Best PlacesTrainer, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Trainer, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Trainer ranks 33,740th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Trainer
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.
Trainer's strengths and weaknesses
Where Trainer ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
Where Trainer ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Trainer
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Trainer home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,250, 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 Trainer's effective rate of 2.54%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Trainer
Trainer's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Trainer.
Who works in Trainer, and how
Work in Trainer centers on admin & support services and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Trainer
The coast is about 36 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Trainer, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Trainer, month by month
Trainer sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Trainer
Philadelphia International sits about 9 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 Trainer
Schools across Trainer average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Linwood El SchB− · 40% proficient
- Marcus Hook El SchC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chichester MsD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Sun Valley HsA− · 60% proficient
- Chichester ShsC · 30% proficient
- Stem At ShowalterD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Trainer school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Trainer 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 Trainer against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Trainer
Is Trainer a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Trainer ranks 33,740th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, transit, and big-city access, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Trainer expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $119,800. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $81,250 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Trainer safe?
Trainer is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $413 per resident a year.
Compare Trainer with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Trainer. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Trainer 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.
Trainer detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Trainer: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Trainer: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Trainer: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Trainer: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Trainer 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.