Best PlacesHouserville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Houserville, 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.
Houserville ranks 3,820th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Houserville
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.
Houserville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Houserville ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
Where Houserville ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,135 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Houserville
A household needs to earn about $110,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Houserville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $88,894, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Houserville's effective rate of 1.08%, 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 Houserville
Houserville runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Houserville.
Who works in Houserville, and how
Work in Houserville centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 54%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 24%
Life in Houserville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Houserville.
What the weather is like in Houserville, month by month
Houserville sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Houserville
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 1 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 127 miles away.
The best schools in and around Houserville
Schools across Houserville average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Spring Creek El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- Park Forest El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Benner El SchA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Park Forest MsA+ · 70% proficient
- Mount Nittany MsA− · 55% proficient
- Bellefonte Area MsB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- State College Area HsA+ · 80% proficient
- Bellefonte Area HsA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Houserville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Houserville 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 Houserville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Houserville
Is Houserville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Houserville ranks 3,820th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, an educated workforce, and health care access, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Houserville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $404,544. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $88,894 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Houserville safe?
Houserville is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $251 per resident a year.
Compare Houserville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Houserville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Houserville 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.
Houserville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Houserville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Houserville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Houserville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Houserville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Houserville 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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