Best PlacesSummerville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Summerville, 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.
Summerville ranks 18,078th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Summerville
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.
Summerville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Summerville ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 81% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 79% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 74% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 72% of towns
Where Summerville ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 26% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 28% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Summerville
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Summerville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,100, 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 Summerville's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Summerville
Summerville 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 Summerville.
Who works in Summerville, and how
Work in Summerville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Summerville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Summerville.
What the weather is like in Summerville, month by month
Summerville sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 27° | 19° |
| April | 62° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Summerville
The nearest airport, Dubois Regional, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 69 miles away.
The best schools in and around Summerville
Schools across Summerville average an A−, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Redbank Valley Intrmd SchA+ · 75% proficient
- Punxsutawney Area El SchA+ · 75% proficient
- Clarion-limestone El SchA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Punxsutawney Area HsA− · 60% proficient
- Clarion-limestone Area JshsB+ · 55% proficient
- Redbank Valley HsB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Summerville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Summerville 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 Summerville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Summerville
Is Summerville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Summerville ranks 18,078th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, good schools, and low disaster risk, and lowest on state infrastructure 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 Summerville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $159,894. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $71,100 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Summerville safe?
Yes, Summerville is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $222 per resident a year.
Compare Summerville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Summerville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Summerville 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.
Summerville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Summerville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Summerville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Summerville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Summerville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Summerville 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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