Best PlacesBald Eagle, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bald Eagle, 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.
Bald Eagle ranks 11,195th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bald Eagle
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.
Bald Eagle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bald Eagle ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Bald Eagle ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bald Eagle
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bald Eagle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,229, 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 Bald Eagle's effective rate of 0.80%, 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 Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bald Eagle.
Who works in Bald Eagle, and how
Work in Bald Eagle centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bald Eagle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bald Eagle.
What the weather is like in Bald Eagle, month by month
Bald Eagle sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Bald Eagle
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bald Eagle
Schools across Bald Eagle average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tyrone Area El SchA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tyrone Area MsB · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bald Eagle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bald Eagle 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 Bald Eagle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bald Eagle
Is Bald Eagle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bald Eagle ranks 11,195th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low disaster risk, and good schools, and lowest on noise and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bald Eagle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $222,784. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $88,229 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Bald Eagle safe?
Yes, Bald Eagle is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $174 per resident a year.
Compare Bald Eagle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bald Eagle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bald Eagle 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.
Bald Eagle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bald Eagle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bald Eagle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bald Eagle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bald Eagle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bald Eagle 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.