Best PlacesPenns Beach, Pennsville, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Penns Beach, Pennsville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Penns Beach, Pennsville ranks 3,920th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Penns Beach, Pennsville
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.
Penns Beach, Pennsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Penns Beach, Pennsville ranks high
- QuietBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 72% of neighborhoods
Where Penns Beach, Pennsville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Penns Beach, Pennsville
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Penns Beach, Pennsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,595, 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 Penns Beach, Pennsville's effective rate of 3.54%, 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 Penns Beach, Pennsville
Penns Beach, Pennsville's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Penns Beach, Pennsville.
Who works in Penns Beach, Pennsville, and how
Work in Penns Beach, Pennsville centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Penns Beach, Pennsville
Penns Beach, Pennsville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Penns Beach, Pennsville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Penns Beach, Pennsville, month by month
Penns Beach, Pennsville sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 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° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Penns Beach, Pennsville
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 22 miles away.
The best schools in and around Penns Beach, Pennsville
Schools across Penns Beach, Pennsville average a D+, better than 22% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Penn Beach ElementaryC− · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Pennsville Memorial High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Penns Beach, Pennsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Penns Beach, Pennsville 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 Penns Beach, Pennsville against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Penns Beach, Pennsville
Is Penns Beach, Pennsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Penns Beach, Pennsville ranks 3,920th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on quiet, low crime, and tree cover, and lowest on property taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Penns Beach, Pennsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $209,858. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $83,595 median income, cost of living beats 60% of neighborhoods.
Is Penns Beach, Pennsville safe?
Yes, Penns Beach, Pennsville is safer than 89% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $167 per resident a year.
Compare Penns Beach, Pennsville with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Penns Beach, Pennsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Penns Beach, Pennsville 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.
Penns Beach, Pennsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Penns Beach, Pennsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Penns Beach, Pennsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Penns Beach, Pennsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Penns Beach, Pennsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Penns Beach, Pennsville 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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