Best PlacesBlanco, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Blanco, 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.
Blanco ranks 17,927th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Blanco
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.
Blanco's strengths and weaknesses
Where Blanco ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 76% of towns
Where Blanco ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute36.2 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Blanco
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Blanco home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,156, 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 Blanco's effective rate of 1.32%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Blanco
Blanco 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 Blanco.
Who works in Blanco, and how
Work in Blanco centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Blanco
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Blanco.
What the weather is like in Blanco, month by month
Blanco sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Blanco
The nearest airport, Dubois Regional, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 51 miles away.
The best schools in and around Blanco
Schools across Blanco average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shannock Valley El SchA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- West Shamokin JshsB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Blanco school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Blanco 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 Blanco against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Blanco
Is Blanco a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Blanco ranks 17,927th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, low disaster risk, and fast internet, and lowest on biking and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Blanco expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $190,252. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $67,156 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Blanco safe?
Yes, Blanco is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $126 per resident a year.
Compare Blanco with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Blanco. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Blanco 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.
Blanco detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Blanco: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Blanco: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Blanco: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Blanco: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Blanco 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.