Best PlacesGarvers Ferry, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Garvers Ferry, 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.
Garvers Ferry ranks 7,869th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Garvers Ferry
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.
Garvers Ferry's strengths and weaknesses
Where Garvers Ferry ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
Where Garvers Ferry ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Short commute30.8 minutes each way, better than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Garvers Ferry
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Garvers Ferry home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,956, 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 Garvers Ferry's effective rate of 1.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Garvers Ferry
Garvers Ferry 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 Garvers Ferry.
Who works in Garvers Ferry, and how
Work in Garvers Ferry centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Garvers Ferry
Garvers Ferry has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Garvers Ferry and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Garvers Ferry, month by month
Garvers Ferry sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 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° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 39° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Garvers Ferry
The nearest airport, Arnold Palmer Regional, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 31 miles away.
The best schools in and around Garvers Ferry
Schools across Garvers Ferry average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kiski Area North Primary SchA · 70% proficient
- Highlands El SchB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kiski Area Upper El SchC+ · 37% proficient
- Highlands MsC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Kiski Area HsA− · 62% proficient
- Highlands ShsB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Garvers Ferry school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Garvers Ferry 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 Garvers Ferry against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Garvers Ferry
Is Garvers Ferry a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Garvers Ferry ranks 7,869th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low disaster risk, and civic engagement, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Garvers Ferry expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $208,976. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $81,956 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Garvers Ferry safe?
Yes, Garvers Ferry is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $186 per resident a year.
Compare Garvers Ferry with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Garvers Ferry. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Garvers Ferry 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.
Garvers Ferry detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Garvers Ferry: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Garvers Ferry: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Garvers Ferry: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Garvers Ferry: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Garvers Ferry 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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