Best PlacesGlen Savage, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glen Savage, 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.
Glen Savage ranks 30,361st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Glen Savage
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 Savage's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glen Savage ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 90% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap childcare$574 a month, better than 81% of towns
Where Glen Savage ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glen Savage
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glen Savage home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,078, 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 Savage's effective rate of 0.75%, 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 10 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 Savage
Glen Savage 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 Glen Savage.
Who works in Glen Savage, and how
Work in Glen Savage centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Glen Savage
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Glen Savage.
What the weather is like in Glen Savage, month by month
Glen Savage sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Glen Savage
The nearest airport, John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Glen Savage
Schools across Glen Savage average an A−, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Berlin Brothersvalley El SchB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Berlin Brothersvalley MsB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Berlin Brothersvalley ShsA+ · 88% proficient
- Chestnut Ridge ShsB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glen Savage school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glen Savage 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 Savage against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glen Savage
Is Glen Savage a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glen Savage ranks 30,361st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, tree cover, and good schools, and lowest on empty homes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glen Savage expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $162,204. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $71,078 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Glen Savage safe?
Glen Savage is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $335 per resident a year.
Compare Glen Savage with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glen Savage. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glen Savage 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 Savage detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glen Savage: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glen Savage: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glen Savage: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glen Savage: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glen Savage 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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