Best PlacesWarrendale, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Warrendale, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Warrendale ranks 48th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Warrendale
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.
Warrendale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Warrendale ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
Where Warrendale ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$983 a month, better than only 26% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Warrendale
A household needs to earn about $162,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Warrendale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $162,098, 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 Warrendale's effective rate of 1.39%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Warrendale
Warrendale runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Warrendale.
Who works in Warrendale, and how
Work in Warrendale centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Warrendale
Warrendale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Warrendale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Warrendale, month by month
Warrendale sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 39° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Warrendale
Pittsburgh International sits about 14 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 Warrendale
Schools across Warrendale average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bradford Woods El SchA+ · 93% proficient
- Wexford El SchA+ · 88% proficient
- Haine El SchA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eden Hall Upper El SchA+ · 74% proficient
- Marshall MsA+ · 72% proficient
- Ryan Gloyer MsA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Pine-richland HsA+ · 91% proficient
- North Allegheny HsA+ · 88% proficient
- Seneca Valley HsA · 76% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Warrendale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Warrendale 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 Warrendale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Warrendale
Is Warrendale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Warrendale ranks 48th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, an educated workforce, and what local pay buys, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Warrendale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $574,124. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $162,098 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Warrendale safe?
Yes, Warrendale is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $139 per resident a year.
Compare Warrendale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Warrendale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Warrendale 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.
Warrendale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Warrendale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Warrendale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Warrendale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Warrendale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Warrendale 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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