Best PlacesPhoenixville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Phoenixville, 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.
Phoenixville ranks 145th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Phoenixville
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.
Phoenixville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Phoenixville ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of cities
- Household income$139,136 median, better than 87% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 87% of cities
Where Phoenixville ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 26% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 27% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 27% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Phoenixville
A household needs to earn about $126,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Phoenixville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $139,136, 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 Phoenixville's effective rate of 1.30%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Phoenixville
Phoenixville'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 Phoenixville.
Who works in Phoenixville, and how
Work in Phoenixville centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Phoenixville
Phoenixville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of cities and more parkland per resident than 86% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Phoenixville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Phoenixville, month by month
Phoenixville sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Phoenixville
Philadelphia International sits about 23 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 14.8 million passengers in 2025, with 179 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Phoenixville
Schools across Phoenixville average a B+, better than 78% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Valley Forge El SchA+ · 98% proficient
- Penn Wood El SchA+ · 98% proficient
- East Vincent El SchA+ · 95% proficient
Top middle schools
- Valley Forge MsA+ · 90% proficient
- Owen J Roberts MsA+ · 70% proficient
- Great Valley MsA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Spring-ford Shs 9-12 CtrA+ · 98% proficient
- Great Valley HsA+ · 90% proficient
- Conestoga ShsA+ · 89% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Phoenixville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Phoenixville 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 Phoenixville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Phoenixville suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 91% of cities and 28% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Phoenixville
Is Phoenixville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Phoenixville ranks 145th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on health care access, what local pay buys, and population health, and lowest on state infrastructure and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Phoenixville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $451,054. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $139,136 median income, cost of living beats 91% of cities.
Is Phoenixville safe?
Yes, Phoenixville is safer than 84% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $184 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Phoenixville?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 22. That works out to about 66 pleasant days a year, more than 19% of cities.
Is Phoenixville good for families?
Schools beat 78% of cities, crime safety beats 84%, and childcare runs $1,309 a month.
Compare Phoenixville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Phoenixville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Phoenixville 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.
Phoenixville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Phoenixville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Phoenixville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Phoenixville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Phoenixville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Phoenixville 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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