Best PlacesWernersville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wernersville, 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.
Wernersville ranks 4,852nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wernersville
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.
Wernersville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wernersville ranks high
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
Where Wernersville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wernersville
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wernersville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,934, 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 Wernersville's effective rate of 1.69%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wernersville
Wernersville runs older than the country, 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 Wernersville.
Who works in Wernersville, and how
Work in Wernersville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Wernersville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wernersville.
What the weather is like in Wernersville, month by month
Wernersville sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Wernersville
The nearest airport, Lancaster, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 55 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wernersville
Schools across Wernersville average a B, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Green Valley El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Conrad Weiser East El SchA · 68% proficient
- Conrad Weiser West El SchB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wilson West MsA · 60% proficient
- Conrad Weiser MsC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Wilson HsB+ · 57% proficient
- Conrad Weiser HsB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wernersville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wernersville 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 Wernersville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wernersville
Is Wernersville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wernersville ranks 4,852nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, few empty homes, 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 Wernersville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $302,565. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $94,934 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Wernersville safe?
Yes, Wernersville is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $141 per resident a year.
Compare Wernersville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wernersville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wernersville 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.
Wernersville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wernersville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wernersville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wernersville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wernersville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wernersville 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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