Best PlacesStacktown, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stacktown, 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.
Stacktown ranks 6,258th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Stacktown
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.
Stacktown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stacktown ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
Where Stacktown ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,106 a month, 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 Stacktown
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stacktown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,143, 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 Stacktown's effective rate of 1.34%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Stacktown
Stacktown runs younger 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 Stacktown.
Who works in Stacktown, and how
Work in Stacktown centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Stacktown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Stacktown.
What the weather is like in Stacktown, month by month
Stacktown sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Stacktown
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stacktown
Schools across Stacktown average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bainbridge El SchA · 65% proficient
- Bear Creek SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Richard Henry Lee ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Elizabethtown Area ShsC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stacktown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stacktown 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 Stacktown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stacktown
Is Stacktown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stacktown ranks 6,258th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, few empty homes, and big-city access, and lowest on the weather and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stacktown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $256,562. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $102,143 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Stacktown safe?
Yes, Stacktown is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $116 per resident a year.
Compare Stacktown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stacktown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stacktown 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.
Stacktown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stacktown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stacktown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stacktown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stacktown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stacktown 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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