Best PlacesBrandonville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brandonville, 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.
Brandonville ranks 22,829th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Brandonville
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.
Brandonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brandonville ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 80% of towns
Where Brandonville ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute33.4 minutes each way, better than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brandonville
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brandonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,982, 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 Brandonville's effective rate of 1.14%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Brandonville
Brandonville's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Brandonville.
Who works in Brandonville, and how
Work in Brandonville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Brandonville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brandonville.
What the weather is like in Brandonville, month by month
Brandonville sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Brandonville
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brandonville
Schools across Brandonville average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Valley El/msC+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Hazleton Area HsC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brandonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brandonville 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 Brandonville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brandonville
Is Brandonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brandonville ranks 22,829th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and low disaster risk, and lowest on an overheated housing market and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brandonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $148,800. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $80,982 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Brandonville safe?
Brandonville is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $370 per resident a year.
Compare Brandonville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brandonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brandonville 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.
Brandonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brandonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brandonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brandonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brandonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brandonville 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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