Best PlacesAllison, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Allison, 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.
Allison ranks 27,005th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Allison
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.
Allison's strengths and weaknesses
Where Allison ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 76% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 67% of towns
Where Allison ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 24% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Allison
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Allison home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,929, 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 Allison's effective rate of 1.17%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Allison
Allison runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Allison.
Who works in Allison, and how
Work in Allison centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Allison
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Allison.
What the weather is like in Allison, month by month
Allison sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Allison
The nearest airport, Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 40 miles away.
The best schools in and around Allison
Schools across Allison average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ben Franklin SchA− · 60% proficient
- Frazier El SchB · 47% proficient
- Brownsville Area El SchC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brownsville Area MsD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Brownsville Area HsB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Allison school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Allison 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 Allison against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Allison
Is Allison a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Allison ranks 27,005th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, a stable housing market, and fast internet, and lowest on a weak job market and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Allison expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $116,245. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $65,929 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Allison safe?
Yes, Allison is safer than 61% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $227 per resident a year.
Compare Allison with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Allison. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Allison 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.
Allison detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Allison: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Allison: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Allison: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Allison: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Allison 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.