Best PlacesRed Rock, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Red Rock, 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.
Red Rock ranks 15,324th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Empty homes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on big-city access.
The best neighborhoods in Red Rock
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.
Red Rock's strengths and weaknesses
Where Red Rock ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
- QuietBetter than 84% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 83% of towns
Where Red Rock ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute34.0 minutes each way, better than only 17% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 20% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Red Rock
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Red Rock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,491, 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 Red Rock's effective rate of 0.94%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Red Rock
Red Rock 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 Red Rock.
Who works in Red Rock, and how
Work in Red Rock centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Red Rock
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Red Rock.
What the weather is like in Red Rock, month by month
Red Rock sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Red Rock
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 114 miles away.
The best schools in and around Red Rock
Schools across Red Rock average an A−, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wyalusing Valley El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Sullivan Co El SchA · 70% proficient
- Northwest Area Intermediate SchA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Benton Area MsC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Benton Area HsA− · 63% proficient
- Lake-lehman JshsB+ · 55% proficient
- Tunkhannock HsB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Red Rock school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Red Rock 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 Red Rock against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Red Rock
Is Red Rock a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Red Rock ranks 15,324th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, tree cover, and fast internet, and lowest on empty homes and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Red Rock expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $231,499. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $84,491 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Red Rock safe?
Red Rock is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $261 per resident a year.
Compare Red Rock with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Red Rock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Red Rock 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.
Red Rock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Red Rock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Red Rock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Red Rock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Red Rock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Red Rock 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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