Best PlacesRennerdale, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rennerdale, 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.
Rennerdale ranks 773rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rennerdale
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.
Rennerdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rennerdale ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
Where Rennerdale ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$991 a month, better than only 25% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rennerdale
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rennerdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $123,232, 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 Rennerdale's effective rate of 1.49%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rennerdale
Rennerdale runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rennerdale.
Who works in Rennerdale, and how
Work in Rennerdale centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Rennerdale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rennerdale.
What the weather is like in Rennerdale, month by month
Rennerdale sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Rennerdale
Pittsburgh International sits about 8 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Rennerdale
Schools across Rennerdale average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Chartiers Valley MsB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Chartiers Valley HsB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rennerdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rennerdale 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 Rennerdale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rennerdale
Is Rennerdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rennerdale ranks 773rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, low crime, and low disaster risk, and lowest on property taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rennerdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $364,974. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $123,232 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Rennerdale safe?
Yes, Rennerdale is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $104 per resident a year.
Compare Rennerdale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rennerdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rennerdale 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.
Rennerdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rennerdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rennerdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rennerdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rennerdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rennerdale 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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