Best PlacesPenryn, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Penryn, 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.
Penryn ranks 18,714th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Penryn
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.
Penryn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Penryn ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Penryn ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,106 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Penryn
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Penryn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $62,400; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Penryn's effective rate of 0.97%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Penryn
Penryn runs older 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 Penryn.
Who works in Penryn, and how
Work in Penryn centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Penryn
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Penryn.
What the weather is like in Penryn, month by month
Penryn sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Penryn
The nearest airport, Lancaster, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Penryn
Schools across Penryn average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Doe Run El SchA− · 61% proficient
Top middle schools
- Manheim Central MsB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Manheim Central ShsB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Penryn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Penryn 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 Penryn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Penryn
Is Penryn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Penryn ranks 18,714th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, cell coverage, and big-city access, and lowest on biking and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Penryn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $257,994. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $62,400 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Penryn safe?
Yes, Penryn is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $124 per resident a year.
Compare Penryn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Penryn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Penryn 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.
Penryn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Penryn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Penryn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Penryn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Penryn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Penryn 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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