Best PlacesMount Nebo, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Nebo, 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 Nebo ranks 10,289th 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 Nebo
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 Nebo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Nebo ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 93% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of towns
Where Mount Nebo ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,106 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Nebo
A household needs to earn about $94,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Nebo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $87,702; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Nebo's effective rate of 1.25%, 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 Mount Nebo
Mount Nebo runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mount Nebo.
Who works in Mount Nebo, and how
Work in Mount Nebo centers on public administration and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mount Nebo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mount Nebo.
What the weather is like in Mount Nebo, month by month
Mount Nebo sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Mount Nebo
The nearest airport, Lancaster, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 50 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mount Nebo
Schools across Mount Nebo average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Martic El SchA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Marticville MsA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Penn Manor HsA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Nebo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Nebo 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 Nebo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mount Nebo
Is Mount Nebo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Nebo ranks 10,289th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, fast internet, and big-city access, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mount Nebo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $337,500. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $87,702 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Mount Nebo safe?
Yes, Mount Nebo is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $101 per resident a year.
Compare Mount Nebo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Nebo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Nebo 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 Nebo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Nebo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Nebo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Nebo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Nebo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Nebo 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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