Best PlacesHydetown, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hydetown, 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.
Hydetown ranks 32,492nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. A weak job market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on heat safety.
The best neighborhoods in Hydetown
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.
Hydetown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hydetown ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 79% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 78% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 78% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 72% of towns
Where Hydetown ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hydetown
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hydetown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,986, 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 Hydetown's effective rate of 1.14%, 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 Hydetown
Hydetown 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 Hydetown.
Who works in Hydetown, and how
Work in Hydetown centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hydetown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hydetown.
What the weather is like in Hydetown, month by month
Hydetown sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 60° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Hydetown
The nearest airport, Erie International/Tom Ridge Field, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hydetown
Schools across Hydetown average a B, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hydetown El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Maplewood El SchA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Titusville MsC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Maplewood JshsB− · 45% proficient
- Titusville ShsB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hydetown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hydetown 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 Hydetown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hydetown
Is Hydetown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hydetown ranks 32,492nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, cell coverage, and good schools, and lowest on a weak job market and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hydetown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $117,838. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $59,986 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Hydetown safe?
Hydetown is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $470 per resident a year.
Compare Hydetown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hydetown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hydetown 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.
Hydetown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hydetown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hydetown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hydetown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hydetown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hydetown 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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