Best PlacesGranville Summit, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Granville Summit, 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.
Granville Summit ranks 18,788th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Granville 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.
Granville Summit's strengths and weaknesses
Where Granville Summit ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 84% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 83% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 78% of towns
- QuietBetter than 77% of towns
Where Granville Summit ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Granville Summit
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Granville Summit home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,657, 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 Granville Summit's effective rate of 0.93%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Granville Summit
Granville Summit runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Granville Summit.
Who works in Granville Summit, and how
Work in Granville Summit centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Granville Summit
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Granville Summit.
What the weather is like in Granville Summit, month by month
Granville Summit sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 18° |
| April | 62° | 47° | 34° |
| July | 87° | 72° | 58° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Granville Summit
The nearest airport, Elmira/Corning Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 149 miles away.
The best schools in and around Granville Summit
Schools across Granville Summit average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Troy Intrmd SchA+ · 75% proficient
- Canton Area El SchA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Troy Area JshsB+ · 55% proficient
- Towanda Area JshsB− · 45% proficient
- Canton JshsC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Granville Summit school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Granville 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 Granville Summit against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Granville Summit
Is Granville Summit a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Granville Summit ranks 18,788th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and clean air, and lowest on the weather and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Granville Summit expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $200,633. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $72,657 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Granville Summit safe?
Yes, Granville Summit is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $144 per resident a year.
Compare Granville Summit with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Granville Summit. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Granville 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.
Granville Summit detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Granville Summit: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Granville Summit: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Granville Summit: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Granville Summit: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Granville 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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