Best PlacesCedar Run, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cedar Run, 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.
Cedar Run ranks 29,073rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cedar Run
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.
Cedar Run's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cedar Run ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 85% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 80% of towns
Where Cedar Run ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute37.4 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cedar Run
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cedar Run home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,882, 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 Cedar Run's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 Cedar Run
Cedar Run 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 Cedar Run.
Who works in Cedar Run, and how
Work in Cedar Run centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cedar Run
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cedar Run.
What the weather is like in Cedar Run, month by month
Cedar Run sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 89° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Cedar Run
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 161 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cedar Run
Schools across Cedar Run average an A−, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Salladasburg El SchA+ · 73% proficient
- Liberty El SchA− · 60% proficient
- Renovo El SchB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jersey Shore MsB · 44% proficient
- Bucktail Area MsD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Jersey Shore Area ShsA− · 67% proficient
- North Penn-liberty JshsC+ · 40% proficient
- Bucktail HsC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cedar Run school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cedar Run 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 Cedar Run against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cedar Run
Is Cedar Run a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cedar Run ranks 29,073rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, tree cover, and quiet, and lowest on cell coverage and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cedar Run expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $225,288. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $73,882 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Cedar Run safe?
Cedar Run is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $375 per resident a year.
Compare Cedar Run with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cedar Run. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cedar Run 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.
Cedar Run detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cedar Run: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cedar Run: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cedar Run: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cedar Run: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cedar Run 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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