Best PlacesSusquehanna, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Susquehanna, 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.
Susquehanna ranks 21,419th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Susquehanna
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.
Susquehanna's strengths and weaknesses
Where Susquehanna ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
Where Susquehanna ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 22% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Susquehanna
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Susquehanna home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,544, 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 Susquehanna's 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 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 Susquehanna
Susquehanna runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Susquehanna.
Who works in Susquehanna, and how
Work in Susquehanna centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Susquehanna
Susquehanna has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Susquehanna and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Susquehanna, month by month
Susquehanna sees roughly 78 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 Susquehanna
The nearest airport, Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around Susquehanna
Schools across Susquehanna average a B, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Preston SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Susquehanna Community El SchA · 70% proficient
- Blue Ridge El SchB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Blue Ridge MsB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Honesdale HsA · 75% proficient
- Blue Ridge HsB+ · 55% proficient
- Mountain View JshsB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Susquehanna school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Susquehanna 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 Susquehanna against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Susquehanna
Is Susquehanna a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Susquehanna ranks 21,419th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, heat safety, and low crime, and lowest on empty homes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Susquehanna expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $193,968. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $66,544 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Susquehanna safe?
Yes, Susquehanna is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $177 per resident a year.
Compare Susquehanna with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Susquehanna. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Susquehanna 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.
Susquehanna detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Susquehanna: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Susquehanna: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Susquehanna: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Susquehanna: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Susquehanna 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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