Best PlacesPotter Brook, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Potter Brook, 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.
Potter Brook ranks 33,324th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Potter Brook
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.
Potter Brook's strengths and weaknesses
Where Potter Brook ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 84% of towns
Where Potter Brook ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of towns
- Household income$52,138 median, better than only 15% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Potter Brook
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Potter Brook home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,138, 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 Potter Brook's effective rate of 1.00%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Potter Brook
Potter Brook 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 Potter Brook.
Who works in Potter Brook, and how
Work in Potter Brook centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Potter Brook
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Potter Brook.
What the weather is like in Potter Brook, month by month
Potter Brook sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 58° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Potter Brook
The nearest airport, Elmira/Corning Regional, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 168 miles away.
The best schools in and around Potter Brook
Schools across Potter Brook average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Westfield Area El SchA · 70% proficient
- Northern Potter Childrens SchA− · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Cowanesque Valley JshsA− · 60% proficient
- Northern Potter JshsB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Potter Brook school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Potter Brook 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 Potter Brook against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Potter Brook
Is Potter Brook a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Potter Brook ranks 33,324th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, tree cover, and low disaster risk, and lowest on a weak job market and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Potter Brook expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $138,365. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $52,138 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Potter Brook safe?
Yes, Potter Brook is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $250 per resident a year.
Compare Potter Brook with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Potter Brook. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Potter Brook 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.
Potter Brook detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Potter Brook: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Potter Brook: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Potter Brook: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Potter Brook: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Potter Brook 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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