Best PlacesHarrison City, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Harrison City, 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.
Harrison City ranks 1,034th 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 Harrison City
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.
Harrison City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Harrison City ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
Where Harrison City ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 22% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 27% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Harrison City
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Harrison City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $125,782, 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 Harrison City's effective rate of 1.27%, 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 Harrison City
Harrison City runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Harrison City.
Who works in Harrison City, and how
Work in Harrison City centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Harrison City
Harrison City has more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Harrison City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Harrison City, month by month
Harrison City sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Harrison City
The nearest airport, Arnold Palmer Regional, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 32 miles away.
The best schools in and around Harrison City
Schools across Harrison City average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sunrise El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- Mccullough El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Harrison Park El SchA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Penn MsA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Penn Trafford HsA+ · 91% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Harrison City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Harrison City 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 Harrison City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Harrison City
Is Harrison City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Harrison City ranks 1,034th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, good schools, and low disaster risk, 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 Harrison City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $352,892. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $125,782 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Harrison City safe?
Yes, Harrison City is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $164 per resident a year.
Compare Harrison City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Harrison City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Harrison City 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.
Harrison City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Harrison City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Harrison City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Harrison City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Harrison City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Harrison City 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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