Best PlacesEast Honesdale, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Honesdale, 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 Honesdale ranks 15,584th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Honesdale
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 Honesdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Honesdale ranks high
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 90% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
Where East Honesdale ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 22% of towns
- Household income$56,954 median, better than only 22% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Honesdale
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Honesdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $56,954, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Honesdale's effective rate of 1.02%, 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 East Honesdale
East Honesdale runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Honesdale.
Who works in East Honesdale, and how
Work in East Honesdale centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in East Honesdale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Honesdale.
What the weather is like in East Honesdale, month by month
East Honesdale sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of East Honesdale
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Honesdale
Schools across East Honesdale average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Wayne Highlands MsA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Honesdale HsA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Honesdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Honesdale 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 Honesdale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Honesdale
Is East Honesdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Honesdale ranks 15,584th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, big-city access, and good schools, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Honesdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $256,357. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $56,954 median income, cost of living beats 22% of towns.
Is East Honesdale safe?
Yes, East Honesdale is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $180 per resident a year.
Compare East Honesdale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Honesdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Honesdale 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 Honesdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Honesdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Honesdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Honesdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Honesdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Honesdale 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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