Harrisburg, the state capital · Photo: Ted Van Pelt · CC BY 2.0Pennsylvania rankings · 2026
Rankings in Pennsylvania
21 lists rank Pennsylvania’s towns of 2,500+ (1,035 with an overall grade); Youngwood leads the overall list with an A+.
Graded lists sort on the same grades every town page shows; described lists (climate, income, property taxes, libraries) carry no letters. How grades work
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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
Best places to live1,032 towns · #1 YoungwoodBest small towns770 towns · #1 YoungwoodMost affordable towns1,035 towns · #1 Woodward TownshipSafest towns578 towns · #1 Jefferson Township and Luzerne Township and West Nottingham TownshipTowns with the best schools1,037 towns · #1 Aspinwall and Fox Chapel and Indiana Township and Lower Merion Township and Mount Lebanon and Narberth and O'Hara Township and Peters Township and Radnor Township and Sharpsburg and Upper St. Clair TownshipHealthiest towns1,035 towns · #1 West Pikeland TownshipBest towns for jobs & income1,035 towns · #1 Wallace Township and West Vincent TownshipMost walkable towns1,035 towns · #1 GettysburgTowns with the lowest natural-hazard risk1,037 towns · #1 Cambria Township and Green Tree and Greensburg and Richland Township and State CollegeBest towns for the outdoors1,037 towns · #1 Lower Alsace TownshipMost historic towns1,035 towns · #1 Bangor and TamaquaTowns with the most civic life1,029 towns · #1 Fox Township and Ligonier TownshipTowns with the least snow1,026 towns · #1 AlburtisDescribed, no lettersSnowiest towns1,026 towns · #1 North East TownshipDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters1,005 towns · #1 Darby TownshipDescribed, no lettersTowns with the hottest summers1,005 towns · #1 Phoenixville and 2 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers1,005 towns · #1 Adams TownshipDescribed, no lettersTowns with the highest incomes1,035 towns · #1 Fox ChapelDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest property taxes1,027 towns · #1 HomesteadDescribed, no lettersFastest-growing towns1,037 towns · #1 Lancaster TownshipDescribed, no lettersTowns with the most-used libraries108 towns · #1 New CumberlandDescribed, no letters
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