Best PlacesEdgewood, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Edgewood, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Edgewood ranks 4,669th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Edgewood
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.
Edgewood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Edgewood ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
Where Edgewood ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Edgewood
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Edgewood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,971, 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 Edgewood's effective rate of 1.95%, 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 Edgewood
Edgewood'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 Edgewood.
Who works in Edgewood, and how
Work in Edgewood centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 55%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Edgewood
Edgewood has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Edgewood and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Edgewood, month by month
Edgewood sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Edgewood
Pittsburgh International sits about 19 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 Edgewood
Schools across Edgewood average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Edgewood El Steam AcademyD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dickson Prep Steam AcademyD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Woodland Hills HsC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Edgewood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Edgewood 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 Edgewood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Edgewood
Is Edgewood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Edgewood ranks 4,669th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, biking, and transit, 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 Edgewood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $314,633. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $100,971 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Edgewood safe?
Edgewood is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $417 per resident a year.
Compare Edgewood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Edgewood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Edgewood 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.
Edgewood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Edgewood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Edgewood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Edgewood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Edgewood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Edgewood 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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