Best PlacesPerkasie, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Perkasie, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Perkasie ranks 153rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Perkasie
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.
Perkasie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Perkasie ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 96% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of cities
Where Perkasie ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
- Short commute31.0 minutes each way, better than only 19% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 25% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Perkasie
A household needs to earn about $123,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Perkasie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $133,389, 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 Perkasie's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Perkasie
Perkasie'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 Perkasie.
Who works in Perkasie, and how
Work in Perkasie centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Perkasie
Perkasie has more parkland per resident than 84% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Perkasie and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Perkasie, month by month
Perkasie sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, 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 | 39° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Perkasie
The nearest airport, Lehigh Valley International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 35 miles away.
The best schools in and around Perkasie
Schools across Perkasie average an A, better than 96% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Sellersville El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- Seylar El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- Bedminster El SchA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pennridge North MsA+ · 70% proficient
- Pennridge South MsA · 60% proficient
- Pennridge Central MsA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Pennridge HsA · 78% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Perkasie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Perkasie 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 Perkasie against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Perkasie suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 86% of cities and 19% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Perkasie
Is Perkasie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Perkasie ranks 153rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on good schools, health care access, and low crime, and lowest on internet speeds and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Perkasie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $449,389. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $133,389 median income, cost of living beats 86% of cities.
Is Perkasie safe?
Yes, Perkasie is safer than 94% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $159 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Perkasie?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 24. That works out to about 70 pleasant days a year, more than 26% of cities.
Is Perkasie good for families?
Schools beat 96% of cities, crime safety beats 94%, and childcare runs $1,200 a month.
Compare Perkasie with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Perkasie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Perkasie 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.
Perkasie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Perkasie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Perkasie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Perkasie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Perkasie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Perkasie 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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