Best PlacesSnyder County, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Snyder County, 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.
Snyder County ranks 957th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Snyder County
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.
The best areas in Snyder County
The parts of Snyder County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Selinsgrove
More adults hold degrees, more residents vote, and health care is easier to reach.
Middleburg
More households have young kids, though incomes run lower.
Mount Pleasant Mills
Scores across Snyder County run from about the 21st to the 90th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Snyder County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Snyder County ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of counties
- School gradeB+, better than 82% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of counties
Where Snyder County ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 67 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 23% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 29% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Snyder County
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Snyder County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,321, 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 Snyder County's effective rate of 1.01%, 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 Snyder County
Snyder County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Snyder County.
Who works in Snyder County, and how
Work in Snyder County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Snyder County
Snyder County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Snyder County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Snyder County growing, and who is moving in?
Snyder County has lost about 2% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Northumberland County, PA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Snyder County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Snyder County, month by month
Snyder County sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 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° | 38° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Snyder County
The nearest airport, Harrisburg International, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 111 miles away.
The best schools in and around Snyder County
Schools across Snyder County average a B+, better than 82% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Mifflinburg Area Intrmd SchA+ · 75% proficient
- Selinsgrove Intrmd SchA+ · 75% proficient
- Kelly El SchA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Donald H Eichhorn MsA · 66% proficient
- Selinsgrove Area MsA · 65% proficient
- Mifflinburg Area MsA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Lewisburg HsA+ · 85% proficient
- Line Mountain HsA · 73% proficient
- Midd-west HsB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Snyder County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Snyder County 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 Snyder County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Snyder County suits
Common questions about living in Snyder County
Is Snyder County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Snyder County ranks 957th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on big-city access, low disaster risk, and low crime, and lowest on taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Snyder County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $220,180. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $72,321 median income, cost of living beats 42% of counties.
Is Snyder County safe?
Yes, Snyder County is safer than 87% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $210 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Snyder County?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 21. That works out to about 67 pleasant days a year, more than 15% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Snyder County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Selinsgrove, Middleburg, and Mount Pleasant Mills. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Snyder County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Snyder County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Snyder County 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.
Snyder County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Snyder County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Snyder County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Snyder County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Snyder County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Snyder County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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