Best PlacesUswick, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Uswick, 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.
Uswick ranks 12,073rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Uswick
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.
Uswick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Uswick ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Uswick ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Uswick
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Uswick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,161, 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 Uswick's effective rate of 0.92%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Uswick
Uswick runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Uswick.
Who works in Uswick, and how
Work in Uswick centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Uswick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Uswick.
What the weather is like in Uswick, month by month
Uswick sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 25° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Uswick
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 69 miles away.
The best schools in and around Uswick
Schools across Uswick average an A−, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wallenpaupack North Intrmd SchA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wallenpaupack Area MsB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Wallenpaupack Area HsA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Uswick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Uswick 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 Uswick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Uswick
Is Uswick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Uswick ranks 12,073rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, tree cover, and good schools, and lowest on biking and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Uswick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $226,527. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $82,161 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Uswick safe?
Yes, Uswick is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $192 per resident a year.
Compare Uswick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Uswick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Uswick 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.
Uswick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Uswick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Uswick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Uswick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Uswick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Uswick 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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