Best PlacesMount Wolf, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Wolf, 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.
Mount Wolf ranks 5,700th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mount Wolf
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 Wolf's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Wolf ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 92% of towns
Where Mount Wolf ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Wolf
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Wolf home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,064, 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 Mount Wolf's effective rate of 1.62%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mount Wolf
Mount Wolf'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 Mount Wolf.
Who works in Mount Wolf, and how
Work in Mount Wolf centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Mount Wolf
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mount Wolf.
What the weather is like in Mount Wolf, month by month
Mount Wolf sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Mount Wolf
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mount Wolf
Schools across Mount Wolf average an A, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mt Wolf El SchA · 70% proficient
- Kreutz Creek El SchA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Shallow Brook Inter SchA+ · 85% proficient
- Spring Forge Intrd SchA+ · 69% proficient
- Northeastern MsA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Northeastern ShsB · 50% proficient
- Eastern York HsB− · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Wolf school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Wolf 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 Wolf against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mount Wolf
Is Mount Wolf a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Wolf ranks 5,700th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, population health, and big-city access, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mount Wolf expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $241,700. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $93,064 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Mount Wolf safe?
Yes, Mount Wolf is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $129 per resident a year.
Compare Mount Wolf with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Wolf. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Wolf 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 Wolf detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Wolf: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Wolf: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Wolf: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Wolf: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Wolf 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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