Best PlacesFarmers Mills, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Farmers Mills, 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.
Farmers Mills ranks 12,427th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Farmers Mills
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.
Farmers Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Farmers Mills ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 83% of towns
- QuietBetter than 81% of towns
Where Farmers Mills ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,135 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 27% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Farmers Mills
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Farmers Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $71,451; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Farmers Mills' effective rate of 1.07%, 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 Farmers Mills
Farmers Mills 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 Farmers Mills.
Who works in Farmers Mills, and how
Work in Farmers Mills centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Farmers Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Farmers Mills.
What the weather is like in Farmers Mills, month by month
Farmers Mills sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Farmers Mills
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 126 miles away.
The best schools in and around Farmers Mills
Schools across Farmers Mills average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Penns Valley Area El And Intrmd SchA · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Penns Valley Area JshsB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Farmers Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Farmers Mills 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 Farmers Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Farmers Mills
Is Farmers Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Farmers Mills ranks 12,427th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low disaster risk, and good schools, and lowest on childcare costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Farmers Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $273,681. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $71,451 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Farmers Mills safe?
Farmers Mills is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $257 per resident a year.
Compare Farmers Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Farmers Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Farmers Mills 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.
Farmers Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Farmers Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Farmers Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Farmers Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Farmers Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Farmers Mills 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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