Best PlacesSankertown, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sankertown, 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.
Sankertown ranks 12,134th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sankertown
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.
Sankertown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sankertown ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
Where Sankertown ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 33% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sankertown
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sankertown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,355, 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 Sankertown's effective rate of 0.88%, 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 Sankertown
Sankertown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sankertown.
Who works in Sankertown, and how
Work in Sankertown 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 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Sankertown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sankertown.
What the weather is like in Sankertown, month by month
Sankertown sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 27° | 20° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 81° | 71° | 62° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Sankertown
The nearest airport, John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sankertown
Schools across Sankertown average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Penn Cambria Intrmd SchB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Penn Cambria MsB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Penn Cambria HsA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sankertown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sankertown 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 Sankertown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sankertown
Is Sankertown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sankertown ranks 12,134th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low disaster risk, and a strong job market, and lowest on noise and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sankertown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $161,590. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $70,355 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Sankertown safe?
Yes, Sankertown is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $225 per resident a year.
Compare Sankertown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sankertown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sankertown 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.
Sankertown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sankertown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sankertown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sankertown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sankertown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sankertown 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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