Best PlacesBowersville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bowersville, 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.
Bowersville ranks 34,661st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bowersville
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.
Bowersville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bowersville ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 69% of towns
Where Bowersville ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 15% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bowersville
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bowersville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,357, 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 Bowersville's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 Bowersville
Bowersville runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bowersville.
Who works in Bowersville, and how
Work in Bowersville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Bowersville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bowersville.
What the weather is like in Bowersville, month by month
Bowersville sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 27° | 19° |
| April | 62° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Bowersville
The nearest airport, Dubois Regional, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 77 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bowersville
Schools across Bowersville average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Purchase Line El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Punxsutawney Area El SchA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Punxsutawney Area HsA− · 60% proficient
- Purchase Line JshsC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bowersville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bowersville 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 Bowersville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bowersville
Is Bowersville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bowersville ranks 34,661st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, good schools, and a stable housing market, and lowest on education levels and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bowersville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $164,635. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $60,357 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Bowersville safe?
Bowersville is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $264 per resident a year.
Compare Bowersville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bowersville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bowersville 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.
Bowersville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bowersville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bowersville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bowersville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bowersville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bowersville 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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