Best PlacesAldenville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Aldenville, 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.
Aldenville ranks 8,295th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Aldenville
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.
Aldenville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Aldenville ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
Where Aldenville ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 23% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Aldenville
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Aldenville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $71,220; 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 Aldenville's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 Aldenville
Aldenville runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Aldenville.
Who works in Aldenville, and how
Work in Aldenville centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Aldenville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Aldenville.
What the weather is like in Aldenville, month by month
Aldenville sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Aldenville
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Aldenville
Schools across Aldenville average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Wayne Highlands MsA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Honesdale HsA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Aldenville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Aldenville 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 Aldenville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Aldenville
Is Aldenville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Aldenville ranks 8,295th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, big-city access, and good schools, and lowest on an overheated housing market and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Aldenville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $268,722. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $71,220 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Aldenville safe?
Yes, Aldenville is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $139 per resident a year.
Compare Aldenville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Aldenville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Aldenville 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.
Aldenville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Aldenville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Aldenville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Aldenville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Aldenville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Aldenville 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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