Best PlacesVintondale, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vintondale, 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.
Vintondale ranks 18,283rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Vintondale
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.
Vintondale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vintondale ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Vintondale ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 25% of towns
- Household income$59,277 median, better than only 26% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vintondale
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vintondale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,277, 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 Vintondale's effective rate of 1.10%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Vintondale
Vintondale runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Vintondale.
Who works in Vintondale, and how
Work in Vintondale centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Vintondale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vintondale.
What the weather is like in Vintondale, month by month
Vintondale sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 27° | 20° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 81° | 71° | 62° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Vintondale
The nearest airport, John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 68 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vintondale
Schools across Vintondale average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- United El SchA+ · 85% proficient
- Jackson El SchA · 65% proficient
- Blacklick Valley El CtrB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central Cambria MsB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Cambria HsA · 73% proficient
- United JshsA− · 60% proficient
- Blacklick Valley JshsB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vintondale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vintondale 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 Vintondale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vintondale
Is Vintondale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vintondale ranks 18,283rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, a stable housing market, and heat safety, and lowest on cell coverage and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vintondale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $119,779. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $59,277 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Vintondale safe?
Yes, Vintondale is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $178 per resident a year.
Compare Vintondale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vintondale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vintondale 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.
Vintondale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vintondale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vintondale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vintondale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vintondale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vintondale 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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