Best PlacesHeshbon, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Heshbon, 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.
Heshbon ranks 14,127th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Heshbon
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.
Heshbon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Heshbon ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 78% of towns
Where Heshbon ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 27% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Heshbon
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Heshbon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,014, 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 Heshbon's effective rate of 1.28%, 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 Heshbon
Heshbon runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Heshbon.
Who works in Heshbon, and how
Work in Heshbon centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Heshbon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Heshbon.
What the weather is like in Heshbon, month by month
Heshbon sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Heshbon
The nearest airport, John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 60 miles away.
The best schools in and around Heshbon
Schools across Heshbon average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- United El SchA+ · 85% proficient
Top high schools
- United JshsA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Heshbon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Heshbon 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 Heshbon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Heshbon
Is Heshbon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Heshbon ranks 14,127th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, 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 Heshbon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $149,343. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $70,014 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Heshbon safe?
Yes, Heshbon is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $265 per resident a year.
Compare Heshbon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Heshbon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Heshbon 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.
Heshbon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Heshbon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Heshbon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Heshbon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Heshbon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Heshbon 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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