Best PlacesGlen Osborne, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glen Osborne, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Glen Osborne ranks 2,211th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Glen Osborne
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 Osborne's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glen Osborne ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
Where Glen Osborne ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glen Osborne
A household needs to earn about $165,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glen Osborne home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $136,000, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Osborne's effective rate of 1.42%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Glen Osborne
Glen Osborne's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Glen Osborne.
Who works in Glen Osborne, and how
Work in Glen Osborne centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 50%
- Work from home 42%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Glen Osborne
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Glen Osborne.
What the weather is like in Glen Osborne, month by month
Glen Osborne sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Glen Osborne
Pittsburgh International sits about 4 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 Glen Osborne
Schools across Glen Osborne average a B+, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Osborne El SchA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- Quaker Valley MsA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Cornell HsC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glen Osborne school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glen Osborne 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 Osborne against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glen Osborne
Is Glen Osborne a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glen Osborne ranks 2,211th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, transit, and an educated workforce, and lowest on noise and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glen Osborne expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $581,700. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $136,000 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Glen Osborne safe?
Yes, Glen Osborne is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $158 per resident a year.
Compare Glen Osborne with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glen Osborne. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glen Osborne 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 Osborne detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glen Osborne: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glen Osborne: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glen Osborne: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glen Osborne: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glen Osborne 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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