Best PlacesMainville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mainville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mainville ranks 12,780th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on big-city access, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mainville
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.
Mainville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mainville ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 85% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 82% of towns
Where Mainville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 26% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mainville
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mainville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,936, 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 Mainville's effective rate of 0.99%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mainville
Mainville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mainville.
Who works in Mainville, and how
Work in Mainville centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mainville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mainville.
What the weather is like in Mainville, month by month
Mainville 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 Mainville
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 97 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mainville
Schools across Mainville average a B+, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Beaver-main El SchA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bloomsburg Area MsB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Bloomsburg Area HsA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mainville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mainville 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 Mainville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mainville
Is Mainville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mainville ranks 12,780th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, low disaster risk, and good schools, and lowest on the weather and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mainville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $243,930. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $70,936 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Mainville safe?
Yes, Mainville is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $183 per resident a year.
Compare Mainville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mainville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mainville 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.
Mainville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mainville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mainville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mainville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mainville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mainville 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.