Best PlacesDry Run, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dry Run, 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.
Dry Run ranks 39,628th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Crime pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on big-city access.
The best neighborhoods in Dry 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.
Dry Run's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dry Run ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 78% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 71% of towns
Where Dry Run ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
- Short commute35.0 minutes each way, better than only 14% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dry Run
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dry Run home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,878, 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 Dry Run's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 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 Dry Run
Dry Run runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dry Run.
Who works in Dry Run, and how
Work in Dry Run centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Dry Run
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dry Run.
What the weather is like in Dry Run, month by month
Dry Run sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 86° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Dry Run
The nearest airport, Altoona/Blair County, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dry Run
Schools across Dry Run average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fannett-metal El SchA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fannett-metal MsC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Fannett-metal ShsA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dry Run school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dry 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 Dry Run against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dry Run
Is Dry Run a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dry Run ranks 39,628th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, low disaster risk, and few empty homes, and lowest on crime and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dry Run expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $223,297. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $65,878 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Dry Run safe?
Dry Run is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $705 per resident a year.
Compare Dry Run with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dry Run. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dry 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.
Dry Run detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dry Run: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dry Run: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dry Run: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dry Run: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dry 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.