Best PlacesOsceola Mills, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Osceola Mills, 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.
Osceola Mills ranks 32,327th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Osceola Mills
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.
Osceola Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Osceola Mills ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 82% of towns
- BikingBetter than 77% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 74% of towns
Where Osceola Mills ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 22% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Osceola Mills
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Osceola Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,439, 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 Osceola Mills' effective rate of 1.08%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Osceola Mills
Osceola Mills 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 Osceola Mills.
Who works in Osceola Mills, and how
Work in Osceola Mills centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Osceola Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Osceola Mills.
What the weather is like in Osceola Mills, month by month
Osceola Mills sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 27° | 19° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 66° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Osceola Mills
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 105 miles away.
The best schools in and around Osceola Mills
Schools across Osceola Mills average a B−, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Osceola Mills El SchA · 70% proficient
- Moshannon Valley El SchB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Philipsburg-osceola Area MsB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Moshannon Valley JshsC+ · 40% proficient
- Philipsburg-osceola Area HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Osceola Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Osceola Mills 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 Osceola Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Osceola Mills
Is Osceola Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Osceola Mills ranks 32,327th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, a stable housing market, and walkability, and lowest on thin health care access and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Osceola Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $123,399. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $61,439 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Osceola Mills safe?
Osceola Mills is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $392 per resident a year.
Compare Osceola Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Osceola Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Osceola Mills 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.
Osceola Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Osceola Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Osceola Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Osceola Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Osceola Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Osceola Mills 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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