Best PlacesNewtown Square, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Newtown Square, 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.
Newtown Square ranks 559th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Newtown Square
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.
Newtown Square's strengths and weaknesses
Where Newtown Square ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
Where Newtown Square ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,062 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Newtown Square
A household needs to earn about $174,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Newtown Square home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $140,531, 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 Newtown Square's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 Newtown Square
Newtown Square runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Newtown Square.
Who works in Newtown Square, and how
Work in Newtown Square centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Newtown Square
Newtown Square has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of towns and more parkland per resident than 80% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Newtown Square and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Newtown Square, month by month
Newtown Square sees roughly 71 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 Newtown Square
Philadelphia International sits about 12 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 Newtown Square
Schools across Newtown Square average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rose Tree El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Ithan El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Wayne El SchA+ · 90% proficient
Top middle schools
- Radnor MsA+ · 80% proficient
- Springton Lake MsA+ · 74% proficient
- Owen J Roberts MsA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Penncrest HsA+ · 95% proficient
- Radnor ShsA+ · 92% proficient
- Great Valley HsA+ · 90% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Newtown Square school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Newtown Square 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 Newtown Square against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Newtown Square suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 95% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 31% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Newtown Square
Is Newtown Square a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Newtown Square ranks 559th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, an educated workforce, and big-city access, and lowest on noise and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Newtown Square expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $638,252. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $140,531 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Newtown Square safe?
Yes, Newtown Square is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $193 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Newtown Square?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 25. That works out to about 71 pleasant days a year, more than 28% of towns.
Is Newtown Square good for families?
Schools beat 96% of towns, crime safety beats 77%, and childcare runs $1,062 a month.
Compare Newtown Square with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Newtown Square. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Newtown Square 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.
Newtown Square detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Newtown Square: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Newtown Square: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Newtown Square: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Newtown Square: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Newtown Square 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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