Best PlacesWarren, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Warren, 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.
Warren ranks 16,795th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Warren
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.
Warren's strengths and weaknesses
Where Warren ranks high
- Short commute15.7 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 88% of towns
Where Warren ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Warren
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Warren home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,123, 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 Warren's effective rate of 1.31%, 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 Warren
Warren 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 Warren.
Who works in Warren, and how
Work in Warren centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Warren
Warren has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of towns and more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Warren and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Warren, month by month
Warren sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 79° | 69° | 59° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Warren
The nearest airport, Bradford Regional, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Warren
Schools across Warren average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eisenhower El SchA · 70% proficient
- Warren Area El CtrA · 65% proficient
- Youngsville El SchA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Beaty-warren MsB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Warren Area HsA+ · 80% proficient
- Eisenhower M/hsA− · 60% proficient
- Youngsville Ms/hsC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Warren school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Warren 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 Warren against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Warren
Is Warren a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Warren ranks 16,795th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, walkability, and cell coverage, and lowest on taxes and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Warren expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $129,350. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $61,123 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Warren safe?
Warren is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $357 per resident a year.
Compare Warren with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Warren. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Warren 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.
Warren detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Warren: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Warren: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Warren: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Warren: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Warren 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.