Best PlacesPavia, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pavia, 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.
Pavia ranks 11,268th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pavia
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.
Pavia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pavia ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- QuietBetter than 89% of towns
Where Pavia ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute33.5 minutes each way, better than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pavia
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pavia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,500, 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 Pavia's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 Pavia
Pavia runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pavia.
Who works in Pavia, and how
Work in Pavia centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Pavia
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pavia.
What the weather is like in Pavia, month by month
Pavia sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 27° | 20° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 81° | 71° | 62° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Pavia
The nearest airport, John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pavia
Schools across Pavia average an A−, better than 81% of towns.
Top high schools
- Chestnut Ridge ShsB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pavia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pavia 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 Pavia against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pavia
Is Pavia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pavia ranks 11,268th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, heat safety, and tree cover, and lowest on internet speeds and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pavia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $143,100. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $67,500 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Pavia safe?
Yes, Pavia is safer than 100% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $91 per resident a year.
Compare Pavia with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pavia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pavia 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.
Pavia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pavia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pavia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pavia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pavia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pavia 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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