Best PlacesSpring City, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spring City, 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.
Spring City ranks 877th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Spring City
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.
Spring City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spring City ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$131,797 median, better than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
Where Spring City ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,310 a month, better than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spring City
A household needs to earn about $120,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spring City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $131,797, 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 Spring City's effective rate of 1.39%, 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 Spring City
Spring City runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Spring City.
Who works in Spring City, and how
Work in Spring City centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Spring City
Spring City has more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Spring City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Spring City, month by month
Spring City sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Spring City
Philadelphia International sits about 27 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 14.8 million passengers in 2025, with 179 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Spring City
Schools across Spring City average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Vincent El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- French Creek El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Brooke El SchA+ · 90% proficient
Top middle schools
- Owen J Roberts MsA+ · 70% proficient
- Phoenixville Area MsA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Spring-ford Shs 9-12 CtrA+ · 98% proficient
- Owen J Roberts HsA · 70% proficient
- Phoenixville Area HsD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spring City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spring City 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 Spring City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spring City
Is Spring City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spring City ranks 877th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, big-city access, and transit, and lowest on childcare costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spring City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $423,150. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $131,797 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Spring City safe?
Yes, Spring City is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $192 per resident a year.
Compare Spring City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spring City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spring City 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.
Spring City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spring City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spring City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spring City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spring City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spring City 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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