100 Best Places To Buy A House In Pennsylvania, According To New Ranking

There are plenty of places where you can get a good bang for your housing buck in Pennsylvania. One market researcher has outlined a number of places that offer the best value.

Niche.com has composed its latest list of best places to buy a house in Pennsylvania, ranking them based on home values, property taxes, home ownership rates, housing costs, and real estate trends. The ranking is derived from data from the U.S. Census, FBI, and other data sources.

One community, Houserville, an unincorporated section of Centre County that's just outside of the Penn State campus, made the national list. But there are plenty of places that offer the right balance between safety and affordability - even if each of them deals with some of the same issues affecting many communities across the United States.

Even the reviews seem to strike some balance. Houserville, according to one review in the survey, "seems to get swallowed up by the college students in it. It seems to be about the only thing this town is known for which, to me as a person who grew up here, is sad."

But Houserville also has people who "are very friendly and willing to help," according to the survey.

Here is the list. Click on the links to see local real estate listings:

1. Houserville (number 3 nationally)
2. Bradford Woods
3. Lemont
4. Devon
5. Chesterbrook
6. Franklin Park
7. Swisshelm Park
8. Indiana Township
9. Breinigsville
10. Leet Township
11. Upper St. Clair
12. Regent Square
13. Mount Lebanon Township
14. Gibsonia
15. Marshall Township
16. Wolfdale
17. O'Hara Township
18. Bell Acres
19. Seven Fields
20. Murrysville
21. Cranberry Township
22. Ridgemont
23. Fairview
24. East Carroll Township
25. McMurray
26. West Pike Run Township
27. Moon Township
28. Linntown
29. Level Green
30. Rose Township
31. Thompsonville
32. Boalsburg
33. Perry Township
34. Washington Township
35. Upper Uwchlan Township
36. Dallas
37. Charlestown Township
38. Crescent Township
39. Glenshaw
40. Aspinwall
41. Allison Park
42. Mahoning Township
43. Adams Township
44. Ben Avon
45. Blue Bell
46. Bethel Park
47. Riverside
48. Sturgeon
49. Monroe Township
50. North Huntingdon Township
51. West View
52. Hampden Township
53. Edgeworth
54. Point Breeze North
55. Conneaut Township
56. Squirrel Hill North
57. Espy
58. Wolf Township
59. Brighton Township
60. Birmingham Township
61. Robinson Township
62. South Buffalo Township
63. Valley View
64. Montgomeryville
65. New Homestead
66. Southmont
67. Shenango Township
68. Pine Township
69. Delmont
70. State Line
71. Emsworth
72. Fox Chapel
73. Penn Wynne
74. Baldwin Township
75. Valley Township
76. Clarks Green
77. West Conshohocken
78. Paxtonia
79. Duquesne Heights
80. Conewago Township
81. Lincoln Place
82. Orwigsburg
83. Manor
84. North Sewickley Township
85. Penn Township
86. Chadds Ford Township
87. Gallitzin Township
88. Buffalo Township
89. South Franklin Township
90. Mars
91. Point Breeze
92. North East Township
93. Upper Providence Township
94. Newton Township
95. Grantley
96. North Beaver Township
97. Blawnox
98. Seneca
99. Trucksville
100. Summit Township

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