Best PlacesSlate Hill, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Slate Hill, 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.
Slate Hill ranks 7,145th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Slate Hill
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.
Slate Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Slate Hill ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 89% of towns
Where Slate Hill ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Slate Hill
A household needs to earn about $99,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Slate Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $98,125; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Slate Hill's effective rate of 1.32%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Slate Hill
Slate Hill 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 Slate Hill.
Who works in Slate Hill, and how
Work in Slate Hill centers on education and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Slate Hill
The coast is about 39 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Slate Hill, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Slate Hill, month by month
Slate Hill sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, 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 | 44° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Slate Hill
The nearest airport, Lancaster, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 45 miles away.
The best schools in and around Slate Hill
Schools across Slate Hill average an A, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clermont El SchA+ · 75% proficient
- Delta-peach Bottom El SchA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Swift MsB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Solanco HsA+ · 85% proficient
- Kennard-dale HsB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Slate Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Slate Hill 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 Slate Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Slate Hill
Is Slate Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Slate Hill ranks 7,145th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, big-city access, and civic engagement, and lowest on a weak job market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Slate Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $354,100. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $98,125 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Slate Hill safe?
Yes, Slate Hill is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $184 per resident a year.
Compare Slate Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Slate Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Slate Hill 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.
Slate Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Slate Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Slate Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Slate Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Slate Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Slate Hill 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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