Best PlacesMontoursville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Montoursville, 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.
Montoursville ranks 6,113th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Montoursville
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.
Montoursville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Montoursville ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 89% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 85% of towns
Where Montoursville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Montoursville
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Montoursville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,194, 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 Montoursville's effective rate of 1.32%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Montoursville
Montoursville 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 Montoursville.
Who works in Montoursville, and how
Work in Montoursville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Montoursville
Montoursville has more parkland per resident than 95% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Montoursville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Montoursville, month by month
Montoursville sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 89° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Montoursville
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 57 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 130 miles away.
The best schools in and around Montoursville
Schools across Montoursville average an A−, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Central El SchA · 70% proficient
- Ward L Myers El SchA · 67% proficient
- Lyter El SchA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Loyalsock Twp MsB+ · 51% proficient
- C E Mccall MsB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Montoursville Area ShsA− · 65% proficient
- Hughesville JshsB+ · 58% proficient
- Muncy JshsB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Montoursville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Montoursville 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 Montoursville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Montoursville
Is Montoursville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Montoursville ranks 6,113th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low crime, and walkability, and lowest on the weather and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Montoursville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $245,278. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $76,194 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Montoursville safe?
Yes, Montoursville is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $175 per resident a year.
Compare Montoursville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Montoursville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Montoursville 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.
Montoursville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Montoursville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Montoursville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Montoursville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Montoursville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Montoursville 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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