Best PlacesPalmer Heights, Easton, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Palmer Heights, Easton, 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.
Palmer Heights, Easton ranks 1,806th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Palmer Heights, Easton
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.
Palmer Heights, Easton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Palmer Heights, Easton ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
Where Palmer Heights, Easton ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Palmer Heights, Easton
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Palmer Heights, Easton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $105,094, 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 Palmer Heights, Easton's effective rate of 1.48%, 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 Palmer Heights, Easton
Palmer Heights, Easton runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Palmer Heights, Easton.
Who works in Palmer Heights, Easton, and how
Work in Palmer Heights, Easton centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Palmer Heights, Easton
Palmer Heights, Easton has more parkland per resident than 94% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Palmer Heights, Easton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Palmer Heights, Easton, month by month
Palmer Heights, Easton sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 41, 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 | 41° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 40° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Palmer Heights, Easton
The nearest airport, Lehigh Valley International, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 57 miles away.
The best schools in and around Palmer Heights, Easton
Schools across Palmer Heights, Easton average a B−, better than 60% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Farmersville El SchA · 68% proficient
- Palmer El SchB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Hills MsB+ · 48% proficient
- Easton Area MsC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Freedom HsC · 35% proficient
- Easton Area HsC · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Palmer Heights, Easton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Palmer Heights, Easton 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 Palmer Heights, Easton against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Palmer Heights, Easton
Is Palmer Heights, Easton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Palmer Heights, Easton ranks 1,806th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on the weather and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Palmer Heights, Easton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $339,076. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $105,094 median income, cost of living beats 77% of neighborhoods.
Is Palmer Heights, Easton safe?
Yes, Palmer Heights, Easton is safer than 83% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $238 per resident a year.
Compare Palmer Heights, Easton with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Palmer Heights, Easton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Palmer Heights, Easton 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.
Palmer Heights, Easton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Palmer Heights, Easton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Palmer Heights, Easton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Palmer Heights, Easton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Palmer Heights, Easton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Palmer Heights, Easton 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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