Best PlacesVan Voorhis, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Van Voorhis, 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.
Van Voorhis ranks 32,247th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Van Voorhis
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.
Van Voorhis' strengths and weaknesses
Where Van Voorhis ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 84% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 81% of towns
Where Van Voorhis ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
- Household income$54,076 median, better than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Van Voorhis
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Van Voorhis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,076, 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 Van Voorhis' 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 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 Van Voorhis
Van Voorhis 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 Van Voorhis.
Who works in Van Voorhis, and how
Work in Van Voorhis centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Van Voorhis
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Van Voorhis.
What the weather is like in Van Voorhis, month by month
Van Voorhis sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Van Voorhis
Pittsburgh International sits about 27 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Van Voorhis
Schools across Van Voorhis average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bentworth El CtrA · 68% proficient
- Charleroi Area El CtrB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bentworth MsB+ · 47% proficient
- Charleroi Area MsC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Bentworth ShsA− · 60% proficient
- Charleroi Area HsB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Van Voorhis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Van Voorhis 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 Van Voorhis against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Van Voorhis
Is Van Voorhis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Van Voorhis ranks 32,247th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, low disaster risk, and a stable housing market, and lowest on noise and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Van Voorhis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $156,766. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $54,076 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Van Voorhis safe?
Van Voorhis is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $335 per resident a year.
Compare Van Voorhis with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Van Voorhis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Van Voorhis 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.
Van Voorhis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Van Voorhis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Van Voorhis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Van Voorhis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Van Voorhis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Van Voorhis 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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