Best PlacesApollo, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Apollo, 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.
Apollo ranks 10,676th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Apollo
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.
Apollo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Apollo ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 81% of towns
Where Apollo ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Short commute30.3 minutes each way, better than only 32% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Apollo
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Apollo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,359, 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 Apollo's effective rate of 1.31%, 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 Apollo
Apollo 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 Apollo.
Who works in Apollo, and how
Work in Apollo centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Apollo
Apollo has more parkland per resident than 85% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Apollo and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Apollo, month by month
Apollo sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Apollo
The nearest airport, Arnold Palmer Regional, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 35 miles away.
The best schools in and around Apollo
Schools across Apollo average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kiski Area North Primary SchA · 70% proficient
- Kiski Area South Primary SchA · 68% proficient
- Lenape El SchB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Charles A Huston MsC+ · 38% proficient
- Kiski Area Upper El SchC+ · 37% proficient
- Apollo-ridge MsC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Apollo-ridge HsA · 70% proficient
- Burrell HsA− · 65% proficient
- Kiski Area HsA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Apollo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Apollo 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 Apollo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Apollo
Is Apollo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Apollo ranks 10,676th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, fast internet, and walkability, and lowest on property taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Apollo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $190,733. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $75,359 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Apollo safe?
Yes, Apollo is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $207 per resident a year.
Compare Apollo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Apollo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Apollo 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.
Apollo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Apollo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Apollo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Apollo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Apollo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Apollo 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.