Best PlacesUniontown, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Uniontown, 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.
Uniontown ranks 1,504th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Uniontown
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.
Uniontown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Uniontown ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 82% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of cities
Where Uniontown ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of cities
- Household income$63,326 median, better than only 13% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Uniontown
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Uniontown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,326, 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 Uniontown's effective rate of 1.30%, 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 Uniontown
Uniontown 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 Uniontown.
Who works in Uniontown, and how
Work in Uniontown centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Uniontown
Uniontown has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of cities and more parkland per resident than 79% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Uniontown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Uniontown, month by month
Uniontown sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Uniontown
The nearest airport, Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 49 miles away.
The best schools in and around Uniontown
Schools across Uniontown average a B+, better than 72% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Marshall El SchA− · 62% proficient
- Franklin SchA− · 60% proficient
- Menallen SchA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Albert Gallatin North MsC · 32% proficient
- Albert Gallatin South MsC · 31% proficient
- Connellsville Area MsC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Laurel Highlands ShsA · 70% proficient
- Uniontown Area ShsA · 70% proficient
- Albert Gallatin Area ShsB+ · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Uniontown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Uniontown 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 Uniontown against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Uniontown suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 8% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Uniontown
Is Uniontown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Uniontown ranks 1,504th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on fast internet, low disaster risk, and a stable housing market, and lowest on health outcomes 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 Uniontown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $161,265. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $63,326 median income, cost of living beats 19% of cities.
Is Uniontown safe?
Uniontown is safer than 34% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $337 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Uniontown?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 24. That works out to about 72 pleasant days a year, more than 30% of cities.
Is Uniontown good for families?
Schools beat 72% of cities, crime safety beats 34%, and childcare runs $828 a month.
Compare Uniontown with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Uniontown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Uniontown 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.
Uniontown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Uniontown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Uniontown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Uniontown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Uniontown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Uniontown 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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