Best PlacesScenery Hill, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Scenery Hill, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Scenery Hill ranks 16,447th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Scenery Hill
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.
Scenery Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Scenery Hill ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 82% of towns
Where Scenery Hill ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 23% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,005 a month, better than only 24% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Scenery Hill
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Scenery Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,078, 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 Scenery Hill's effective rate of 0.93%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Scenery Hill
Scenery Hill 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 Scenery Hill.
Who works in Scenery Hill, and how
Work in Scenery Hill centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Scenery Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Scenery Hill.
What the weather is like in Scenery Hill, month by month
Scenery Hill sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Scenery Hill
Pittsburgh International sits about 29 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 Scenery Hill
Schools across Scenery Hill average a B+, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bentworth El CtrA · 68% proficient
- California Area El SchB+ · 53% proficient
- Bethlehem-center El SchB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bentworth MsB+ · 47% proficient
- Bethlehem-center MsD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Bethlehem-center ShsA+ · 80% proficient
- California Area ShsA · 70% proficient
- Bentworth ShsA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Scenery Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Scenery Hill 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 Scenery Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Scenery Hill
Is Scenery Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Scenery Hill ranks 16,447th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, a stable housing market, and health care access, and lowest on a weak job market and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Scenery Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $215,042. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $84,078 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Scenery Hill safe?
Scenery Hill is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $308 per resident a year.
Compare Scenery Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Scenery Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Scenery Hill 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.
Scenery Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Scenery Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Scenery Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Scenery Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Scenery Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Scenery Hill 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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