Best PlacesShermans Dale, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shermans Dale, 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.
Shermans Dale ranks 9,437th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Shermans Dale
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.
Shermans Dale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shermans Dale ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Shermans Dale ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Short commute32.6 minutes each way, better than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shermans Dale
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shermans Dale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,580, 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 Shermans Dale's effective rate of 1.13%, 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 Shermans Dale
Shermans Dale runs older 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 Shermans Dale.
Who works in Shermans Dale, and how
Work in Shermans Dale centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Shermans Dale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shermans Dale.
What the weather is like in Shermans Dale, month by month
Shermans Dale sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Shermans Dale
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shermans Dale
Schools across Shermans Dale average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- New Bloomfield El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Susquenita El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Green Ridge El SchA+ · 77% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eagle View MsA · 60% proficient
- West Perry MsA− · 55% proficient
- Susquenita MsB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- West Perry ShsA · 75% proficient
- Huntingdon Area ShsA− · 65% proficient
- Cumberland Valley HsA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shermans Dale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shermans Dale 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 Shermans Dale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shermans Dale
Is Shermans Dale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shermans Dale ranks 9,437th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, good schools, and big-city access, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shermans Dale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $274,892. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $82,580 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Shermans Dale safe?
Yes, Shermans Dale is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $160 per resident a year.
Compare Shermans Dale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shermans Dale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shermans Dale 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.
Shermans Dale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shermans Dale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shermans Dale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shermans Dale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shermans Dale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shermans Dale 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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