Best PlacesHarshaville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Harshaville, 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.
Harshaville ranks 7,061st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Harshaville
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.
Harshaville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Harshaville ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
Where Harshaville ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% 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 Harshaville
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Harshaville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,165, 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 Harshaville's effective rate of 1.19%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Harshaville
Harshaville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Harshaville.
Who works in Harshaville, and how
Work in Harshaville centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Harshaville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Harshaville.
What the weather is like in Harshaville, month by month
Harshaville sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Harshaville
Pittsburgh International sits about 9 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Harshaville
Schools across Harshaville average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Side El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Margaret Ross El SchA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Side MsA− · 55% proficient
- Hopewell JhsB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- South Side HsA− · 60% proficient
- Hopewell ShsA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Harshaville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Harshaville 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 Harshaville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Harshaville
Is Harshaville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Harshaville ranks 7,061st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, heat safety, and civic engagement, and lowest on a weak job market and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Harshaville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $277,403. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $94,165 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Harshaville safe?
Yes, Harshaville is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $191 per resident a year.
Compare Harshaville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Harshaville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Harshaville 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.
Harshaville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Harshaville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Harshaville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Harshaville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Harshaville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Harshaville 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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