Best PlacesEast Washington, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Washington, 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.
East Washington ranks 4,103rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Washington
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 Washington's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Washington ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
Where East Washington ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,005 a month, better than only 24% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Washington
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Washington home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,088, 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 Washington's effective rate of 1.30%, 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 East Washington
East Washington's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Washington.
Who works in East Washington, and how
Work in East Washington centers on education and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in East Washington
East Washington has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of East Washington and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Washington, month by month
East Washington sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of East Washington
Pittsburgh International sits about 22 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 Washington
Schools across East Washington average a B, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Trinity East El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Washington Park El SchA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Trinity MsA− · 56% proficient
- Washington Junior High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Trinity ShsA− · 66% proficient
- Washington HsA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Washington school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Washington 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 Washington against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Washington
Is East Washington a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Washington ranks 4,103rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, cell coverage, and population health, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Washington expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $253,693. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $93,088 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is East Washington safe?
East Washington is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $244 per resident a year.
Compare East Washington with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Washington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Washington 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 Washington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Washington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Washington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Washington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Washington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Washington 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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