Best PlacesTompkinsville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tompkinsville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tompkinsville ranks 3,758th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tompkinsville
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.
Tompkinsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tompkinsville ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$118,665 median, better than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
Where Tompkinsville ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tompkinsville
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tompkinsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $118,665, 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 Tompkinsville's effective rate of 1.18%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tompkinsville
Tompkinsville runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tompkinsville.
Who works in Tompkinsville, and how
Work in Tompkinsville centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Tompkinsville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tompkinsville.
What the weather is like in Tompkinsville, month by month
Tompkinsville sees roughly 72 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 Tompkinsville
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 97 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tompkinsville
Schools across Tompkinsville average a B+, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lackawanna Trail El CtrA− · 61% proficient
- Lakeland El Sch - Scott CampusB+ · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Lakeland JshsB · 47% proficient
- Lackawanna Trail JshsC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tompkinsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tompkinsville 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 Tompkinsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tompkinsville
Is Tompkinsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tompkinsville ranks 3,758th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on walkability and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tompkinsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $254,944. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $118,665 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Tompkinsville safe?
Yes, Tompkinsville is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $168 per resident a year.
Compare Tompkinsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tompkinsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tompkinsville 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.
Tompkinsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tompkinsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tompkinsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tompkinsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tompkinsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tompkinsville 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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