Best Places to Live in Pennsylvania for Affordable Living

Top 24 places

1. #1AltoonaPopulation 43,821 · solid overall livability74% match
2. #2WilliamsportPopulation 27,755 · solid overall livability74% match
3. #3ScrantonPopulation 76,119 · solid overall livability54% match
4. #4Wilkes-BarrePopulation 44,123 · solid overall livability54% match
5. #5EastonPopulation 28,883 · mixed overall livability46% match
6. #6EriePopulation 94,826 · solid overall livability43% match
7. #7ReadingPopulation 94,601 · mixed overall livability43% match
8. #8HazletonPopulation 29,671 · solid overall livability43% match
9. #9HarrisburgPopulation 50,055 · mixed overall livability34% match
10. #10LebanonPopulation 26,679 · mixed overall livability34% match
11. #11YorkPopulation 44,782 · mixed overall livability23% match
12. #12ChesterPopulation 33,048 · mixed overall livability23% match
13. #13PlumPopulation 27,032 · solid overall livability23% match
14. #14PhiladelphiaPopulation 1,593,208 · mixed overall livability11% match
15. #15PittsburghPopulation 303,843 · solid overall livability11% match
16. #16AllentownPopulation 125,292 · mixed overall livability11% match
17. #17BethlehemPopulation 76,555 · mixed overall livability11% match
18. #18LancasterPopulation 57,970 · solid overall livability11% match
19. #19LevittownPopulation 51,152 · mixed overall livability11% match
20. #20State CollegePopulation 40,902 · solid overall livability11% match
21. #21NorristownPopulation 35,712 · mixed overall livability11% match
22. #22Bethel ParkPopulation 33,275 · solid overall livability11% match
23. #23Drexel HillPopulation 29,231 · mixed overall livability11% match
24. #24MonroevillePopulation 28,517 · solid overall livability11% match

Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.

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