Best PlacesBreezewood, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Breezewood, 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.
Breezewood ranks 37,789th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Breezewood
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.
Breezewood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Breezewood ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Breezewood ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute36.1 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Breezewood
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Breezewood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,156, 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 Breezewood's effective rate of 0.77%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Breezewood
Breezewood'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 Breezewood.
Who works in Breezewood, and how
Work in Breezewood centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Breezewood
Breezewood has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Breezewood and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Breezewood, month by month
Breezewood sees roughly 77 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 Breezewood
The nearest airport, Altoona/Blair County, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 83 miles away.
The best schools in and around Breezewood
Schools across Breezewood average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tussey Mountain ElA+ · 80% proficient
- Southern Fulton El SchA · 70% proficient
- Breezewood El SchA− · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Everett Area MsC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Tussey Mountain HsA− · 60% proficient
- Everett Area HsB+ · 57% proficient
- Southern Fulton JshsB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Breezewood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Breezewood 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 Breezewood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Breezewood
Is Breezewood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Breezewood ranks 37,789th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low disaster risk, and big-city access, and lowest on education levels 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 Breezewood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $203,063. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $54,156 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Breezewood safe?
Yes, Breezewood is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $206 per resident a year.
Compare Breezewood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Breezewood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Breezewood 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.
Breezewood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Breezewood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Breezewood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Breezewood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Breezewood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Breezewood 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.