Best PlacesEagles Mere, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eagles Mere, 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.
Eagles Mere ranks 18,382nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Eagles Mere
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.
Eagles Mere's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eagles Mere ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 90% of towns
Where Eagles Mere ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 12% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eagles Mere
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eagles Mere home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,750, 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 Eagles Mere's effective rate of 0.98%, 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 Eagles Mere
Eagles Mere 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 Eagles Mere.
Who works in Eagles Mere, and how
Work in Eagles Mere centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Eagles Mere
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Eagles Mere.
What the weather is like in Eagles Mere, month by month
Eagles Mere sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 89° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Eagles Mere
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 127 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eagles Mere
Schools across Eagles Mere average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sullivan Co El SchA · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Sullivan Co JshsB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eagles Mere school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eagles Mere 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 Eagles Mere against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eagles Mere
Is Eagles Mere a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eagles Mere ranks 18,382nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, fast internet, and civic engagement, and lowest on empty homes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eagles Mere expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $258,300. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $78,750 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Eagles Mere safe?
Eagles Mere is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $409 per resident a year.
Compare Eagles Mere with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eagles Mere. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eagles Mere 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.
Eagles Mere detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eagles Mere: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eagles Mere: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eagles Mere: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eagles Mere: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eagles Mere 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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