Best PlacesClaysville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Claysville, 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.
Claysville ranks 20,039th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Claysville
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.
Claysville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Claysville ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 80% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 75% of towns
Where Claysville ranks low
- Short commute34.1 minutes each way, better than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,005 a month, better than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Claysville
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Claysville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,666, 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 Claysville's effective rate of 0.80%, 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 Claysville
Claysville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Claysville.
Who works in Claysville, and how
Work in Claysville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Claysville
Claysville has more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Claysville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Claysville, month by month
Claysville sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Claysville
Pittsburgh International sits about 27 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 Claysville
Schools across Claysville average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Trinity North El SchA · 70% proficient
- West Liberty Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Joe Walker El SchA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mcguffey MsC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Avella Area JshsB+ · 57% proficient
- Mcguffey HsC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Claysville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Claysville 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 Claysville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Claysville
Is Claysville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Claysville ranks 20,039th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, heat safety, and a stable housing market, and lowest on long commutes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Claysville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $211,441. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $80,666 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Claysville safe?
Yes, Claysville is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $248 per resident a year.
Compare Claysville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Claysville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Claysville 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.
Claysville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Claysville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Claysville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Claysville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Claysville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Claysville 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.