Best PlacesOliveburg, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oliveburg, 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.
Oliveburg ranks 14,164th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Oliveburg
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.
Oliveburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oliveburg ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 91% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 74% of towns
Where Oliveburg ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 15% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 17% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oliveburg
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oliveburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,345, 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 Oliveburg's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 Oliveburg
Oliveburg 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 Oliveburg.
Who works in Oliveburg, and how
Work in Oliveburg centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Oliveburg
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oliveburg.
What the weather is like in Oliveburg, month by month
Oliveburg sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 27° | 19° |
| April | 62° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Oliveburg
The nearest airport, Dubois Regional, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 72 miles away.
The best schools in and around Oliveburg
Schools across Oliveburg average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Punxsutawney Area El SchA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Punxsutawney Area HsA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oliveburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oliveburg 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 Oliveburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oliveburg
Is Oliveburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oliveburg ranks 14,164th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, heat safety, and good schools, and lowest on cell coverage and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oliveburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $159,184. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $69,345 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Oliveburg safe?
Yes, Oliveburg is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $124 per resident a year.
Compare Oliveburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oliveburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oliveburg 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.
Oliveburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oliveburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oliveburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oliveburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oliveburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oliveburg 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.