Best PlacesMackeyville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mackeyville, 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.
Mackeyville ranks 9,946th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mackeyville
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.
Mackeyville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mackeyville ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 82% of towns
Where Mackeyville ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mackeyville
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mackeyville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,934, 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 Mackeyville's effective rate of 0.93%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mackeyville
Mackeyville runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mackeyville.
Who works in Mackeyville, and how
Work in Mackeyville centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Mackeyville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mackeyville.
What the weather is like in Mackeyville, month by month
Mackeyville sees roughly 82 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 Mackeyville
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 137 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mackeyville
Schools across Mackeyville average a B+, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mill Hall El SchA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central Mountain MsC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Mountain HsA · 77% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mackeyville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mackeyville 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 Mackeyville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mackeyville
Is Mackeyville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mackeyville ranks 9,946th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low disaster risk, and low crime, and lowest on noise and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mackeyville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $255,800. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $94,934 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Mackeyville safe?
Yes, Mackeyville is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $163 per resident a year.
Compare Mackeyville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mackeyville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mackeyville 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.
Mackeyville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mackeyville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mackeyville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mackeyville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mackeyville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mackeyville 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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