Best PlacesJeannette, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Jeannette, 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.
Jeannette ranks 15,803rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Jeannette
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.
Jeannette's strengths and weaknesses
Where Jeannette ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 82% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 81% of towns
Where Jeannette ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 25% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Jeannette
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jeannette home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,485, 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 Jeannette's effective rate of 1.24%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Jeannette
Jeannette 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 Jeannette.
Who works in Jeannette, and how
Work in Jeannette centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Jeannette
Jeannette has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Jeannette and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Jeannette, month by month
Jeannette sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Jeannette
The nearest airport, Arnold Palmer Regional, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 34 miles away.
The best schools in and around Jeannette
Schools across Jeannette average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sunrise El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- Mccullough El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Harrison Park El SchA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Franklin Regional MsA · 61% proficient
- Penn MsA · 60% proficient
- West Hempfield MsB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Penn Trafford HsA+ · 91% proficient
- Franklin Regional ShsA+ · 90% proficient
- Yough ShsA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Jeannette school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Jeannette 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 Jeannette against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Jeannette
Is Jeannette a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Jeannette ranks 15,803rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, walkability, and cell coverage, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Jeannette expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $178,196. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $69,485 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Jeannette safe?
Yes, Jeannette is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $247 per resident a year.
Compare Jeannette with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jeannette. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jeannette 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.
Jeannette detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jeannette: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jeannette: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jeannette: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jeannette: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jeannette 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.