Best PlacesNew Hope, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Hope, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
New Hope ranks 422nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in New Hope
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.
New Hope's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Hope ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$185,779 median, better than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
Where New Hope ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,200 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- Short commute33.3 minutes each way, better than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Hope
A household needs to earn about $211,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Hope home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $185,779, 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 New Hope's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 New Hope
New Hope 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 New Hope.
Who works in New Hope, and how
Work in New Hope centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 54%
- Work from home 36%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in New Hope
New Hope has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns and more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of New Hope and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in New Hope, month by month
New Hope sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 90° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of New Hope
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 36 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Hope
Schools across New Hope average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gayman El SchA+ · 79% proficient
- General Wayne El SchA+ · 78% proficient
- Sol Feinstone El SchA+ · 78% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Hope-solebury MsA+ · 69% proficient
- Newtown MsA · 65% proficient
- Great Valley MsA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Great Valley HsA+ · 90% proficient
- New Hope-solebury HsA+ · 88% proficient
- Central Bucks Hs-eastA+ · 84% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Hope school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Hope 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 New Hope against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Hope
Is New Hope a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Hope ranks 422nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, high incomes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on the weather and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Hope expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $790,659. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $185,779 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is New Hope safe?
New Hope is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $281 per resident a year.
Compare New Hope with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Hope. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Hope 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.
New Hope detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Hope: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Hope: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Hope: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Hope: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Hope 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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