Best PlacesPennsville, OH 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 36,943rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is 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
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 77% of towns
Where Pennsville ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$33,946 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute35.5 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pennsville
A household needs to earn about $28,000 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 $33,946, 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 0.81%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pennsville
Pennsville runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Pennsville.
Who works in Pennsville, and how
Work in Pennsville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. 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 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Pennsville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pennsville.
What the weather is like in Pennsville, month by month
Pennsville sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Pennsville
The nearest airport, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John Glenn Columbus International, about 62 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pennsville
Schools across Pennsville average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Morgan Junior High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Morgan High SchoolB · 48% 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 36,943rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, tree cover, and low disaster risk, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. 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 $105,184. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $33,946 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Pennsville safe?
Yes, Pennsville is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $215 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
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