Best PlacesRohrsburg, PA Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around Rohrsburg, 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.

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Rohrsburg ranks 18,219th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on big-city access, and biking ranks lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in Rohrsburg

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Rohrsburg area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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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.

Rohrsburg's strengths and weaknesses

Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Rohrsburg with other towns.

Where Rohrsburg ranks high

  • Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
  • Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of towns
  • Air qualityBetter than 82% of towns
  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than 77% of towns
  • School gradeB+, better than 74% of towns

Where Rohrsburg ranks low

  • BikingBetter than only 14% of towns
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
  • WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
  • State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
  • Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 22% of towns

What it costs to buy a home in Rohrsburg

A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rohrsburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,738, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$60,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$1,408
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $226,645 home
Median rent
$638
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,156
Property tax$177
Homeowners insurance$76

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 Rohrsburg'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.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in Rohrsburg

Rohrsburg runs older than the country.

Median age
46
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
21%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.5
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1821%
18 to 3416%
35 to 4919%
50 to 6423%
65 and older21%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rohrsburg.


Who works in Rohrsburg, and how

Work in Rohrsburg centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.

Work from home
13%
below the national average
Unemployment
2.0%
below the national average
Job growth
−1.1%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social20%
Manufacturing14%
Construction13%
Education10%
Retail trade8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 85%
  • Work from home 13%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 2%

Life in Rohrsburg

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rohrsburg.


What the weather is like in Rohrsburg, month by month

Rohrsburg sees roughly 68 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.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January40°30°22°
April66°51°39°
July89°75°64°
October68°55°45°

Flying in and out of Rohrsburg

The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 108 miles away.

Nearest airport
AVP
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, about 39 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
189th-busiest in the US, 26 nonstop destinations
Average drive
56 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around Rohrsburg

Schools across Rohrsburg average a B+, better than 74% of towns.

Top elementary schools

Top middle schools

Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rohrsburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


Rohrsburg 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 Rohrsburg against the other 50,332 towns.


Common questions about living in Rohrsburg

Is Rohrsburg a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rohrsburg ranks 18,219th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, low disaster risk, and clean air, and lowest on biking and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Rohrsburg expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $226,645. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $71,738 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.

Is Rohrsburg safe?

Yes, Rohrsburg is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $222 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rohrsburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rohrsburg 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.

Rohrsburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for Rohrsburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in Rohrsburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of Rohrsburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in Rohrsburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

Rohrsburg detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.