Best PlacesSterrettania, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sterrettania, 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.
Sterrettania ranks 3,369th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sterrettania
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.
Sterrettania's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sterrettania ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
Where Sterrettania ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sterrettania
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sterrettania home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,989, 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 Sterrettania's effective rate of 1.43%, 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 Sterrettania
Sterrettania runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sterrettania.
Who works in Sterrettania, and how
Work in Sterrettania centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Sterrettania
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sterrettania.
What the weather is like in Sterrettania, month by month
Sterrettania sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Sterrettania
The nearest airport, Erie International/Tom Ridge Field, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 94 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sterrettania
Schools across Sterrettania average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fairview El SchA+ · 73% proficient
- Mckean El SchA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fairview MsA · 63% proficient
- James W Parker MsA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Fairview HsA+ · 86% proficient
- General Mclane HsA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sterrettania school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sterrettania 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 Sterrettania against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sterrettania
Is Sterrettania a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sterrettania ranks 3,369th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, health care access, and good schools, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sterrettania expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $242,971. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $90,989 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Sterrettania safe?
Yes, Sterrettania is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $110 per resident a year.
Compare Sterrettania with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sterrettania. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sterrettania 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.
Sterrettania detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sterrettania: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sterrettania: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sterrettania: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sterrettania: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sterrettania 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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