Best PlacesRunville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Runville, 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.
Runville ranks 19,027th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low disaster risk.
The best neighborhoods in Runville
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.
Runville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Runville ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 84% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 77% of towns
Where Runville ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,135 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Runville
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Runville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,583, 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 Runville's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 Runville
Runville 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 Runville.
Who works in Runville, and how
Work in Runville centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Runville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Runville.
What the weather is like in Runville, month by month
Runville sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 23° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Runville
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 129 miles away.
The best schools in and around Runville
Schools across Runville average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mountaintop Area El SchA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bellefonte Area MsB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Bald Eagle Area JshsB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Runville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Runville 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 Runville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Runville
Is Runville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Runville ranks 19,027th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, heat safety, and good schools, and lowest on taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Runville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $209,477. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $72,583 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Runville safe?
Yes, Runville is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $227 per resident a year.
Compare Runville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Runville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Runville 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.
Runville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Runville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Runville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Runville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Runville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Runville 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.