Best PlacesWarrior Ridge, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Warrior Ridge, 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.
Warrior Ridge ranks 16,474th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Biking pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low disaster risk.
The best neighborhoods in Warrior Ridge
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.
Warrior Ridge's strengths and weaknesses
Where Warrior Ridge ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 80% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 75% of towns
Where Warrior Ridge ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Warrior Ridge
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Warrior Ridge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,812, 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 Warrior Ridge's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Warrior Ridge
Warrior Ridge runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Warrior Ridge.
Who works in Warrior Ridge, and how
Work in Warrior Ridge centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Warrior Ridge
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Warrior Ridge.
What the weather is like in Warrior Ridge, month by month
Warrior Ridge sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Warrior Ridge
The nearest airport, State College Regional, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Washington Dulles International, about 114 miles away.
The best schools in and around Warrior Ridge
Schools across Warrior Ridge average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Juniata Valley El SchB · 50% proficient
- Standing Stone El SchB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Huntingdon Area MsB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Huntingdon Area ShsA− · 65% proficient
- Juniata Valley JshsC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Warrior Ridge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Warrior Ridge 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 Warrior Ridge against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Warrior Ridge
Is Warrior Ridge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Warrior Ridge ranks 16,474th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, low crime, and big-city access, and lowest on biking and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Warrior Ridge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $224,822. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $84,812 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Warrior Ridge safe?
Yes, Warrior Ridge is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $176 per resident a year.
Compare Warrior Ridge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Warrior Ridge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Warrior Ridge 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.
Warrior Ridge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Warrior Ridge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Warrior Ridge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Warrior Ridge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Warrior Ridge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Warrior Ridge 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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