Best PlacesPutneyville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Putneyville, 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.
Putneyville ranks 29,072nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Putneyville
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.
Putneyville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Putneyville ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 83% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 81% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 78% of towns
Where Putneyville ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Household income$51,436 median, better than only 14% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Putneyville
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Putneyville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,436, 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 Putneyville's effective rate of 0.98%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Putneyville
Putneyville 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 Putneyville.
Who works in Putneyville, and how
Work in Putneyville centers on health care & social and other services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Putneyville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Putneyville.
What the weather is like in Putneyville, month by month
Putneyville sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Putneyville
The nearest airport, Dubois Regional, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 57 miles away.
The best schools in and around Putneyville
Schools across Putneyville average an A−, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dayton El SchA · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Redbank Valley HsB · 50% proficient
- West Shamokin JshsB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Putneyville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Putneyville 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 Putneyville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Putneyville
Is Putneyville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Putneyville ranks 29,072nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, heat safety, and tree cover, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Putneyville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $145,430. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $51,436 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Putneyville safe?
Yes, Putneyville is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $187 per resident a year.
Compare Putneyville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Putneyville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Putneyville 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.
Putneyville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Putneyville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Putneyville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Putneyville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Putneyville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Putneyville 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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