Best PlacesShohola, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shohola, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Shohola ranks 8,103rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Shohola
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.
Shohola's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shohola ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
Where Shohola ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shohola
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shohola home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,404, 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 Shohola's effective rate of 1.18%, 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.
Who lives in Shohola
Shohola runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Shohola.
Who works in Shohola, and how
Work in Shohola centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Shohola
Shohola has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Shohola and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Shohola, month by month
Shohola sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Shohola
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shohola
Schools across Shohola average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wallenpaupack North Intrmd SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Wallenpaupack South El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Shohola El SchA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Delaware Valley MsA− · 56% proficient
- Wallenpaupack Area MsB · 45% proficient
- Dingman-delaware MsB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Delaware Valley HsA · 79% proficient
- Wallenpaupack Area HsA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shohola school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shohola 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 Shohola against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shohola
Is Shohola a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shohola ranks 8,103rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, good schools, and tree cover, and lowest on an overheated housing market and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shohola expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $300,927. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $102,404 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Shohola safe?
Yes, Shohola is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $208 per resident a year.
Compare Shohola with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shohola. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shohola 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.
Shohola detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shohola: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shohola: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shohola: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shohola: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shohola 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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