Best PlacesThomasville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Thomasville, 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.
Thomasville ranks 5,608th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Thomasville
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.
Thomasville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Thomasville ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
Where Thomasville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 27% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Thomasville
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Thomasville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,078, 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 Thomasville's effective rate of 1.66%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Thomasville
Thomasville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Thomasville.
Who works in Thomasville, and how
Work in Thomasville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Thomasville
Thomasville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Thomasville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Thomasville, month by month
Thomasville 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 Thomasville
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around Thomasville
Schools across Thomasville average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Paradise El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Spring Grove El SchA+ · 75% proficient
- North Salem El SchA− · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spring Grove Area MsA · 60% proficient
- Dover Area MsB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Spring Grove Area HsA+ · 90% proficient
- Dover Area HsC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Thomasville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Thomasville 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 Thomasville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Thomasville
Is Thomasville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Thomasville ranks 5,608th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, few empty homes, and cell coverage, 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 Thomasville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $239,277. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $86,078 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Thomasville safe?
Yes, Thomasville is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $144 per resident a year.
Compare Thomasville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Thomasville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Thomasville 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.
Thomasville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Thomasville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Thomasville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Thomasville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Thomasville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Thomasville 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.