Best PlacesSwoyersville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Swoyersville, 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.
Swoyersville ranks 8,845th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Swoyersville
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.
Swoyersville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Swoyersville ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
Where Swoyersville ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Swoyersville
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Swoyersville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,789, 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 Swoyersville's effective rate of 1.48%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Swoyersville
Swoyersville 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 Swoyersville.
Who works in Swoyersville, and how
Work in Swoyersville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Swoyersville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Swoyersville.
What the weather is like in Swoyersville, month by month
Swoyersville sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Swoyersville
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around Swoyersville
Schools across Swoyersville average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dana El CtrA+ · 75% proficient
- Solomon/plains El SchA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wyoming Valley West MsB− · 40% proficient
- Solomon/plains MsD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Wyoming Valley West ShsA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Swoyersville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Swoyersville 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 Swoyersville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Swoyersville
Is Swoyersville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Swoyersville ranks 8,845th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, few empty homes, and cell coverage, 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 Swoyersville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $149,811. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $71,789 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Swoyersville safe?
Swoyersville is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $269 per resident a year.
Compare Swoyersville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Swoyersville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Swoyersville 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.
Swoyersville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Swoyersville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Swoyersville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Swoyersville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Swoyersville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Swoyersville 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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