Best PlacesSipes Mill, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sipes Mill, 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.
Sipes Mill ranks 20,114th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sipes Mill
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.
Sipes Mill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sipes Mill ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 85% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Sipes Mill ranks low
- Short commute37.2 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sipes Mill
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sipes Mill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,074, 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 Sipes Mill's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sipes Mill
Sipes Mill runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sipes Mill.
Who works in Sipes Mill, and how
Work in Sipes Mill centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Sipes Mill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sipes Mill.
What the weather is like in Sipes Mill, month by month
Sipes Mill sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 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 | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Sipes Mill
The nearest airport, Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 75 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sipes Mill
Schools across Sipes Mill average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Southern Fulton El SchA · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Southern Fulton JshsB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sipes Mill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sipes Mill 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 Sipes Mill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sipes Mill
Is Sipes Mill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sipes Mill ranks 20,114th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and big-city access, and lowest on long commutes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sipes Mill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $198,700. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $64,074 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Sipes Mill safe?
Yes, Sipes Mill is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $148 per resident a year.
Compare Sipes Mill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sipes Mill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sipes Mill 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.
Sipes Mill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sipes Mill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sipes Mill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sipes Mill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sipes Mill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sipes Mill 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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