Best PlacesMeadville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Meadville, 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.
Meadville ranks 1,635th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Meadville
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.
Meadville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Meadville ranks high
- Short commute18.0 minutes each way, better than 94% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of cities
- QuietBetter than 79% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of cities
Where Meadville ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of cities
- Household income$61,254 median, better than only 10% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Meadville
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Meadville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,254, 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 Meadville's effective rate of 1.93%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Meadville
Meadville 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 Meadville.
Who works in Meadville, and how
Work in Meadville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Meadville
Meadville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of cities and more parkland per resident than 93% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Meadville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Meadville, month by month
Meadville sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 27° | 20° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Meadville
The nearest airport, Erie International/Tom Ridge Field, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 79 miles away.
The best schools in and around Meadville
Schools across Meadville average a B, better than 70% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Saegertown El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Maplewood El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Conneaut Valley El SchA · 71% proficient
Top middle schools
- Conneaut Lake MsB+ · 49% proficient
- Conneaut Valley MsB+ · 47% proficient
- Meadville MsC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Meadville Area ShsA · 68% proficient
- Saegertown JshsA− · 65% proficient
- Conneaut Area Senior HighB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Meadville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Meadville 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 Meadville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Meadville suits
Common questions about living in Meadville
Is Meadville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Meadville ranks 1,635th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on short commutes, heat safety, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on internet speeds and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Meadville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $148,210. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $61,254 median income, cost of living beats 21% of cities.
Is Meadville safe?
Meadville is safer than 22% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $375 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Meadville?
July highs average about 83 degrees, and January highs near 35 with lows near 20. That works out to about 78 pleasant days a year, more than 41% of cities.
Is Meadville good for families?
Schools beat 70% of cities, crime safety beats 22%, and childcare runs $832 a month.
Compare Meadville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Meadville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Meadville 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.
Meadville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Meadville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Meadville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Meadville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Meadville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Meadville 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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