Best PlacesHome, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Home, 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.
Home ranks 27,004th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Home
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.
Home's strengths and weaknesses
Where Home ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 75% of towns
Where Home ranks low
- Household income$54,059 median, better than only 18% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Home
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Home home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,059, 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 Home's effective rate of 1.11%, 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 Home
Home's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Home.
Who works in Home, and how
Work in Home centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Home
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Home.
What the weather is like in Home, month by month
Home sees roughly 84 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 Home
The nearest airport, Dubois Regional, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Home
Schools across Home average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rayne El SchA− · 60% proficient
- W.a. Mccreery El SchB+ · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Marion Center Area Jr/sr HsB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Home school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Home 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 Home against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Home
Is Home a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Home ranks 27,004th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, heat safety, and fast internet, and lowest on low incomes and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Home expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $186,596. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $54,059 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Home safe?
Yes, Home is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $184 per resident a year.
Compare Home with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Home. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Home 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.
Home detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Home: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Home: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Home: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Home: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Home 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.