Best PlacesGlen Summit, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glen Summit, 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 Summit ranks 1,695th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Glen Summit
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 Summit's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glen Summit ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
Where Glen Summit ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 26% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glen Summit
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glen Summit home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $116,207, 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 Summit's effective rate of 1.20%, 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 Glen Summit
Glen Summit's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Glen Summit.
Who works in Glen Summit, and how
Work in Glen Summit centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Glen Summit
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Glen Summit.
What the weather is like in Glen Summit, month by month
Glen Summit sees roughly 70 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 Summit
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 92 miles away.
The best schools in and around Glen Summit
Schools across Glen Summit average an A−, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fairview El SchA− · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Crestwood Secondary CampusA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glen Summit school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glen Summit 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 Summit against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glen Summit
Is Glen Summit a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glen Summit ranks 1,695th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and what local pay buys, and lowest on property taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glen Summit expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $298,288. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $116,207 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Glen Summit safe?
Yes, Glen Summit is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $214 per resident a year.
Compare Glen Summit with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glen Summit. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glen Summit 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 Summit detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glen Summit: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glen Summit: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glen Summit: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glen Summit: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glen Summit 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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