Best PlacesEast Butler, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Butler, 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.
East Butler ranks 34,363rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Butler
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.
East Butler's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Butler ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 78% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 77% of towns
Where East Butler ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Household income$47,250 median, better than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Butler
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Butler home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,250, 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 East Butler's effective rate of 1.11%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in East Butler
East Butler 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 East Butler.
Who works in East Butler, and how
Work in East Butler centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in East Butler
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Butler.
What the weather is like in East Butler, month by month
East Butler sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 39° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of East Butler
Pittsburgh International sits about 34 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around East Butler
Schools across East Butler average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Summit El SchB+ · 52% proficient
- Emily Brittain El SchB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Butler Area IhsB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Butler Area ShsA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Butler school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Butler 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 East Butler against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Butler
Is East Butler a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Butler ranks 34,363rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, cell coverage, and heat safety, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Butler expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $146,804. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $47,250 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is East Butler safe?
Yes, East Butler is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $195 per resident a year.
Compare East Butler with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Butler. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Butler 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.
East Butler detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Butler: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Butler: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Butler: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Butler: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Butler 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.