Best PlacesPennsville, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around 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.
Pennsville ranks 29,585th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 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.
Pennsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pennsville ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 84% of towns
Where Pennsville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,338 a month, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pennsville
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pennsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,404, 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 Pennsville's effective rate of 3.17%, 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 Pennsville
Pennsville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pennsville.
Who works in Pennsville, and how
Work in 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 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pennsville
Pennsville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns and more parkland per resident than 95% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Pennsville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pennsville, month by month
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 Pennsville
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 21 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pennsville
Schools across Pennsville average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mannington Township Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Penn Beach ElementaryC− · 26% proficient
- Central Park Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pennsville Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Penns Grove Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Pennsville Memorial High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Penns Grove High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pennsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
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 Pennsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pennsville
Is Pennsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pennsville ranks 29,585th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and biking, 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 Pennsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,683. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $80,404 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Pennsville safe?
Yes, Pennsville is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $180 per resident a year.
Compare Pennsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pennsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 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.
Pennsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pennsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pennsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pennsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pennsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.