Best PlacesEdinboro, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Edinboro, 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.
Edinboro ranks 12,296th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Edinboro
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.
Edinboro's strengths and weaknesses
Where Edinboro ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 92% of towns
Where Edinboro ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Edinboro
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Edinboro home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,245, 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 Edinboro's effective rate of 1.23%, 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 Edinboro
Edinboro runs younger 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 Edinboro.
Who works in Edinboro, and how
Work in Edinboro centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Edinboro
Edinboro has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Edinboro and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Edinboro, month by month
Edinboro sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Edinboro
The nearest airport, Erie International/Tom Ridge Field, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 94 miles away.
The best schools in and around Edinboro
Schools across Edinboro average an A, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cambridge Springs El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Fairview El SchA+ · 73% proficient
- Edinboro El SchA · 72% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fairview MsA · 63% proficient
- James W Parker MsA− · 56% proficient
- Conneaut Valley MsB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Fairview HsA+ · 86% proficient
- Northwestern ShsA · 75% proficient
- General Mclane HsA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Edinboro school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Edinboro 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 Edinboro against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Edinboro
Is Edinboro a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Edinboro ranks 12,296th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, heat safety, and transit, and lowest on an overheated housing market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Edinboro expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $248,527. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $77,245 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Edinboro safe?
Edinboro is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $363 per resident a year.
Compare Edinboro with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Edinboro. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Edinboro 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.
Edinboro detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Edinboro: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Edinboro: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Edinboro: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Edinboro: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Edinboro 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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