Best PlacesNatrona Heights, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Natrona Heights, 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.
Natrona Heights ranks 16,096th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Natrona Heights
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.
Natrona Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Natrona Heights ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
Where Natrona Heights ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$991 a month, better than only 25% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Natrona Heights
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Natrona Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,949, 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 Natrona Heights' effective rate of 1.66%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Natrona Heights
Natrona Heights 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 Natrona Heights.
Who works in Natrona Heights, and how
Work in Natrona Heights centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Natrona Heights
Natrona Heights has more parkland per resident than 91% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Natrona Heights and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Natrona Heights, month by month
Natrona Heights sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 39° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Natrona Heights
Pittsburgh International sits about 28 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 Natrona Heights
Schools across Natrona Heights average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kiski Area North Primary SchA · 70% proficient
- Buffalo El SchA · 68% proficient
- Highlands El SchB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Freeport Area MsA− · 56% proficient
- Kiski Area Upper El SchC+ · 37% proficient
- Highlands MsC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Freeport Area ShsA+ · 80% proficient
- Kiski Area HsA− · 62% proficient
- Highlands ShsB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Natrona Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Natrona Heights 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 Natrona Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Natrona Heights
Is Natrona Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Natrona Heights ranks 16,096th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, fast internet, and biking, 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 Natrona Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $163,564. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $73,949 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Natrona Heights safe?
Natrona Heights is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $282 per resident a year.
Compare Natrona Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Natrona Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Natrona Heights 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.
Natrona Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Natrona Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Natrona Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Natrona Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Natrona Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Natrona Heights 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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