Best Places17062, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 17062, 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.
17062 ranks 11,358th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 17062
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.
17062's strengths and weaknesses
Where 17062 ranks high
- School gradeA−, better than 90% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than 82% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of zip codes
Where 17062 ranks low
- Short commute33.2 minutes each way, better than only 16% of zip codes
- State infrastructureBetter than only 18% of zip codes
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than only 25% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than only 26% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 17062
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 17062 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,615, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 17062's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 17062
17062's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 17062.
Who works in 17062, and how
Work in 17062 centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in 17062
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 17062.
What the weather is like in 17062, month by month
17062 sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 38° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of 17062
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around 17062
Schools across 17062 average an A−, better than 90% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Blain El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- New Bloomfield El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Greenwood El SchA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Greenwood MsA− · 55% proficient
- West Perry MsA− · 55% proficient
- Newport MsB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Greenwood HsA+ · 80% proficient
- West Perry ShsA · 75% proficient
- East Juniata JshsB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 17062 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
17062 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 17062 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 17062
Is 17062 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 17062 ranks 11,358th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on good schools, low disaster risk, and low crime, and lowest on long commutes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 17062 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $238,269. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $85,615 median income, cost of living beats 61% of zip codes.
Is 17062 safe?
Yes, 17062 is safer than 86% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $173 per resident a year.
Compare 17062 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 17062. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 17062 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.
17062 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 17062: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 17062: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 17062: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 17062: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
17062 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.