Best PlacesMount Eagle, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Eagle, 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.
Mount Eagle ranks 10,780th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mount Eagle
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.
Mount Eagle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Eagle ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
Where Mount Eagle ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,135 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Eagle
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Eagle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,445, 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 Mount Eagle's effective rate of 0.85%, 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 Mount Eagle
Mount Eagle 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 Mount Eagle.
Who works in Mount Eagle, and how
Work in Mount Eagle centers on education and admin & support services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Mount Eagle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mount Eagle.
What the weather is like in Mount Eagle, month by month
Mount Eagle sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Mount Eagle
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 135 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mount Eagle
Schools across Mount Eagle average an A−, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Marion-walker El SchA+ · 75% proficient
- Mountaintop Area El SchA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bellefonte Area MsB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Bellefonte Area HsA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Eagle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Eagle 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 Mount Eagle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mount Eagle
Is Mount Eagle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Eagle ranks 10,780th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, good schools, and low disaster risk, and lowest on noise and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mount Eagle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $260,013. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $72,445 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Mount Eagle safe?
Yes, Mount Eagle is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $138 per resident a year.
Compare Mount Eagle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Eagle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Eagle 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.
Mount Eagle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Eagle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Eagle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Eagle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Eagle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Eagle 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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