Best PlacesChurchill, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Churchill, 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.
Churchill ranks 8,501st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Churchill
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.
Churchill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Churchill ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
Where Churchill ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Churchill
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Churchill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $108,467, 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 Churchill's effective rate of 2.13%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Churchill
Churchill 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 Churchill.
Who works in Churchill, and how
Work in Churchill centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 52%
- Work from home 44%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Churchill
Churchill has more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Churchill and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Churchill, month by month
Churchill sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Churchill
Pittsburgh International sits about 21 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Churchill
Schools across Churchill average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Edgewood El Steam AcademyD+ · 23% proficient
- Wilkins El Steam AcademyD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pittsburgh Sterrett 6-8D+ · 25% proficient
- Linton MsD+ · 25% proficient
- Dickson Prep Steam AcademyD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Woodland Hills HsC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Churchill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Churchill 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 Churchill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Churchill
Is Churchill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Churchill ranks 8,501st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, low disaster risk, and an educated workforce, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Churchill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $247,569. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $108,467 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Churchill safe?
Churchill is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $457 per resident a year.
Compare Churchill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Churchill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Churchill 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.
Churchill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Churchill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Churchill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Churchill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Churchill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Churchill 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.