Best PlacesSpring Grove, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spring Grove, 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 Grove ranks 2,618th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Spring Grove
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 Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spring Grove ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 91% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of towns
Where Spring Grove ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spring Grove
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spring Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $99,945, 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 Grove's effective rate of 1.67%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Spring Grove
Spring Grove runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Spring Grove.
Who works in Spring Grove, and how
Work in Spring Grove centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Spring Grove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Spring Grove.
What the weather is like in Spring Grove, month by month
Spring Grove sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 21° |
| April | 67° | 53° | 39° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Spring Grove
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 48 miles away.
The best schools in and around Spring Grove
Schools across Spring Grove average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- New Salem El SchA+ · 85% proficient
- Paradise El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Spring Grove El SchA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spring Grove Area MsA · 60% proficient
- Emory H Markle MsA− · 55% proficient
- Southern MsA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Spring Grove Area HsA+ · 90% proficient
- Susquehannock HsA+ · 80% proficient
- South Western ShsC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spring Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spring Grove 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 Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spring Grove
Is Spring Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spring Grove ranks 2,618th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and big-city access, and lowest on property taxes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spring Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $283,483. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $99,945 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Spring Grove safe?
Yes, Spring Grove is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $118 per resident a year.
Compare Spring Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spring Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spring Grove 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 Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spring Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spring Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spring Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spring Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spring Grove 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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