Best PlacesBrookside, Erie, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brookside, Erie, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Brookside, Erie ranks 1,120th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Brookside, Erie
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.
Brookside, Erie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brookside, Erie ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 97% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
Where Brookside, Erie ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Brookside, Erie
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brookside, Erie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,565, 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 Brookside, Erie's effective rate of 1.37%, 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 Brookside, Erie
Brookside, Erie'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 Brookside, Erie.
Who works in Brookside, Erie, and how
Work in Brookside, Erie centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Brookside, Erie
Brookside, Erie has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Brookside, Erie and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Brookside, Erie, month by month
Brookside, Erie sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Brookside, Erie
The nearest airport, Erie International/Tom Ridge Field, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 108 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brookside, Erie
Schools across Brookside, Erie average an A, better than 97% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Klein El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Rolling Ridge El SchA+ · 74% proficient
- Clark El SchA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harbor Creek Junior HsA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Harbor Creek Senior HsA+ · 88% proficient
- Northwest Pa Collegiate AcademyA+ · 85% proficient
- Iroquois JshsB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brookside, Erie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brookside, Erie 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 Brookside, Erie against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Brookside, Erie
Is Brookside, Erie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brookside, Erie ranks 1,120th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on good schools, low disaster risk, and low crime, and lowest on internet speeds and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brookside, Erie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $260,808. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $93,565 median income, cost of living beats 78% of neighborhoods.
Is Brookside, Erie safe?
Yes, Brookside, Erie is safer than 92% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $205 per resident a year.
Compare Brookside, Erie with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brookside, Erie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brookside, Erie 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.
Brookside, Erie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brookside, Erie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brookside, Erie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brookside, Erie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brookside, Erie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brookside, Erie 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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