Best PlacesArdara, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ardara, 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.
Ardara ranks 9,878th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ardara
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.
Ardara's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ardara ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of towns
Where Ardara ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ardara
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ardara home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,657, 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 Ardara's effective rate of 0.76%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Ardara
Ardara 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 Ardara.
Who works in Ardara, and how
Work in Ardara centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Ardara
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ardara.
What the weather is like in Ardara, month by month
Ardara sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Ardara
The nearest airport, Arnold Palmer Regional, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 27 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ardara
Schools across Ardara average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sheridan Terrace El SchA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- Norwin MsA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Norwin ShsA+ · 82% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ardara school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ardara 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 Ardara against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ardara
Is Ardara a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ardara ranks 9,878th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, good schools, and low disaster risk, and lowest on noise and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ardara expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $133,900. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $88,657 median income, cost of living beats 65% of towns.
Is Ardara safe?
Yes, Ardara is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $166 per resident a year.
Compare Ardara with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ardara. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ardara 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.
Ardara detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ardara: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ardara: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ardara: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ardara: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ardara 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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