Best PlacesYellow House, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yellow House, 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.
Yellow House ranks 3,982nd 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 Yellow House
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.
Yellow House's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yellow House ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 89% of towns
Where Yellow House ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% 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 Yellow House
A household needs to earn about $108,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yellow House home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $96,036, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Yellow House's effective rate of 1.94%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Yellow House
Yellow House 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 Yellow House.
Who works in Yellow House, and how
Work in Yellow House centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Yellow House
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yellow House.
What the weather is like in Yellow House, month by month
Yellow House 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 Yellow House
The nearest airport, Lehigh Valley International, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 42 miles away.
The best schools in and around Yellow House
Schools across Yellow House average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oley Valley El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Daniel Boone Area Intermediate CntrB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oley Valley MsA− · 55% proficient
- Daniel Boone Area MsB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Oley Valley ShsA+ · 95% proficient
- Daniel Boone Area HsA · 69% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yellow House school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yellow House 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 Yellow House against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yellow House
Is Yellow House a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yellow House ranks 3,982nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, big-city access, and health care 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 Yellow House expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $359,210. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $96,036 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Yellow House safe?
Yes, Yellow House is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $197 per resident a year.
Compare Yellow House with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yellow House. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yellow House 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.
Yellow House detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yellow House: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yellow House: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yellow House: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yellow House: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yellow House 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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