Best PlacesLa Belle, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around La Belle, 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.
La Belle ranks 42,407th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in La Belle
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.
La Belle's strengths and weaknesses
Where La Belle ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 76% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 74% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 71% of towns
Where La Belle ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in La Belle
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median La Belle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,865, 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 La Belle's effective rate of 1.11%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in La Belle
La Belle's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 La Belle.
Who works in La Belle, and how
Work in La Belle centers on retail trade and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in La Belle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across La Belle.
What the weather is like in La Belle, month by month
La Belle sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of La Belle
The nearest airport, Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 36 miles away.
The best schools in and around La Belle
Schools across La Belle average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- California Area El SchB+ · 53% proficient
- Bethlehem-center El SchB · 50% proficient
- Brownsville Area El SchC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brownsville Area MsD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Brownsville Area HsB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every La Belle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
La Belle 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 La Belle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in La Belle
Is La Belle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, La Belle ranks 42,407th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low disaster risk, and big-city access, and lowest on education levels and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is La Belle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $125,200. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $54,865 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is La Belle safe?
La Belle is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $416 per resident a year.
Compare La Belle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to La Belle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in La Belle 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.
La Belle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for La Belle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in La Belle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of La Belle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in La Belle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
La Belle 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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