Best PlacesLoschs, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Loschs, 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.
Loschs ranks 19,387th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on big-city access.
The best neighborhoods in Loschs
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.
Loschs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Loschs ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 79% of towns
Where Loschs ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute34.9 minutes each way, better than only 14% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Loschs
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Loschs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,459, 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 Loschs' effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Loschs
Loschs runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Loschs.
Who works in Loschs, and how
Work in Loschs centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Loschs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Loschs.
What the weather is like in Loschs, month by month
Loschs sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 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° | 38° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Loschs
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 105 miles away.
The best schools in and around Loschs
Schools across Loschs average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Greenwood El SchA · 65% proficient
- East Juniata El SchB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- Greenwood MsA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Greenwood HsA+ · 80% proficient
- East Juniata JshsB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Loschs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Loschs 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 Loschs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Loschs
Is Loschs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Loschs ranks 19,387th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, low crime, and a stable housing market, and lowest on education levels and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Loschs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $214,274. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $72,459 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Loschs safe?
Yes, Loschs is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $176 per resident a year.
Compare Loschs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Loschs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Loschs 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.
Loschs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Loschs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Loschs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Loschs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Loschs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Loschs 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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