Best PlacesMenno, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Menno, 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.
Menno ranks 24,766th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low disaster risk.
The best neighborhoods in Menno
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.
Menno's strengths and weaknesses
Where Menno ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 78% of towns
Where Menno ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 12% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 23% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Menno
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Menno home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,379, 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 Menno's effective rate of 1.09%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Menno
Menno runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Menno.
Who works in Menno, and how
Work in Menno centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Menno
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Menno.
What the weather is like in Menno, month by month
Menno sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Menno
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around Menno
Schools across Menno average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Indian Valley El SchB+ · 53% proficient
- Standing Stone El SchB · 48% proficient
- Strodes Mills El SchC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Huntingdon Area MsB− · 40% proficient
- Mifflin Co MsC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Huntingdon Area ShsA− · 65% proficient
- Mifflin Co HsA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Menno school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Menno 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 Menno against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Menno
Is Menno a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Menno ranks 24,766th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, fast internet, and big-city access, and lowest on education levels and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Menno expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $213,715. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $68,379 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Menno safe?
Yes, Menno is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $185 per resident a year.
Compare Menno with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Menno. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Menno 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.
Menno detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Menno: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Menno: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Menno: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Menno: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Menno 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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