Best PlacesPine Tree Corners, DE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pine Tree Corners, 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.
Pine Tree Corners ranks 7,715th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pine Tree Corners
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.
Pine Tree Corners' strengths and weaknesses
Where Pine Tree Corners ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$153,485 median, better than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
Where Pine Tree Corners ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Short commute35.2 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,109 a month, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pine Tree Corners
A household needs to earn about $141,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pine Tree Corners home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $153,485, 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 Pine Tree Corners' effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Pine Tree Corners
Pine Tree Corners runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pine Tree Corners.
Who works in Pine Tree Corners, and how
Work in Pine Tree Corners centers on construction and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pine Tree Corners
The coast is about 16 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Pine Tree Corners, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pine Tree Corners, month by month
Pine Tree Corners sees roughly 60 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 Pine Tree Corners
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 39 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pine Tree Corners
Schools across Pine Tree Corners average a B, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Smyrna Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Meredith (everett) Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Redding (louis L.) Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Moore (john Bassett) SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Middletown High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Smyrna High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pine Tree Corners school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pine Tree Corners 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 Pine Tree Corners against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pine Tree Corners
Is Pine Tree Corners a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pine Tree Corners ranks 7,715th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, state infrastructure, and what local pay buys, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pine Tree Corners expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $554,358. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $153,485 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Pine Tree Corners safe?
Pine Tree Corners is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $457 per resident a year.
Compare Pine Tree Corners with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pine Tree Corners. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pine Tree Corners 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.
Pine Tree Corners detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pine Tree Corners: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pine Tree Corners: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pine Tree Corners: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pine Tree Corners: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pine Tree Corners 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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