Best PlacesLoretto Road, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Loretto Road, 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.
Loretto Road ranks 13,003rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Loretto Road
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.
Loretto Road's strengths and weaknesses
Where Loretto Road ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 83% of towns
Where Loretto Road ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 20% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 32% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Loretto Road
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Loretto Road home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,770, 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 Loretto Road's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 Loretto Road
Loretto Road runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Loretto Road.
Who works in Loretto Road, and how
Work in Loretto Road centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Loretto Road
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Loretto Road.
What the weather is like in Loretto Road, month by month
Loretto Road sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 27° | 20° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 81° | 71° | 62° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Loretto Road
The nearest airport, John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Loretto Road
Schools across Loretto Road average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cambria El SchA− · 59% proficient
- Cambria Heights El SchA− · 55% proficient
- Penn Cambria Intrmd SchB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central Cambria MsB− · 41% proficient
- Penn Cambria MsB− · 41% proficient
- Cambria Heights MsB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Cambria HsA · 73% proficient
- Cambria Heights ShsA− · 67% proficient
- Penn Cambria HsA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Loretto Road school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Loretto Road 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 Loretto Road against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Loretto Road
Is Loretto Road a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Loretto Road ranks 13,003rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low disaster risk, and a stable housing market, and lowest on state infrastructure and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Loretto Road expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $211,760. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $84,770 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Loretto Road safe?
Loretto Road is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $275 per resident a year.
Compare Loretto Road with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Loretto Road. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Loretto Road 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.
Loretto Road detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Loretto Road: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Loretto Road: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Loretto Road: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Loretto Road: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Loretto Road 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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