Best Places16057, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 16057, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
16057 ranks 14,957th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in 16057
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.
16057's strengths and weaknesses
Where 16057 ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 96% of zip codes
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of zip codes
Where 16057 ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 18% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 20% of zip codes
- Local economyBetter than only 24% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 24% of zip codes
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 26% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 16057
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 16057 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $62,511; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 16057's effective rate of 1.02%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 16057
16057 runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 16057.
Who works in 16057, and how
Work in 16057 centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in 16057
16057 has more parkland per resident than 71% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 16057 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 16057, month by month
16057 sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of 16057
Pittsburgh International sits about 40 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 16057
Schools across 16057 average an A, better than 96% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Moraine El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- Wilmington Area El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- Slippery Rock Area El SchA+ · 90% proficient
Top middle schools
- Slippery Rock Area MsA · 65% proficient
- Laurel MsB+ · 48% proficient
- Wilmington Area MsB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Wilmington Area HsA+ · 85% proficient
- Laurel HsA · 73% proficient
- Slippery Rock Area HsA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 16057 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
16057 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 16057 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 16057
Is 16057 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 16057 ranks 14,957th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on good schools, heat safety, and low disaster risk, and lowest on state infrastructure and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 16057 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $250,687. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $62,511 median income, cost of living beats 20% of zip codes.
Is 16057 safe?
16057 is safer than 49% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $288 per resident a year.
Compare 16057 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 16057. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 16057 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.
16057 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 16057: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 16057: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 16057: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 16057: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
16057 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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