Best PlacesHuntington Mills, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Huntington Mills, 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.
Huntington Mills ranks 22,728th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
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The best neighborhoods in Huntington Mills
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.
Huntington Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Huntington Mills ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 82% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 63% of towns
Where Huntington Mills ranks low
- Short commute38.5 minutes each way, better than only 7% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 27% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 71 pleasant days a year, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Huntington Mills
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Huntington Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,653, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.7% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-08-20 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 Huntington Mills' effective rate of 0.94%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Huntington Mills
Huntington Mills 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 Huntington Mills.
Who works in Huntington Mills, and how
Work in Huntington Mills centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Huntington Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Huntington Mills.
What the weather is like in Huntington Mills, month by month
Huntington Mills sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Huntington Mills
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 107 miles away.
The best schools in and around Huntington Mills
Schools across Huntington Mills average an A, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northwest Area Intermediate SchA · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwest Area HsB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Huntington Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Huntington Mills 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 Huntington Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Huntington Mills
Is Huntington Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Huntington Mills ranks 22,728th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and clean air, and lowest on long commutes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Huntington Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $197,093. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $59,653 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Huntington Mills safe?
Yes, Huntington Mills is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $147 per resident a year.
Compare Huntington Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Huntington Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Huntington Mills 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.
Huntington Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Huntington Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Huntington Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Huntington Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Huntington Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Huntington Mills 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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