Best PlacesMapletown, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mapletown, 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.
Mapletown ranks 22,886th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on good schools, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mapletown
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.
Mapletown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mapletown ranks high
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 80% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 74% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 74% of towns
Where Mapletown ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Household income$58,000 median, better than only 24% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 71 pleasant days a year, better than only 28% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mapletown
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mapletown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,000, 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 Mapletown's effective rate of 0.94%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mapletown
Mapletown 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 Mapletown.
Who works in Mapletown, and how
Work in Mapletown centers on education and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Mapletown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mapletown.
What the weather is like in Mapletown, month by month
Mapletown sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Mapletown
The nearest airport, Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 50 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mapletown
Schools across Mapletown average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bobtown El SchA+ · 80% proficient
Top high schools
- Mapletown JshsB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mapletown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mapletown 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 Mapletown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mapletown
Is Mapletown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mapletown ranks 22,886th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, low disaster risk, and civic engagement, and lowest on state infrastructure and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mapletown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $146,900. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $58,000 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Mapletown safe?
Mapletown is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $256 per resident a year.
Compare Mapletown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mapletown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mapletown 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.
Mapletown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mapletown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mapletown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mapletown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mapletown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mapletown 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.