Living in Avon, PA
Avon is a small town of 1,397 people in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It's part of the Lebanon, PA area. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 37°F, with about 25 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $215k and rent runs about $946 a month.
1,397people
$215kTypical home
$946/moRent
85° / 37°Summer / winter
25"Snow
213Sunny days
121Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,397
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,015 people per sq mi
- 70 mi to Philadelphia, PA
- In the Lebanon, PA area
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $215k (≈$1,357/mo)
- Median rent $946/mo
- Median household income $66k
- Property tax about 1.4% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 37°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 62°F)
- 213 sunny days a year (65 totally clear)
- 152 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 121 days a year with rain or snow
- 25" of snow a year
- 7 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 10 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (150 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,022 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 53
- 23% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 13% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 16 mi to LNS airport
- 68 mi to PHL (major hub)
- 17 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1969
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 502 ft
- 56 mi to the ocean
- 144 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 33 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 45 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 666 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 80 bars within 25 mi
- 172 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 5 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 64 museums within 25 mi
- 13 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 37% of Pennsylvania districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 4 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 10 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 7 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lebanon County: R+32 in 2024
- Pennsylvania: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.