Best PlacesAllenwood, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Allenwood, 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.
Allenwood ranks 16,679th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Allenwood
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.
Allenwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Allenwood ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 80% of towns
Where Allenwood ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Allenwood
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Allenwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,835, 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 Allenwood's effective rate of 1.07%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Allenwood
Allenwood's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Allenwood.
Who works in Allenwood, and how
Work in Allenwood centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Allenwood
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Allenwood.
What the weather is like in Allenwood, month by month
Allenwood sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 89° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Allenwood
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 125 miles away.
The best schools in and around Allenwood
Schools across Allenwood average an A−, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Montgomery El SchA− · 58% proficient
- White Deer El SchA− · 57% proficient
- Jersey Shore Area El SchB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Warrior Run MsA · 60% proficient
- Jersey Shore MsB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Warrior Run HsA · 70% proficient
- Jersey Shore Area ShsA− · 67% proficient
- Montgomery JshsB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Allenwood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Allenwood 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 Allenwood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Allenwood
Is Allenwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Allenwood ranks 16,679th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, big-city access, and good schools, and lowest on education levels and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Allenwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $218,266. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $77,835 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Allenwood safe?
Allenwood is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $324 per resident a year.
Compare Allenwood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Allenwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Allenwood 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.
Allenwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Allenwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Allenwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Allenwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Allenwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Allenwood 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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