Best PlacesOverview, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Overview, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Overview ranks 5,430th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Overview
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.
Overview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Overview ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Overview ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Overview
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Overview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $101,591, 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 Overview's effective rate of 1.22%, 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 Overview
Overview 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 Overview.
Who works in Overview, and how
Work in Overview centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Overview
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Overview.
What the weather is like in Overview, month by month
Overview sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Overview
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 81 miles away.
The best schools in and around Overview
Schools across Overview average a B, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Susquenita El SchA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Susquenita MsB+ · 50% proficient
- Susquehanna Twp MsB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Susquehanna Twp HsB · 50% proficient
- Susquenita HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Overview school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Overview 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 Overview against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Overview
Is Overview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Overview ranks 5,430th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, tree cover, and big-city access, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Overview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $282,400. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $101,591 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Overview safe?
Yes, Overview is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $166 per resident a year.
Compare Overview with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Overview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Overview 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.
Overview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Overview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Overview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Overview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Overview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Overview 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.