Best PlacesBuck Hill Falls, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Buck Hill Falls, 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.
Buck Hill Falls ranks 12,723rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Buck Hill Falls
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.
Buck Hill Falls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Buck Hill Falls ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
Where Buck Hill Falls ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Buck Hill Falls
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Buck Hill Falls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,200, 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 Buck Hill Falls' effective rate of 1.41%, 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 Buck Hill Falls
Buck Hill Falls 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 Buck Hill Falls.
Who works in Buck Hill Falls, and how
Work in Buck Hill Falls centers on admin & support services and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Buck Hill Falls
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Buck Hill Falls.
What the weather is like in Buck Hill Falls, month by month
Buck Hill Falls sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 25° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Buck Hill Falls
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 69 miles away.
The best schools in and around Buck Hill Falls
Schools across Buck Hill Falls average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clear Run Intrmd SchA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Swiftwater Interm SchA+ · 80% proficient
Top high schools
- Pocono Mountain East HsB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Buck Hill Falls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Buck Hill Falls 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 Buck Hill Falls against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Buck Hill Falls
Is Buck Hill Falls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Buck Hill Falls ranks 12,723rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, big-city access, and tree cover, and lowest on an overheated housing market and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Buck Hill Falls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $270,711. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $87,200 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Buck Hill Falls safe?
Buck Hill Falls is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $441 per resident a year.
Compare Buck Hill Falls with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Buck Hill Falls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Buck Hill Falls 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.
Buck Hill Falls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Buck Hill Falls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Buck Hill Falls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Buck Hill Falls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Buck Hill Falls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Buck Hill Falls 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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