Movoto Real Estate's Best Places to Retire in Pennsylvania
City | Population | Rank | Weather Rank | Cost Of Living Rank | Crime Rank | Travel Rank | Amenities Rank | Big Deal Score |
Elizabethtown | 11,545 | 1 | 7 | 47 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 18.6 |
Waynesboro | 10,568 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 50 | 8 | 19.4 |
Greensburg | 14,892 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 5 | 25 | 19.6 |
Lebanon | 25,477 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 20.4 |
Pittsburgh | 305,704 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 46 | 10 | 14 | 21.8 |
Pottsville | 14,324 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 36 | 22.4 |
Bloomsburg | 14,855 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 54 | 26 | 23 |
Philadelphia | 1,526,006 | 8 | 3 | 60 | 60 | 5 | 3 | 26.2 |
Oil City | 10,557 | 9 | 63 | 1 | 8 | 56 | 13 | 28.2 |
Chambersburg | 20,268 | 10 | 1 | 41 | 41 | 45 | 19 | 29.4 |
Columbia | 10,400 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 36 | 12 | 51 | 29.4 |
New Castle | 23,273 | 12 | 65 | 1 | 39 | 36 | 7 | 29.6 |
Hermitage | 16,220 | 13 | 43 | 11 | 37 | 40 | 18 | 29.8 |
Harrisburg | 49,528 | 14 | 9 | 30 | 67 | 8 | 37 | 30.2 |
Franklin Park | 13,470 | 14 | 15 | 64 | 1 | 9 | 62 | 30.2 |
Hazleton | 25,340 | 16 | 28 | 30 | 22 | 53 | 21 | 30.8 |
Murrysville | 20,079 | 16 | 22 | 62 | 5 | 25 | 40 | 30.8 |
Whitehall | 13,944 | 18 | 53 | 37 | 2 | 11 | 52 | 31 |
Plum | 27,126 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 21 | 29 | 43 | 31.2 |
Monroeville municipality | 28,386 | 20 | 22 | 57 | 12 | 19 | 48 | 31.6 |
Carlisle | 18,682 | 21 | 35 | 47 | 28 | 19 | 30 | 31.8 |
York | 43,718 | 22 | 38 | 18 | 64 | 21 | 20 | 32.2 |
Reading | 88,082 | 22 | 37 | 24 | 52 | 42 | 6 | 32.2 |
Munhall | 11,406 | 24 | 53 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 65 | 32.4 |
Baldwin | 19,767 | 24 | 53 | 30 | 4 | 15 | 60 | 32.4 |
Meadville | 13,388 | 26 | 59 | 4 | 23 | 55 | 22 | 32.6 |
Lower Burrell | 11,761 | 26 | 47 | 37 | 9 | 25 | 45 | 32.6 |
Lansdowne | 10,620 | 28 | 4 | 64 | 26 | 2 | 68 | 32.8 |
Altoona | 46,320 | 28 | 62 | 11 | 25 | 64 | 2 | 32.8 |
Ephrata | 13,394 | 28 | 18 | 44 | 20 | 35 | 47 | 32.8 |
New Kensington | 13,116 | 31 | 22 | 18 | 43 | 29 | 53 | 33 |
St. Marys | 13,070 | 32 | 68 | 13 | 13 | 68 | 4 | 33.2 |
Bethel Park municipality | 32,313 | 32 | 53 | 44 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 33.2 |
Lancaster | 59,322 | 34 | 18 | 35 | 66 | 22 | 27 | 33.6 |
Williamsport | 29,381 | 35 | 49 | 7 | 52 | 57 | 5 | 34 |
Butler | 13,757 | 36 | 41 | 18 | 57 | 32 | 23 | 34.2 |
Erie | 101,786 | 36 | 52 | 4 | 48 | 66 | 1 | 34.2 |
Chester | 33,972 | 38 | 17 | 37 | 54 | 4 | 61 | 34.6 |
Sharon | 14,038 | 39 | 43 | 3 | 56 | 41 | 32 | 35 |
McKeesport | 19,731 | 40 | 22 | 9 | 63 | 25 | 58 | 35.4 |
Yeadon | 11,443 | 41 | 4 | 60 | 45 | 2 | 67 | 35.6 |
Scranton | 76,089 | 42 | 28 | 35 | 40 | 67 | 9 | 35.8 |
West Mifflin | 20,313 | 42 | 53 | 18 | 33 | 18 | 57 | 35.8 |
Berwick | 10,477 | 44 | 28 | 9 | 50 | 60 | 33 | 36 |
Dunmore | 14,057 | 45 | 28 | 41 | 6 | 65 | 41 | 36.2 |
Indiana | 13,975 | 46 | 59 | 13 | 35 | 51 | 24 | 36.4 |
Jefferson Hills | 10,619 | 47 | 53 | 52 | 3 | 12 | 64 | 36.8 |
Johnstown | 20,978 | 48 | 59 | 4 | 58 | 52 | 12 | 37 |
Phoenixville | 16,440 | 48 | 9 | 66 | 24 | 31 | 55 | 37 |
Wilkes-Barre | 41,498 | 50 | 28 | 24 | 47 | 61 | 29 | 37.8 |
Wilkinsburg | 15,930 | 51 | 22 | 18 | 32 | 57 | 63 | 38.4 |
Uniontown | 10,372 | 52 | 48 | 7 | 62 | 46 | 31 | 38.8 |
Washington | 13,663 | 52 | 67 | 18 | 59 | 22 | 28 | 38.8 |
State College | 42,034 | 54 | 63 | 53 | 10 | 59 | 10 | 39 |
Darby | 10,687 | 55 | 4 | 57 | 68 | 1 | 66 | 39.2 |
Norristown | 34,324 | 56 | 18 | 62 | 44 | 22 | 54 | 40 |
Kingston | 13,182 | 56 | 28 | 37 | 31 | 62 | 42 | 40 |
Nanticoke | 10,465 | 58 | 28 | 24 | 42 | 63 | 44 | 40.2 |
Hanover | 15,289 | 59 | 38 | 47 | 51 | 37 | 34 | 41.4 |
West Chester | 18,461 | 59 | 41 | 66 | 34 | 17 | 49 | 41.4 |
Allentown | 118,032 | 61 | 49 | 47 | 49 | 48 | 15 | 41.6 |
Bethlehem | 74,982 | 62 | 45 | 55 | 27 | 48 | 35 | 42 |
Wyomissing | 10,461 | 63 | 9 | 57 | 61 | 39 | 46 | 42.4 |
Easton | 26,800 | 64 | 45 | 47 | 38 | 44 | 39 | 42.6 |
Lansdale | 16,269 | 65 | 38 | 68 | 17 | 33 | 59 | 43 |
Pottstown | 22,377 | 66 | 35 | 44 | 65 | 38 | 38 | 44 |
Coatesville | 13,100 | 67 | 65 | 53 | 55 | 34 | 17 | 44.8 |
Emmaus | 11,211 | 68 | 49 | 56 | 19 | 47 | 56 | 45.4 |