Best PlacesGlen Lyon, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glen Lyon, 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.
Glen Lyon ranks 42,498th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Glen Lyon
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.
Glen Lyon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glen Lyon ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 82% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 76% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 74% of towns
Where Glen Lyon ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Household income$48,672 median, better than only 11% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glen Lyon
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glen Lyon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,672, 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 Glen Lyon's effective rate of 1.64%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Glen Lyon
Glen Lyon 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 Glen Lyon.
Who works in Glen Lyon, and how
Work in Glen Lyon centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Glen Lyon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Glen Lyon.
What the weather is like in Glen Lyon, month by month
Glen Lyon sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Glen Lyon
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Glen Lyon
Schools across Glen Lyon average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northwest Area Intermediate SchA · 70% proficient
- Gna El CtrC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Greater Nanticoke Area Ed CtrD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwest Area HsB · 50% proficient
- Greater Nanticoke Area ShsC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glen Lyon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glen Lyon 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 Glen Lyon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glen Lyon
Is Glen Lyon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glen Lyon ranks 42,498th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, low disaster risk, and clean air, and lowest on crime and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glen Lyon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $83,656. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $48,672 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Glen Lyon safe?
Glen Lyon is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $631 per resident a year.
Compare Glen Lyon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glen Lyon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glen Lyon 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.
Glen Lyon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glen Lyon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glen Lyon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glen Lyon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glen Lyon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glen Lyon 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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