Best PlacesTrees Mills, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Trees 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.
Trees Mills ranks 13,852nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Trees 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.
Trees Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Trees Mills ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Trees Mills ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Trees Mills
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Trees Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,030, 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 Trees Mills' effective rate of 1.20%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Trees Mills
Trees Mills 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 Trees Mills.
Who works in Trees Mills, and how
Work in Trees Mills centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Trees Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Trees Mills.
What the weather is like in Trees Mills, month by month
Trees Mills sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Trees Mills
The nearest airport, Arnold Palmer Regional, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 36 miles away.
The best schools in and around Trees Mills
Schools across Trees Mills average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Metzgar El SchA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Greensburg-salem MsB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Greensburg-salem HsB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Trees Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Trees 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 Trees Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Trees Mills
Is Trees Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Trees Mills ranks 13,852nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, civic engagement, and health care access, 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 Trees Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $175,304. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $68,030 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Trees Mills safe?
Yes, Trees Mills is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $173 per resident a year.
Compare Trees Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Trees Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Trees 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.
Trees Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Trees Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Trees Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Trees Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Trees Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Trees 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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