Best PlacesLairdsville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lairdsville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lairdsville ranks 5,583rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lairdsville
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.
Lairdsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lairdsville ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 88% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
Where Lairdsville ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 20% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lairdsville
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lairdsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,276, 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 Lairdsville's effective rate of 0.93%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lairdsville
Lairdsville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lairdsville.
Who works in Lairdsville, and how
Work in Lairdsville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Lairdsville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lairdsville.
What the weather is like in Lairdsville, month by month
Lairdsville sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 89° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Lairdsville
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 118 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lairdsville
Schools across Lairdsville average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Carl G Renn El SchA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Hughesville JshsB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lairdsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lairdsville 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 Lairdsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lairdsville
Is Lairdsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lairdsville ranks 5,583rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, low disaster risk, and civic engagement, and lowest on taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lairdsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $253,264. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $89,276 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Lairdsville safe?
Yes, Lairdsville is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $127 per resident a year.
Compare Lairdsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lairdsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lairdsville 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.
Lairdsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lairdsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lairdsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lairdsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lairdsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lairdsville 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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