Best PlacesPaoli, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Paoli, 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.
Paoli ranks 29th 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 Paoli
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.
Paoli's strengths and weaknesses
Where Paoli ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$168,571 median, better than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
Where Paoli ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,310 a month, better than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Paoli
A household needs to earn about $164,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Paoli home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $168,571, 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 Paoli's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 Paoli
Paoli runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Paoli.
Who works in Paoli, and how
Work in Paoli centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 37%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Paoli
Paoli has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Paoli and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Paoli, month by month
Paoli sees roughly 73 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 Paoli
Philadelphia International sits about 18 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 Paoli
Schools across Paoli average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Valley Forge El SchA+ · 98% proficient
- Beaumont El SchA+ · 98% proficient
- East Bradford El SchA+ · 95% proficient
Top middle schools
- Valley Forge MsA+ · 90% proficient
- Tredyffrin-easttown MsA+ · 85% proficient
- Marsh Creek Sixth Grade CenterA+ · 68% proficient
Top high schools
- Downingtown Stem AcademyA+ · 98% proficient
- Great Valley HsA+ · 90% proficient
- Conestoga ShsA+ · 89% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Paoli school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Paoli 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 Paoli against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Paoli
Is Paoli a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Paoli ranks 29th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, good schools, and an educated workforce, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Paoli expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $608,177. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $168,571 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Paoli safe?
Yes, Paoli is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $171 per resident a year.
Compare Paoli with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Paoli. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Paoli 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.
Paoli detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Paoli: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Paoli: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Paoli: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Paoli: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Paoli 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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