Best PlacesCurwensville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Curwensville, 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.
Curwensville ranks 18,761st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Curwensville
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.
Curwensville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Curwensville ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 85% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 84% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
Where Curwensville ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 21% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Curwensville
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Curwensville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,008, 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 Curwensville's effective rate of 1.25%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Curwensville
Curwensville 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 Curwensville.
Who works in Curwensville, and how
Work in Curwensville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Curwensville
Curwensville has more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Curwensville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Curwensville, month by month
Curwensville sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 27° | 19° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 66° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Curwensville
The nearest airport, Dubois Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Curwensville
Schools across Curwensville average an A−, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Curwensville Area El SchA · 71% proficient
- Moshannon Valley El SchB · 49% proficient
- Clearfield Area El SchC+ · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Curwensville Area JshsB+ · 53% proficient
- Moshannon Valley JshsC+ · 40% proficient
- Clearfield Area JshsC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Curwensville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Curwensville 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 Curwensville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Curwensville
Is Curwensville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Curwensville ranks 18,761st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, walkability, and good schools, and lowest on a weak job market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Curwensville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $134,332. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $68,008 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Curwensville safe?
Curwensville is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $298 per resident a year.
Compare Curwensville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Curwensville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Curwensville 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.
Curwensville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Curwensville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Curwensville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Curwensville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Curwensville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Curwensville 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.