Best PlacesLoyalhanna, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Loyalhanna, 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.
Loyalhanna ranks 14,384th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Loyalhanna
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.
Loyalhanna's strengths and weaknesses
Where Loyalhanna ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 84% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 83% of towns
Where Loyalhanna ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 25% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Loyalhanna
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Loyalhanna home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,544, 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 Loyalhanna's effective rate of 1.10%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Loyalhanna
Loyalhanna runs older than the country, 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 Loyalhanna.
Who works in Loyalhanna, and how
Work in Loyalhanna centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Loyalhanna
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Loyalhanna.
What the weather is like in Loyalhanna, month by month
Loyalhanna sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Loyalhanna
The nearest airport, Arnold Palmer Regional, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 47 miles away.
The best schools in and around Loyalhanna
Schools across Loyalhanna average an A−, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Grandview El SchA− · 59% proficient
Top middle schools
- Derry Area MsB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Derry Area ShsA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Loyalhanna school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Loyalhanna 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 Loyalhanna against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Loyalhanna
Is Loyalhanna a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Loyalhanna ranks 14,384th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, transit, and a stable housing market, and lowest on noise and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Loyalhanna expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $183,508. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $68,544 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Loyalhanna safe?
Yes, Loyalhanna is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $201 per resident a year.
Compare Loyalhanna with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Loyalhanna. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Loyalhanna 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.
Loyalhanna detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Loyalhanna: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Loyalhanna: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Loyalhanna: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Loyalhanna: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Loyalhanna 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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