Best PlacesWaymart, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Waymart, 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.
Waymart ranks 21,701st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Waymart
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.
Waymart's strengths and weaknesses
Where Waymart ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 82% of towns
Where Waymart ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Waymart
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Waymart home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,060, 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 Waymart's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 Waymart
Waymart's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Waymart.
Who works in Waymart, and how
Work in Waymart centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Waymart
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Waymart.
What the weather is like in Waymart, month by month
Waymart sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Waymart
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 89 miles away.
The best schools in and around Waymart
Schools across Waymart average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jefferson El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- North Pocono Intmd SchA+ · 74% proficient
- Wilson El SchA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Western Wayne MsB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- North Pocono HsA+ · 95% proficient
- Western Wayne HsA · 75% proficient
- Forest City Regional HsB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Waymart school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Waymart 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 Waymart against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Waymart
Is Waymart a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Waymart ranks 21,701st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, good schools, and clean air, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Waymart expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $242,066. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $66,060 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Waymart safe?
Waymart is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $346 per resident a year.
Compare Waymart with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Waymart. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Waymart 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.
Waymart detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Waymart: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Waymart: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Waymart: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Waymart: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Waymart 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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