Best PlacesDents Run, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dents Run, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Dents Run ranks 32,399th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dents Run
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.
Dents Run's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dents Run ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 82% of towns
Where Dents Run ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 13% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dents Run
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dents Run home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,948, 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 Dents Run's effective rate of 1.17%, 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 Dents Run
Dents Run 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 Dents Run.
Who works in Dents Run, and how
Work in Dents Run centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Dents Run
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dents Run.
What the weather is like in Dents Run, month by month
Dents Run 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 Dents Run
The nearest airport, Dubois Regional, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 118 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dents Run
Schools across Dents Run average an A−, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bennetts Valley El SchA+ · 75% proficient
- Woodland El SchA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Cameron County JshsC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dents Run school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dents Run 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 Dents Run against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dents Run
Is Dents Run a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dents Run ranks 32,399th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, good schools, and low disaster risk, and lowest on cell coverage and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dents Run expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $168,000. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $59,948 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Dents Run safe?
Dents Run is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $296 per resident a year.
Compare Dents Run with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dents Run. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dents Run 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.
Dents Run detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dents Run: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dents Run: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dents Run: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dents Run: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dents Run 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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