Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington

50 cities and suburbs across Philadelphia, each scored out of 100 on the same national scales. The metro's median home is $351,900 and its mean commute 28.7 min. Bala Cynwyd scores highest overall at 75. Brookside leads on cost of living.

Places

Median score

Poll responses

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Coverage

50 places
in Philadelphia

One of 50 metros graded so far, on the same national scales.

10 mi

20 mi

30 mi

Downtown Philadelphia

Downtown Camden

Bala Cynwyd

King of Prussia

Hockessin

West Chester

Horsham

Willow Grove

Phoenixville

Moorestown-Lenola

Lansdale

Middletown

Springdale

Newark

Marlton

Levittown

Collingswood

Echelon

Bear

Wilmington

Smyrna

Elkton

Glassboro

Philadelphia

Gloucester City

Sicklerville

Norristown

Pennsville

Pottstown

Coatesville

Chester

Camden

Lindenwold

Pine Hill

Dot size = overall scoreA B C D Positions plotted from place centroids · rings measured from Downtown Philadelphia

Every suburb of Philadelphia, ranked

#	Place	Score	Hous	Scho	Cost	Comm	Amen	Empl	Resi
1	Bala Cynwyd	75 B	B−	A+	C−	C+	A	B−	—
2	Ardmore	74 B	C	A+	B−	B−	A−	B−	—
3	King of Prussia	72 B−	C−	A−	B−	B	B	B−	—
4	Haddonfield	71 B−	B+	A	F	C−	B+	A−	—
5	Hockessin	71 B−	A	C+	C+	B	D+	B+	—
6	Montgomeryville	71 B−	B−	B+	B−	D+	B	B	—
7	Broomall	71 B−	B−	A	B−	C−	B	C+	—
8	West Chester	69 B−	D	A	B−	B	A−	D	—
9	Horsham	68 B−	C−	A−	B−	C+	C+	B−	—
10	Willow Grove	68 B−	C−	B+	B−	C	B	C+	—
11	Phoenixville	67 C+	C−	B+	B−	C	B−	B−	—
12	Moorestown-Lenola	66 C+	B−	A	D+	C+	C+	C−	—
13	Lansdale	65 C+	D	B+	B	C−	B	C+	—
14	Pike Creek Valley	65 C+	C−	C	B+	B	C+	C−	—
15	Westmont	64 C+	C	B	C−	C+	B	C−	—
16	Greentree	64 C+	B−	B	D	C−	B−	B−	—
17	Middletown	63 C+	C	B+	B	D	C+	D+	—
18	Roslyn	62 C	C−	B+	B−	D−	A−	D−	—
19	Springdale	61 C	C−	B	D	C	B−	C+	—
20	Newark	61 C	D	D+	B+	B+	B+	F	—
21	Marlton	60 C	D+	B−	C	D+	B	C+	—
22	Cherry Hill Mall	60 C	C	B	D−	C−	B	D+	—
23	Levittown	60 C	C	C	B	D	C+	C−	—
24	Collingswood	60 C	D	C	C−	C	B+	C	—
25	Echelon	58 C	F	B	C	D+	B−	C	—
26	Bear	58 C	D+	D	B+	C+	C	C−	—
27	Brookside	57 C−	D−	D+	A−	C	C+	D	—
28	Glasgow	57 C−	C+	D+	B	D	D+	C−	—
29	Wilmington	54 C−	F	C−	A−	C+	C+	F	—
30	Bellmawr	53 C−	F	C−	C−	C	C	D+	—
31	Smyrna	52 D+	D	C−	A−	F	D+	D−	—
32	Elkton	51 D+	F	C	B−	D+	B−	F	—
33	Drexel Hill	51 D+	D−	D	C+	D	B+	D	—
34	Glassboro	50 D+	D	C−	D+	D+	C	F	—
35	Philadelphia	49 D+	F	D−	B	D	A−	F	—
36	Gloucester City	47 D	F	D	C−	C	C	D−	—
37	Sicklerville	46 D	D+	D	D+	F	D+	C−	—
38	Lansdowne	46 D	F	F	C+	F	B+	D−	—
39	Williamstown	46 D	D	C−	C−	F	F	D+	—
40	Norristown	46 D	F	D−	C+	D+	B−	F	—
41	Pennsville	46 D	F	D+	C	C−	D	F	—
42	Pottstown	46 D	F	F	C+	D	B	D−	—
43	Woodbury	45 D	F	D−	C+	C−	C−	F	—
44	Yeadon	42 D−	F	F	C+	D	A−	F	—
45	Coatesville	42 D−	F	D−	C	D+	D−	D−	—
46	Chester	41 D−	F	F	B	C+	B−	F	—
47	Camden	41 D−	F	F	C+	C	A−	F	—
48	Lindenwold	40 D−	F	F	C	D	C−	D	—
49	Pine Hill	38 D−	F	D	C−	F	F	F	—
50	Darby	35 F	F	F	C−	F	A−	F	—

— for Residents: fewer than 8 poll responses, so the category is not yet counted. Those places' overall scores are computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. 50 of 50 are currently below the threshold.

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8 head-to-heads

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5 guides

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