Best PlacesRoaring Branch, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Roaring Branch, 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.
Roaring Branch ranks 30,032nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Empty homes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low disaster risk.
The best neighborhoods in Roaring Branch
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.
Roaring Branch's strengths and weaknesses
Where Roaring Branch ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 77% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 76% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 75% of towns
Where Roaring Branch ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Roaring Branch
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Roaring Branch home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,259, 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 Roaring Branch's effective rate of 0.99%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Roaring Branch
Roaring Branch runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Roaring Branch.
Who works in Roaring Branch, and how
Work in Roaring Branch centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Roaring Branch
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Roaring Branch.
What the weather is like in Roaring Branch, month by month
Roaring Branch sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 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° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 89° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Roaring Branch
The nearest airport, Elmira/Corning Regional, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 149 miles away.
The best schools in and around Roaring Branch
Schools across Roaring Branch average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Liberty El SchA− · 60% proficient
- Canton Area El SchA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- North Penn-liberty JshsC+ · 40% proficient
- Canton JshsC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Roaring Branch school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Roaring Branch 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 Roaring Branch against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Roaring Branch
Is Roaring Branch a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Roaring Branch ranks 30,032nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, fast internet, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on empty homes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Roaring Branch expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $185,925. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $75,259 median income, cost of living beats 53% of towns.
Is Roaring Branch safe?
Roaring Branch is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $328 per resident a year.
Compare Roaring Branch with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Roaring Branch. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Roaring Branch 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.
Roaring Branch detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Roaring Branch: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Roaring Branch: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Roaring Branch: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Roaring Branch: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Roaring Branch 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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