Best PlacesFive Points, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Five Points, 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.
Five Points ranks 4,841st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Five Points
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.
Five Points' strengths and weaknesses
Where Five Points ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
Where Five Points ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Five Points
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Five Points home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,636, 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 Five Points' effective rate of 1.16%, 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 Five Points
Five Points runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Five Points.
Who works in Five Points, and how
Work in Five Points centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Five Points
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Five Points.
What the weather is like in Five Points, month by month
Five Points sees roughly 80 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 Five Points
The nearest airport, Erie International/Tom Ridge Field, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Five Points
Schools across Five Points average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mill Village El SchA · 72% proficient
- Mckean El SchA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- James W Parker MsA− · 56% proficient
- Fort Leboeuf MsB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- General Mclane HsA · 72% proficient
- Fort Leboeuf ShsA− · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Five Points school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Five Points 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 Five Points against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Five Points
Is Five Points a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Five Points ranks 4,841st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, low disaster risk, and health care access, and lowest on walkability and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Five Points expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $279,374. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $86,636 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Five Points safe?
Yes, Five Points is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.
Compare Five Points with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Five Points. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Five Points 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.
Five Points detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Five Points: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Five Points: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Five Points: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Five Points: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Five Points 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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