Best PlacesWellsboro, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wellsboro, 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.
Wellsboro ranks 17,820th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wellsboro
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.
Wellsboro's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wellsboro ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- Household income$100,365 median, better than 85% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Wellsboro ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute38.9 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wellsboro
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wellsboro home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,365, 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 Wellsboro's effective rate of 0.64%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Wellsboro
Wellsboro runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wellsboro.
Who works in Wellsboro, and how
Work in Wellsboro centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Wellsboro
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wellsboro.
What the weather is like in Wellsboro, month by month
Wellsboro sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Wellsboro
The nearest airport, South Bend International, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wellsboro
Schools across Wellsboro average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kingsbury Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- South Central Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kesling Intermediate SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- South Central Jr-sr High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wellsboro school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wellsboro 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 Wellsboro against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wellsboro
Is Wellsboro a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wellsboro ranks 17,820th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, what local pay buys, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on noise and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wellsboro expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $227,232. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $100,365 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Wellsboro safe?
Yes, Wellsboro is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $189 per resident a year.
Compare Wellsboro with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wellsboro. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wellsboro 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.
Wellsboro detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wellsboro: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wellsboro: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wellsboro: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wellsboro: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wellsboro 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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