Best PlacesZelienople, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Zelienople, 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.
Zelienople ranks 2,753rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Zelienople
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.
Zelienople's strengths and weaknesses
Where Zelienople ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
Where Zelienople ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 27% of towns
- Cheap childcare$955 a month, better than only 28% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Zelienople
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Zelienople home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $93,044; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Zelienople's effective rate of 0.99%, 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 Zelienople
Zelienople's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Zelienople.
Who works in Zelienople, and how
Work in Zelienople centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Zelienople
Zelienople has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Zelienople and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Zelienople, month by month
Zelienople sees roughly 76 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 Zelienople
Pittsburgh International sits about 20 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 Zelienople
Schools across Zelienople average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ehrman Crest El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Connoquenessing Valley El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Riverside El SchA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ryan Gloyer MsA · 65% proficient
- Riverside MsA · 59% proficient
- Freedom Area MsC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Seneca Valley HsA · 76% proficient
- Freedom Area ShsC+ · 40% proficient
- Riverside HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Zelienople school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Zelienople 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 Zelienople against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Zelienople
Is Zelienople a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Zelienople ranks 2,753rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, health care access, and low disaster risk, and lowest on noise and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Zelienople expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $357,319. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $93,044 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Zelienople safe?
Yes, Zelienople is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $152 per resident a year.
Compare Zelienople with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Zelienople. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Zelienople 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.
Zelienople detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Zelienople: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Zelienople: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Zelienople: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Zelienople: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Zelienople 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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