Best PlacesPine Glen, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pine Glen, 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.
Pine Glen ranks 19,571st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pine Glen
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.
Pine Glen's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pine Glen ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Pine Glen ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,135 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pine Glen
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pine Glen home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,875, 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 Pine Glen's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pine Glen
Pine Glen runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pine Glen.
Who works in Pine Glen, and how
Work in Pine Glen centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Pine Glen
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pine Glen.
What the weather is like in Pine Glen, month by month
Pine Glen sees roughly 70 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 Pine Glen
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 121 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pine Glen
Schools across Pine Glen average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mountaintop Area El SchA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Branch MsA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- West Branch Area HsA+ · 95% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pine Glen school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pine Glen 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 Pine Glen against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pine Glen
Is Pine Glen a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pine Glen ranks 19,571st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, tree cover, and heat safety, and lowest on taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pine Glen expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $178,300. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $66,875 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Pine Glen safe?
Yes, Pine Glen is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $160 per resident a year.
Compare Pine Glen with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pine Glen. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pine Glen 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.
Pine Glen detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pine Glen: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pine Glen: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pine Glen: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pine Glen: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pine Glen 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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