Best PlacesStarrucca, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Starrucca, 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.
Starrucca ranks 22,500th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Starrucca
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.
Starrucca's strengths and weaknesses
Where Starrucca ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 85% of towns
Where Starrucca ranks low
- Short commute41.5 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Starrucca
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Starrucca home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,053, 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 Starrucca's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 Starrucca
Starrucca 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 Starrucca.
Who works in Starrucca, and how
Work in Starrucca centers on retail trade 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 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Starrucca
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Starrucca.
What the weather is like in Starrucca, month by month
Starrucca sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 60° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Starrucca
The nearest airport, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 107 miles away.
The best schools in and around Starrucca
Schools across Starrucca average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Preston SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Susquehanna Community El SchA · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Honesdale HsA · 75% proficient
- Susquehanna Community JshsC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Starrucca school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Starrucca 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 Starrucca against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Starrucca
Is Starrucca a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Starrucca ranks 22,500th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, tree cover, and fast internet, and lowest on long commutes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Starrucca expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $195,979. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $64,053 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Starrucca safe?
Yes, Starrucca is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $171 per resident a year.
Compare Starrucca with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Starrucca. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Starrucca 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.
Starrucca detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Starrucca: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Starrucca: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Starrucca: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Starrucca: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Starrucca 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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