Best PlacesNew Centerville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Centerville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
New Centerville ranks 8,756th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in New Centerville
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.
New Centerville's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Centerville ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
Where New Centerville ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Centerville
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Centerville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,485, 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 New Centerville's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in New Centerville
New Centerville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Centerville.
Who works in New Centerville, and how
Work in New Centerville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in New Centerville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Centerville.
What the weather is like in New Centerville, month by month
New Centerville sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of New Centerville
The nearest airport, Arnold Palmer Regional, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Centerville
Schools across New Centerville average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rockwood Area El SchA+ · 80% proficient
Top high schools
- Rockwood Area JshsA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Centerville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Centerville 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 New Centerville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Centerville
Is New Centerville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Centerville ranks 8,756th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, good schools, and low crime, and lowest on a weak job market and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Centerville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,823. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $75,485 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is New Centerville safe?
Yes, New Centerville is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $143 per resident a year.
Compare New Centerville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Centerville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Centerville 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.
New Centerville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Centerville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Centerville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Centerville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Centerville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Centerville 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.