Best PlacesShawnee On Delaware, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shawnee On Delaware, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Shawnee On Delaware ranks 35,114th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Shawnee On Delaware
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.
Shawnee On Delaware's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shawnee On Delaware ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Shawnee On Delaware ranks low
- Short commute58.8 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shawnee On Delaware
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shawnee On Delaware home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,193, 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 Shawnee On Delaware's effective rate of 1.88%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Shawnee On Delaware
Shawnee On Delaware runs younger 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 Shawnee On Delaware.
Who works in Shawnee On Delaware, and how
Work in Shawnee On Delaware centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 27%
Life in Shawnee On Delaware
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shawnee On Delaware.
What the weather is like in Shawnee On Delaware, month by month
Shawnee On Delaware sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 25° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Shawnee On Delaware
The nearest airport, Lehigh Valley International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shawnee On Delaware
Schools across Shawnee On Delaware average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Smithfield El SchB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- J T Lambert Intermediate SchC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- East Stroudsburg Shs SouthC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shawnee On Delaware school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shawnee On Delaware 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 Shawnee On Delaware against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shawnee On Delaware
Is Shawnee On Delaware a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shawnee On Delaware ranks 35,114th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, population health, and big-city access, and lowest on long commutes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shawnee On Delaware expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $186,500. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $83,193 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Shawnee On Delaware safe?
Shawnee On Delaware is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $467 per resident a year.
Compare Shawnee On Delaware with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shawnee On Delaware. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shawnee On Delaware 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.
Shawnee On Delaware detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shawnee On Delaware: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shawnee On Delaware: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shawnee On Delaware: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shawnee On Delaware: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shawnee On Delaware 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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