%, and childcare runs $1,021 a month.
Compare Mount Airy, Philadelphia with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Airy, Philadelphia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Airy, 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.
Mount Airy, Philadelphia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Airy, Philadelphia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Airy, Philadelphia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Airy, Philadelphia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Airy, Philadelphia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Airy, 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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