Best PlacesOrwin, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Orwin, 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.
Orwin ranks 18,578th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Orwin
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.
Orwin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Orwin ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 78% of towns
Where Orwin ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 20% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Orwin
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Orwin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,133, 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 Orwin's effective rate of 1.01%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Orwin
Orwin runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Orwin.
Who works in Orwin, and how
Work in Orwin centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Orwin
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Orwin.
What the weather is like in Orwin, month by month
Orwin sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Orwin
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Orwin
Schools across Orwin average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Williams Valley El SchA− · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Williams Valley JshsB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Orwin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Orwin 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 Orwin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Orwin
Is Orwin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Orwin ranks 18,578th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, fast internet, and big-city access, and lowest on education levels and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Orwin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $165,594. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $84,133 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Orwin safe?
Orwin is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $311 per resident a year.
Compare Orwin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Orwin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Orwin 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.
Orwin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Orwin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Orwin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Orwin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Orwin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Orwin 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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