Best PlacesVanport, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vanport, 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.
Vanport ranks 27,893rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Vanport
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.
Vanport's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vanport ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
Where Vanport ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 9% 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 Vanport
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vanport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,228, 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 Vanport's effective rate of 1.19%, 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 Vanport
Vanport 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 Vanport.
Who works in Vanport, and how
Work in Vanport centers on real estate and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Vanport
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vanport.
What the weather is like in Vanport, month by month
Vanport sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 62° | 53° | 44° |
| July | 85° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 66° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Vanport
Pittsburgh International sits about 12 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 Vanport
Schools across Vanport average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dutch Ridge El SchA+ · 78% proficient
Top middle schools
- Beaver Area MsA− · 55% proficient
- Central Valley MsB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Valley HsA+ · 83% proficient
- Beaver Area ShsA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vanport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vanport 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 Vanport against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vanport
Is Vanport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vanport ranks 27,893rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, transit, and good schools, and lowest on crime and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vanport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,500. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $63,228 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Vanport safe?
Vanport is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $530 per resident a year.
Compare Vanport with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vanport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vanport 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.
Vanport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vanport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vanport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vanport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vanport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vanport 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.