Best PlacesChalkhill, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chalkhill, 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.
Chalkhill ranks 24,091st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Chalkhill
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.
Chalkhill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chalkhill ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 83% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 82% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 78% of towns
Where Chalkhill ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 26% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chalkhill
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chalkhill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,438, 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 Chalkhill's effective rate of 0.83%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Chalkhill
Chalkhill 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 Chalkhill.
Who works in Chalkhill, and how
Work in Chalkhill centers on transportation & warehousing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 19%
Life in Chalkhill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Chalkhill.
What the weather is like in Chalkhill, month by month
Chalkhill sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Chalkhill
The nearest airport, Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Chalkhill
Schools across Chalkhill average a B+, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wharton SchA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- A J Mcmullen SchD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Uniontown Area ShsA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chalkhill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chalkhill 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 Chalkhill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chalkhill
Is Chalkhill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chalkhill ranks 24,091st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, heat safety, and civic engagement, and lowest on crime and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chalkhill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $177,500. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $83,438 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Chalkhill safe?
Chalkhill is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $577 per resident a year.
Compare Chalkhill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chalkhill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chalkhill 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.
Chalkhill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chalkhill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chalkhill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chalkhill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chalkhill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chalkhill 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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