Best PlacesKoppel, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Koppel, 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.
Koppel ranks 36,559th 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 Koppel
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.
Koppel's strengths and weaknesses
Where Koppel ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 81% of towns
- Short commute22.2 minutes each way, better than 79% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 76% of towns
Where Koppel ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Koppel
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Koppel home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,250, 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 Koppel's effective rate of 1.42%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Koppel
Koppel 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 Koppel.
Who works in Koppel, and how
Work in Koppel 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 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Koppel
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Koppel.
What the weather is like in Koppel, month by month
Koppel sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 62° | 53° | 44° |
| July | 85° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 66° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Koppel
Pittsburgh International sits about 24 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Koppel
Schools across Koppel average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Big Beaver El SchB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Beaver Falls MsD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Beaver Falls Area ShsB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Koppel school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Koppel 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 Koppel against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Koppel
Is Koppel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Koppel ranks 36,559th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, cell coverage, and walkability, and lowest on noise and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Koppel expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $106,500. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $76,250 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Koppel safe?
Koppel is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $500 per resident a year.
Compare Koppel with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Koppel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Koppel 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.
Koppel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Koppel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Koppel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Koppel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Koppel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Koppel 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.