Best PlacesBakers Summit, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bakers Summit, 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.
Bakers Summit ranks 6,336th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bakers Summit
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.
Bakers Summit's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bakers Summit ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Bakers Summit ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bakers Summit
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bakers Summit home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,178, 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 Bakers Summit's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bakers Summit
Bakers Summit's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bakers Summit.
Who works in Bakers Summit, and how
Work in Bakers Summit centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bakers Summit
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bakers Summit.
What the weather is like in Bakers Summit, month by month
Bakers Summit sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 86° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Bakers Summit
The nearest airport, Altoona/Blair County, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bakers Summit
Schools across Bakers Summit average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northern Bedford Co El SchA+ · 95% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northern Bedford County MsA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Northern Bedford County HsA+ · 95% proficient
- Central HsA+ · 95% proficient
- Claysburg-kimmel Sr HsB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bakers Summit school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bakers Summit 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 Bakers Summit against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bakers Summit
Is Bakers Summit a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bakers Summit ranks 6,336th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low crime, and heat safety, and lowest on cell coverage and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bakers Summit expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $189,400. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $77,178 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Bakers Summit safe?
Yes, Bakers Summit is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $135 per resident a year.
Compare Bakers Summit with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bakers Summit. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bakers Summit 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.
Bakers Summit detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bakers Summit: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bakers Summit: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bakers Summit: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bakers Summit: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bakers Summit 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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