Best PlacesPenndel, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Penndel, 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.
Penndel ranks 8,208th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Penndel
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.
Penndel's strengths and weaknesses
Where Penndel ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
Where Penndel ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,200 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Penndel
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Penndel home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $79,660, 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 Penndel's effective rate of 1.26%, 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 Penndel
Penndel runs younger 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 Penndel.
Who works in Penndel, and how
Work in Penndel centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Penndel
Penndel has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Penndel and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Penndel, month by month
Penndel sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Penndel
The nearest airport, Trenton Mercer, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 26 miles away.
The best schools in and around Penndel
Schools across Penndel average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hoover El SchA · 62% proficient
- Schweitzer El SchA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Maple Point MsB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Neshaminy HsA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Penndel school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Penndel 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 Penndel against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Penndel
Is Penndel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Penndel ranks 8,208th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and cell coverage, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Penndel expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $361,328. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $79,660 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Penndel safe?
Penndel is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $288 per resident a year.
Compare Penndel with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Penndel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Penndel 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.
Penndel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Penndel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Penndel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Penndel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Penndel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Penndel 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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