Best PlacesZieglerville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Zieglerville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Zieglerville ranks 9,031st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Zieglerville
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.
Zieglerville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Zieglerville ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Zieglerville ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,296 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Zieglerville
A household needs to earn about $132,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Zieglerville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $88,432, 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 Zieglerville's effective rate of 1.39%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Zieglerville
Zieglerville 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 Zieglerville.
Who works in Zieglerville, and how
Work in Zieglerville centers on retail trade and finance & insurance. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Zieglerville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Zieglerville.
What the weather is like in Zieglerville, month by month
Zieglerville sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Zieglerville
The nearest airport, Lehigh Valley International, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 33 miles away.
The best schools in and around Zieglerville
Schools across Zieglerville average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Schwenksville El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- New Hanover-upper Frederick ElA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Perkiomen Valley Ms-westA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Perkiomen Valley HsA+ · 80% proficient
- Upper Perkiomen HsA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Zieglerville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Zieglerville 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 Zieglerville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Zieglerville
Is Zieglerville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Zieglerville ranks 9,031st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, good schools, and civic engagement, and lowest on childcare costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Zieglerville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $469,365. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $88,432 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Zieglerville safe?
Yes, Zieglerville is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $209 per resident a year.
Compare Zieglerville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Zieglerville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Zieglerville 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.
Zieglerville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Zieglerville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Zieglerville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Zieglerville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Zieglerville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Zieglerville 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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