Best PlacesHoney Grove, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Honey Grove, 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.
Honey Grove ranks 32,541st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Honey Grove
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.
Honey Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Honey Grove ranks high
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 85% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 80% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 79% of towns
Where Honey Grove ranks low
- Short commute43.8 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 17% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Honey Grove
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Honey Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,926, 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 Honey Grove's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 Honey Grove
Honey Grove runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Honey Grove.
Who works in Honey Grove, and how
Work in Honey Grove 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 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Honey Grove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Honey Grove.
What the weather is like in Honey Grove, month by month
Honey Grove sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Honey Grove
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around Honey Grove
Schools across Honey Grove average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Blain El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Strodes Mills El SchC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Perry MsA− · 55% proficient
- Tuscarora MsC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- West Perry ShsA · 75% proficient
- Juniata ShsA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Honey Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Honey Grove 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 Honey Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Honey Grove
Is Honey Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Honey Grove ranks 32,541st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, big-city access, and low crime, and lowest on long commutes and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Honey Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $205,456. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $55,926 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Honey Grove safe?
Yes, Honey Grove is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $180 per resident a year.
Compare Honey Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Honey Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Honey Grove 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.
Honey Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Honey Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Honey Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Honey Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Honey Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Honey Grove 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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