Best PlacesPine Grove Mills, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pine Grove Mills, 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.
Pine Grove Mills ranks 34th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pine Grove 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.
Pine Grove Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Pine Grove Mills ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$168,589 median, better than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
Where Pine Grove Mills ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,132 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pine Grove Mills
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pine Grove Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $168,589, 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 Grove Mills' effective rate of 1.15%, 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 Pine Grove Mills
Pine Grove Mills runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pine Grove Mills.
Who works in Pine Grove Mills, and how
Work in Pine Grove Mills centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 50%
- Work from home 39%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Pine Grove Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pine Grove Mills.
What the weather is like in Pine Grove Mills, month by month
Pine Grove Mills sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Pine Grove Mills
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pine Grove Mills
Schools across Pine Grove Mills average an A, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ferguson Twp El SchA+ · 95% proficient
- Juniata Valley El SchB · 50% proficient
- Standing Stone El SchB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mount Nittany MsA− · 55% proficient
- Huntingdon Area MsB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- State College Area HsA+ · 80% proficient
- Huntingdon Area ShsA− · 65% proficient
- Juniata Valley JshsC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pine Grove Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pine Grove 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 Pine Grove Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pine Grove Mills
Is Pine Grove Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pine Grove Mills ranks 34th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, what local pay buys, and an educated workforce, 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 Grove Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $354,609. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $168,589 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Pine Grove Mills safe?
Yes, Pine Grove Mills is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $223 per resident a year.
Compare Pine Grove Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pine Grove Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pine Grove 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.
Pine Grove Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pine Grove Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pine Grove Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pine Grove Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pine Grove Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pine Grove 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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