Best PlacesHarborcreek, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Harborcreek, 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.
Harborcreek ranks 7,849th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Harborcreek
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.
Harborcreek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Harborcreek ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
Where Harborcreek ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Harborcreek
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Harborcreek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,680, 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 Harborcreek's effective rate of 1.40%, 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 Harborcreek
Harborcreek runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Harborcreek.
Who works in Harborcreek, and how
Work in Harborcreek centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Harborcreek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Harborcreek.
What the weather is like in Harborcreek, month by month
Harborcreek sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Harborcreek
The nearest airport, Erie International/Tom Ridge Field, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 111 miles away.
The best schools in and around Harborcreek
Schools across Harborcreek average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Klein El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Clark El SchA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harbor Creek Junior HsA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Harbor Creek Senior HsA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Harborcreek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Harborcreek 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 Harborcreek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Harborcreek
Is Harborcreek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Harborcreek ranks 7,849th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, few empty homes, and transit, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Harborcreek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $240,212. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $74,680 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Harborcreek safe?
Yes, Harborcreek is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $157 per resident a year.
Compare Harborcreek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Harborcreek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Harborcreek 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.
Harborcreek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Harborcreek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Harborcreek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Harborcreek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Harborcreek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Harborcreek 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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