Best PlacesHerminie, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Herminie, 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.
Herminie ranks 9,001st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Herminie
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.
Herminie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Herminie ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 91% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of towns
Where Herminie ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 23% 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 Herminie
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Herminie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,494, 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 Herminie's effective rate of 1.18%, 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 Herminie
Herminie runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Herminie.
Who works in Herminie, and how
Work in Herminie centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Herminie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Herminie.
What the weather is like in Herminie, month by month
Herminie sees roughly 75 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 Herminie
The nearest airport, Arnold Palmer Regional, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 32 miles away.
The best schools in and around Herminie
Schools across Herminie average an A−, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- H W Good El SchA · 70% proficient
- West Hempfield El SchA− · 61% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Hempfield MsB+ · 47% proficient
- Yough Intrmd/ms SchB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Norwin ShsA+ · 82% proficient
- Yough ShsA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Herminie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Herminie 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 Herminie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Herminie
Is Herminie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Herminie ranks 9,001st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, cell coverage, and walkability, and lowest on state infrastructure and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Herminie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $185,279. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $76,494 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Herminie safe?
Yes, Herminie is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $237 per resident a year.
Compare Herminie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Herminie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Herminie 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.
Herminie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Herminie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Herminie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Herminie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Herminie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Herminie 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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