Best PlacesSpring Mills, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spring Mills, 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.
Spring Mills ranks 9,391st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Spring Mills
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.
Spring Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Spring Mills ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 80% of towns
Where Spring Mills ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,135 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spring Mills
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spring Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $72,723; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Spring Mills' effective rate of 1.00%, 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 Spring Mills
Spring Mills runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Spring Mills.
Who works in Spring Mills, and how
Work in Spring Mills centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Spring Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Spring Mills.
What the weather is like in Spring Mills, month by month
Spring Mills sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Spring Mills
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 125 miles away.
The best schools in and around Spring Mills
Schools across Spring Mills average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Penns Valley Area El And Intrmd SchA · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Penns Valley Area JshsB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spring Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spring Mills 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 Spring Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spring Mills
Is Spring Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spring Mills ranks 9,391st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low disaster risk, and good schools, and lowest on childcare costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spring Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $270,456. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $72,723 median income, cost of living beats 43% of towns.
Is Spring Mills safe?
Yes, Spring Mills is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $185 per resident a year.
Compare Spring Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spring Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spring Mills 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.
Spring Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spring Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spring Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spring Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spring Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spring Mills 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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