Best PlacesKingsley, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kingsley, 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.
Kingsley ranks 19,835th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kingsley
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.
Kingsley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kingsley ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 72% of towns
Where Kingsley ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Short commute32.4 minutes each way, better than only 22% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kingsley
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kingsley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,786, 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 Kingsley's effective rate of 0.97%, 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 Kingsley
Kingsley runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kingsley.
Who works in Kingsley, and how
Work in Kingsley centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Kingsley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kingsley.
What the weather is like in Kingsley, month by month
Kingsley sees roughly 73 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 Kingsley
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kingsley
Schools across Kingsley average a B+, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lathrop Street El SchA− · 57% proficient
- Blue Ridge El SchB+ · 53% proficient
- Mountain View El SchB− · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Blue Ridge MsB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Blue Ridge HsB+ · 55% proficient
- Mountain View JshsB+ · 53% proficient
- Montrose Area JshsB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kingsley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kingsley 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 Kingsley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kingsley
Is Kingsley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kingsley ranks 19,835th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and clean air, and lowest on empty homes 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 Kingsley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $253,133. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $83,786 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Kingsley safe?
Yes, Kingsley is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $174 per resident a year.
Compare Kingsley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kingsley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kingsley 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.
Kingsley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kingsley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kingsley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kingsley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kingsley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kingsley 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.