Best PlacesStrodes Mills, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Strodes 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.
Strodes Mills ranks 22,224th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on tree cover, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Strodes 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.
Strodes Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Strodes Mills ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 79% of towns
Where Strodes Mills ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Strodes Mills
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Strodes Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,916, 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 Strodes Mills' effective rate of 1.05%, 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 Strodes Mills
Strodes Mills runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Strodes Mills.
Who works in Strodes Mills, and how
Work in Strodes Mills 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 94%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Strodes Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Strodes Mills.
What the weather is like in Strodes Mills, month by month
Strodes Mills sees roughly 76 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 Strodes Mills
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Strodes Mills
Schools across Strodes Mills average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Strodes Mills El SchC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mifflin Co MsC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Mifflin Co HsA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Strodes Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Strodes 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 Strodes Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Strodes Mills
Is Strodes Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Strodes Mills ranks 22,224th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low disaster risk, and big-city access, and lowest on cell coverage and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Strodes Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,550. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $68,916 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Strodes Mills safe?
Yes, Strodes Mills is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $190 per resident a year.
Compare Strodes Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Strodes Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Strodes 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.
Strodes Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Strodes Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Strodes Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Strodes Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Strodes Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Strodes 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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