Best PlacesQuakertown, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Quakertown, 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.
Quakertown ranks 533rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and transit ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Quakertown
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.
Quakertown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Quakertown ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 96% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 87% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 82% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 79% of cities
Where Quakertown ranks low
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 23% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 29% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Quakertown
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Quakertown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,723, 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 Quakertown's effective rate of 1.26%, 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 Quakertown
Quakertown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Quakertown.
Who works in Quakertown, and how
Work in Quakertown centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Quakertown
Quakertown has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of cities and more parkland per resident than 89% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Quakertown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Quakertown, month by month
Quakertown sees roughly 77 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 Quakertown
The nearest airport, Lehigh Valley International, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 40 miles away.
The best schools in and around Quakertown
Schools across Quakertown average an A, better than 96% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Trumbauersville El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- Springfield El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Durham-nockamixon El SchA+ · 90% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southern Lehigh Intermediate SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Southern Lehigh MsA+ · 75% proficient
- Pennridge North MsA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Palisades HsA+ · 90% proficient
- Quakertown Community HsA+ · 85% proficient
- Southern Lehigh ShsA · 79% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Quakertown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Quakertown 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 Quakertown against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Quakertown suits
Common questions about living in Quakertown
Is Quakertown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Quakertown ranks 533rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on good schools, civic engagement, and big-city access, and lowest on transit and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Quakertown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $350,917. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $100,723 median income, cost of living beats 61% of cities.
Is Quakertown safe?
Yes, Quakertown is safer than 79% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $197 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Quakertown?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 24. That works out to about 77 pleasant days a year, more than 40% of cities.
Is Quakertown good for families?
Schools beat 96% of cities, crime safety beats 79%, and childcare runs $1,200 a month.
Compare Quakertown with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Quakertown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Quakertown 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.
Quakertown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Quakertown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Quakertown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Quakertown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Quakertown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Quakertown 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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