Best PlacesCorry, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Corry, 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.
Corry ranks 28,844th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Corry
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.
Corry's strengths and weaknesses
Where Corry ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Corry ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Household income$55,348 median, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Corry
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Corry home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,348, 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 Corry's effective rate of 1.55%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Corry
Corry 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 Corry.
Who works in Corry, and how
Work in Corry centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Corry
Corry has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns and more parkland per resident than 91% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Corry and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Corry, month by month
Corry sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 79° | 69° | 59° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Corry
The nearest airport, Erie International/Tom Ridge Field, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 104 miles away.
The best schools in and around Corry
Schools across Corry average a B+, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Union City El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Wattsburg Area El CtrA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wattsburg Area MsA− · 55% proficient
- Union City MsB+ · 50% proficient
- Corry Area MsC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Seneca HsA · 75% proficient
- Union City HsA− · 60% proficient
- Corry Area HsB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Corry school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Corry 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 Corry against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Corry
Is Corry a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Corry ranks 28,844th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and biking, and lowest on crime and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Corry expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $124,774. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $55,348 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Corry safe?
Corry is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $582 per resident a year.
Compare Corry with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Corry. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Corry 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.
Corry detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Corry: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Corry: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Corry: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Corry: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Corry 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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