Best PlacesYorklyn, DE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yorklyn, 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.
Yorklyn ranks 3,831st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Yorklyn
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.
Yorklyn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yorklyn ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$137,024 median, better than 96% of towns
Where Yorklyn ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,109 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 17% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 18% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yorklyn
A household needs to earn about $269,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yorklyn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $137,024, 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 Yorklyn's effective rate of 0.71%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Yorklyn
Yorklyn runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Yorklyn.
Who works in Yorklyn, and how
Work in Yorklyn centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 46%
- Work from home 38%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Yorklyn
The coast is about 35 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Yorklyn, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Yorklyn, month by month
Yorklyn sees roughly 107 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 64° | 52° | 43° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Yorklyn
The nearest airport, New Castle, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 24 miles away.
The best schools in and around Yorklyn
Schools across Yorklyn average a C−, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- William F. Cooke Jr. ElementaryB · 49% proficient
- Brandywine Springs SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dupont (h.b.) Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Dupont (alexis I.) Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Dupont (alexis I.) High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Mckean (thomas) High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yorklyn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yorklyn 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 Yorklyn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yorklyn
Is Yorklyn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yorklyn ranks 3,831st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, health care access, and state infrastructure, and lowest on a weak job market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yorklyn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,041,200. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $137,024 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Yorklyn safe?
Yorklyn is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $271 per resident a year.
Compare Yorklyn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yorklyn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yorklyn 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.
Yorklyn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yorklyn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yorklyn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yorklyn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yorklyn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yorklyn 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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