State place rankings
Best Places in Pennsylvania
Compare places by General Quality score or population. Each place links to its sourced facts, scores, and local summary.
General Quality score
Best overall places
- st
Merion Station, PA
Census-designated place
- General Quality
- Population
- 5,788
- Median home value
- $886,600
- nd
Ardmore, PA
Census-designated place
- General Quality
- Population
- 13,909
- Median home value
- $453,100
- rd
Bethel Park, PA
Municipality
- General Quality
- Population
- 32,074
- Median home value
- $273,400
- th
Aspinwall, PA
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 2,809
- Median home value
- $378,800
- th
Narberth, PA
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 4,479
- Median home value
- $749,500
- th
Penn Wynne, PA
Census-designated place
- General Quality
- Population
- 6,070
- Median home value
- $555,500
- th
Conshohocken, PA
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 9,266
- Median home value
- $443,600
- th
Plum, PA
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 26,225
- Median home value
- $227,600
- th
Media, PA
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 5,920
- Median home value
- $467,800
- th
Villanova, PA
Census-designated place
- General Quality
- Population
- 9,186
- Median home value
- $946,400
- th
Fox Chapel, PA
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 5,139
- Median home value
- $900,600
- th
Forest Hills, PA
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 6,116
- Median home value
- $200,700
- th
Bala Cynwyd, PA
Census-designated place
- General Quality
- Population
- 10,227
- Median home value
- $640,400
- th
Camp Hill, PA
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 8,199
- Median home value
- $316,300
- th
Dormont, PA
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 7,816
- Median home value
- $221,800
- th
Pleasant Hills, PA
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 8,212
- Median home value
- $244,800
- th
Edgewood, PA (Borough)
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 2,997
- Median home value
- $327,400
- th
Murrysville, PA
Municipality
- General Quality
- Population
- 20,636
- Median home value
- $342,100
- th
Canonsburg, PA
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 9,529
- Median home value
- $213,200
- th
Castle Shannon, PA
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 8,006
- Median home value
- $190,300
- st
Lansdale, PA
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 18,986
- Median home value
- $343,800
- nd
Allison Park, PA
Census-designated place
- General Quality
- Population
- 22,045
- Median home value
- $346,900
- rd
Montgomeryville, PA
Census-designated place
- General Quality
- Population
- 13,388
- Median home value
- $471,000
- th
West Conshohocken, PA
Borough
- General Quality
- Population
- 1,498
- Median home value
- $475,500
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 11,470
- Median home value
- $198,600
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by General Quality score. General Quality is a balanced livability composite spanning safety, affordability, healthcare, climate, education, jobs, mobility, outdoors, taxes, and other core factors.
Largest to smallest
Population-ranked places
- st
Philadelphia, PA
City
- Population
- 1,574,281
- Median home value
- $243,100
- Median rent
- $1,397
- nd
Pittsburgh, PA
City
- Population
- 307,632
- Median home value
- $205,800
- Median rent
- $1,261
- rd
Allentown, PA
City
- Population
- 126,044
- Median home value
- $206,600
- Median rent
- $1,317
- th
Reading, PA
City
- Population
- 95,832
- Median home value
- $121,300
- Median rent
- $1,067
- th
Erie, PA
City
- Population
- 91,838
- Median home value
- $115,200
- Median rent
- $870
- th
Bethlehem, PA
City
- Population
- 79,644
- Median home value
- $260,400
- Median rent
- $1,382
- th
Scranton, PA
City
- Population
- 75,514
- Median home value
- $158,100
- Median rent
- $1,048
- th
Lancaster, PA
City
- Population
- 58,366
- Median home value
- $219,500
- Median rent
- $1,240
- th
Levittown, PA
Census-designated place
- Population
- 50,926
- Median home value
- $341,300
- Median rent
- $1,556
- th
Harrisburg, PA
City
- Population
- 50,522
- Median home value
- $124,200
- Median rent
- $1,062
- th
York, PA
City
- Population
- 45,342
- Median home value
- $119,700
- Median rent
- $1,014
- th
Wilkes-Barre, PA
City
- Population
- 44,523
- Median home value
- $117,200
- Median rent
- $946
- th
Altoona, PA
City
- Population
- 42,347
- Median home value
- $119,900
- Median rent
- $819
- th
State College, PA
Borough
- Population
- 40,844
- Median home value
- $437,800
- Median rent
- $1,273
- th
Norristown, PA
Borough
- Population
- 35,911
- Median home value
- $213,900
- Median rent
- $1,422
- th
Chester, PA
City
- Population
- 33,996
- Median home value
- $83,100
- Median rent
- $1,091
- th
Bethel Park, PA
Municipality
- Population
- 32,074
- Median home value
- $273,400
- Median rent
- $1,311
- th
Drexel Hill, PA
Census-designated place
- Population
- 30,451
- Median home value
- $266,400
- Median rent
- $1,357
- th
Easton, PA
City
- Population
- 30,402
- Median home value
- $196,300
- Median rent
- $1,325
- th
Hazleton, PA
City
- Population
- 30,286
- Median home value
- $151,600
- Median rent
- $1,089
- st
Monroeville, PA
Municipality
- Population
- 27,685
- Median home value
- $209,800
- Median rent
- $1,175
- nd
Williamsport, PA
City
- Population
- 27,384
- Median home value
- $154,300
- Median rent
- $855
- rd
Lebanon, PA
City
- Population
- 26,479
- Median home value
- $156,500
- Median rent
- $992
- th
Plum, PA
Borough
- Population
- 26,225
- Median home value
- $227,600
- Median rent
- $1,177
- th
King of Prussia, PA
Census-designated place
- Population
- 25,857
- Median home value
- $436,200
- Median rent
- $2,077
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by their latest available population estimate. Incorporated places and census-designated places are both eligible when they appear in the published location data.
Annual Census population estimates are used where available; ACS place estimates fill coverage gaps.