Best PlacesStrabane, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Strabane, 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.
Strabane ranks 11,412th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Strabane
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.
Strabane's strengths and weaknesses
Where Strabane ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
Where Strabane ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,005 a month, better than only 24% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Strabane
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Strabane home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,005, 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 Strabane's effective rate of 1.03%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Strabane
Strabane runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Strabane.
Who works in Strabane, and how
Work in Strabane centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Strabane
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Strabane.
What the weather is like in Strabane, month by month
Strabane sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 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° | 39° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Strabane
Pittsburgh International sits about 17 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Strabane
Schools across Strabane average an A, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Central ElA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Canonsburg MsA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Canon-mcmillan ShsA · 79% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Strabane school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Strabane 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 Strabane against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Strabane
Is Strabane a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Strabane ranks 11,412th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, few empty homes, and health care access, and lowest on noise and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Strabane expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,180. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $65,005 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Strabane safe?
Strabane is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $346 per resident a year.
Compare Strabane with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Strabane. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Strabane 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.
Strabane detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Strabane: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Strabane: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Strabane: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Strabane: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Strabane 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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