A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Farrell$380/mo

Typical home $56K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.80% · or rent about $902/mo · Housing →

Arnold$590/mo

Typical home $85K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.94% · or rent about $846/mo · Housing →

The difference: $210 a month, about $2,500 a year, between Arnold and Farrell.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

Farrell gets 43 more inches of snow a year

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

FarrellArnold

Snow a year68″25″

January low19°F 22°F

July high83°F 86°F

Growing season (days)167d 186d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)19th 78th

Outdoors & history

FarrellArnold

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—1.6%

Settled1899 1781

Archive photos22 13

Famous people born here12 4

Community

FarrellArnold

Library hours a week32 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Report cards

Arnold places higher on 15 of 20 PA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Pennsylvania ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

C−FarrellBetter than 23% of districts in the state C−ArnoldBetter than 18% of districts in the state

Health

D−FarrellHealthier than 2% of U.S. towns DArnoldHealthier than 7% of U.S. towns

5Farrell

15Arnold

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1058 towns #875#155 Lowest depressionHealth · 1058 towns #251#925 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1058 towns #14#581 Most remote workersWork · 1029 towns #775#554 Most new homesHousing · 990 towns #721#882 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 1058 towns #944#848 Lowest obesityHealth · 1058 towns #1055#971 Most conserved landOutdoors · 1055 towns #1023#941

Left end = #1 in Pennsylvania. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Farrell’s rankings →

Where they are

58 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FarrellPA ArnoldPA

Farrell ↔ Arnold58 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Pennsylvania average

FarrellArnold

People

Population 4,199Lowest 4,704Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -16.7%Lowest PA: +2.4% -7.5%Highest PA: +2.4%

Median age 43.7±5Highest 7% above PA 40.6±3.8Lowest about the PA average

Farrell and Arnold are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 25.7%±5.3Highest PA: 20.4% 20.7%±4.1Lowest PA: 20.4%

Farrell and Arnold are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 23.3%±5.4Highest PA: 19.5% 19.6%±3.7Lowest PA: 19.5%

Farrell and Arnold are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.2%Lowest PA: 35.2% 17.8%Highest PA: 35.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.8%±0.6Lowest PA: 6.1% 3.3%±1.6Highest PA: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $42,595±$8kLowest 45% below PA $45,417±$15kHighest 42% below PA

Arnold and Farrell are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $87,800±$16kHighest 66% below PA $86,400±$5kLowest 66% below PA

Farrell and Arnold are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $902±$232Highest 25% below PA $846±$213Lowest 30% below PA

Farrell and Arnold are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,584Lowest 52% below PA $1,673Highest 49% below PA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 56.8%±8.7Highest PA: 48.2% 39.6%±13.1Lowest PA: 48.2%

Farrell and Arnold are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 23.7%Lowest PA: 11.7% 25.5%Highest PA: 11.7%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 62.3%Highest PA: 69.3% 60.3%Lowest PA: 69.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1956Highest 9 yrs older than PA 1950Lowest 15 yrs older than PA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 15 minLowest 42% below PA 26 minHighest about the PA average

Work from home 8.5%±7.4Lowest PA: 15.6% 11.5%±5.3Highest PA: 15.6%

Arnold and Farrell are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 8.8%Highest 6.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 5.8 miLowest 11.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.27Highest 0.62Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Hermitage (23%)Pittsburgh (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ArnoldFew work in Farrell

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.4%Lowest 1.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 111Lowest 124Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #711 of 765 in PA #697 of 765 in PA

School district Farrell Area SDNew Kensington-Arnold SD

High school in town Farrell Area HS/UMSNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 12.2 —

Pennsylvania average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Farrell vs Arnold

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $210 more a month in Arnold

Farrell gets 43 more inches of snow a year

Arnold places higher on 15 of 20 PA lists

58 miles apart

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