Best PlacesEdinburg, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Edinburg, 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.
Edinburg ranks 23,611th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Edinburg
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.
Edinburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Edinburg ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 84% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Short commute22.2 minutes each way, better than 79% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 72% of towns
Where Edinburg ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Edinburg
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Edinburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,354, 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 Edinburg's effective rate of 1.20%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Edinburg
Edinburg 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 Edinburg.
Who works in Edinburg, and how
Work in Edinburg centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Edinburg
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Edinburg.
What the weather is like in Edinburg, month by month
Edinburg sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 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° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Edinburg
Pittsburgh International sits about 39 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 Edinburg
Schools across Edinburg average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wilmington Area El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- Union Memorial El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Neshannock Memorial El SchA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mohawk JhsA− · 53% proficient
- Union Area MsB+ · 50% proficient
- Wilmington Area MsB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Wilmington Area HsA+ · 85% proficient
- Mohawk ShsA− · 60% proficient
- Union Area HsA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Edinburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Edinburg 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 Edinburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Edinburg
Is Edinburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Edinburg ranks 23,611th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, good schools, and a stable housing market, and lowest on noise and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Edinburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $143,535. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $66,354 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Edinburg safe?
Yes, Edinburg is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $236 per resident a year.
Compare Edinburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Edinburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Edinburg 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.
Edinburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Edinburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Edinburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Edinburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Edinburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Edinburg 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.