Best PlacesHartstown, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hartstown, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hartstown ranks 29,801st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hartstown
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.
Hartstown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hartstown ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 78% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 73% of towns
Where Hartstown ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 23% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 25% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hartstown
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hartstown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,438, 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 Hartstown's effective rate of 1.10%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hartstown
Hartstown runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hartstown.
Who works in Hartstown, and how
Work in Hartstown centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Hartstown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hartstown.
What the weather is like in Hartstown, month by month
Hartstown sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 27° | 20° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Hartstown
The nearest airport, Erie International/Tom Ridge Field, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 73 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hartstown
Schools across Hartstown average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Conneaut Lake-sadsbury El SchA− · 62% proficient
- Jamestown Area El SchB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Conneaut Lake MsB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Conneaut Area Senior HighB+ · 57% proficient
- Jamestown Area JshsC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hartstown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hartstown 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 Hartstown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hartstown
Is Hartstown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hartstown ranks 29,801st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low disaster risk, and good schools, and lowest on noise and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hartstown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $156,029. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $64,438 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Hartstown safe?
Yes, Hartstown is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $188 per resident a year.
Compare Hartstown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hartstown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hartstown 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.
Hartstown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hartstown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hartstown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hartstown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hartstown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hartstown 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.