Best PlacesWilpen, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wilpen, 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.
Wilpen ranks 14,420th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wilpen
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.
Wilpen's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wilpen ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 86% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Wilpen ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 28% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wilpen
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wilpen home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,821, 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 Wilpen's effective rate of 0.84%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Wilpen
Wilpen 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 Wilpen.
Who works in Wilpen, and how
Work in Wilpen centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Wilpen
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wilpen.
What the weather is like in Wilpen, month by month
Wilpen sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 63° | 52° | 42° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Wilpen
The nearest airport, Arnold Palmer Regional, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wilpen
Schools across Wilpen average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mellon El SchB+ · 53% proficient
- Laurel Valley El SchB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ligonier Valley MsC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Ligonier Valley HsA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wilpen school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wilpen 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 Wilpen against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wilpen
Is Wilpen a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wilpen ranks 14,420th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, low disaster risk, and health care access, and lowest on walkability and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wilpen expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $240,304. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $80,821 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Wilpen safe?
Wilpen is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $256 per resident a year.
Compare Wilpen with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wilpen. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wilpen 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.
Wilpen detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wilpen: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wilpen: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wilpen: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wilpen: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wilpen 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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