Best PlacesCovode, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Covode, 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.
Covode ranks 29,858th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Covode
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.
Covode's strengths and weaknesses
Where Covode ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Covode ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 17% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Covode
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Covode home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,666, 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 Covode's effective rate of 0.90%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Covode
Covode's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Covode.
Who works in Covode, and how
Work in Covode centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Covode
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Covode.
What the weather is like in Covode, month by month
Covode sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Covode
The nearest airport, Dubois Regional, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 68 miles away.
The best schools in and around Covode
Schools across Covode average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Punxsutawney Area El SchA+ · 75% proficient
- W.a. Mccreery El SchB+ · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Punxsutawney Area HsA− · 60% proficient
- Marion Center Area Jr/sr HsB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Covode school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Covode 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 Covode against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Covode
Is Covode a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Covode ranks 29,858th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, low disaster risk, and good schools, and lowest on noise and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Covode expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,142. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $55,666 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Covode safe?
Yes, Covode is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $129 per resident a year.
Compare Covode with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Covode. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Covode 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.
Covode detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Covode: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Covode: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Covode: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Covode: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Covode 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.