Best PlacesCito, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cito, 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.
Cito ranks 28,079th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cito
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.
Cito's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cito ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- QuietBetter than 84% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of towns
Where Cito ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 14% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cito
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cito home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,818, 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 Cito's effective rate of 1.07%, 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 Cito
Cito 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 Cito.
Who works in Cito, and how
Work in Cito centers on manufacturing and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Cito
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cito.
What the weather is like in Cito, month by month
Cito sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Cito
The nearest airport, Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 72 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cito
Schools across Cito average a B+, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mercersburg El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- Mcconnellsburg El SchB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- James Buchanan MsA− · 55% proficient
- Mcconnellsburg MsB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- James Buchanan HsA+ · 80% proficient
- Mcconnellsburg HsA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cito school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cito 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 Cito against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cito
Is Cito a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cito ranks 28,079th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, big-city access, and quiet, and lowest on a weak job market and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cito expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $223,700. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $61,818 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Cito safe?
Cito is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $473 per resident a year.
Compare Cito with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cito. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cito 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.
Cito detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cito: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cito: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cito: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cito: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cito 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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