Best PlacesMoon, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Moon, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Moon ranks 2,516th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Moon
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.
Moon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Moon ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$160,689 median, better than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 98% of towns
Where Moon ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$991 a month, better than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Moon
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Moon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $160,689, 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 Moon's effective rate of 1.36%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Moon
Moon 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 Moon.
Who works in Moon, and how
Work in Moon centers on real estate and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Moon
Moon has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Moon and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Moon, month by month
Moon sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 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° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Moon
Pittsburgh International sits about 3 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Moon
Schools across Moon average an A, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wilson El SchA+ · 98% proficient
- Mccormick El SchA+ · 83% proficient
Top middle schools
- Moon Area Lower MsA− · 56% proficient
- West Allegheny MsA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- West Allegheny ShsA+ · 82% proficient
- Moon ShsA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Moon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Moon 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 Moon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Moon
Is Moon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Moon ranks 2,516th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, what local pay buys, and low disaster risk, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Moon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $216,200. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $160,689 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Moon safe?
Moon is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $393 per resident a year.
Compare Moon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Moon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Moon 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.
Moon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Moon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Moon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Moon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Moon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Moon 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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