Best PlacesLemont, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lemont, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lemont ranks 3,142nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lemont
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.
Lemont's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lemont ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute13.8 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
Where Lemont ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,135 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lemont
A household needs to earn about $115,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lemont home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $98,297, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Lemont's effective rate of 1.11%, 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 Lemont
Lemont's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lemont.
Who works in Lemont, and how
Work in Lemont centers on education and real estate. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Lemont
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lemont.
What the weather is like in Lemont, month by month
Lemont sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Lemont
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 128 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lemont
Schools across Lemont average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Spring Creek El SchA+ · 95% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mount Nittany MsA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- State College Area HsA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lemont school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lemont 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 Lemont against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lemont
Is Lemont a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lemont ranks 3,142nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, short commutes, and an educated workforce, and lowest on an overheated housing market and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lemont expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $420,939. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $98,297 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Lemont safe?
Lemont is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $354 per resident a year.
Compare Lemont with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lemont. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lemont 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.
Lemont detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lemont: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lemont: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lemont: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lemont: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lemont 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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