
Pennsylvania Senior Housing
With its rolling green hills, charming Amish markets, and major metropolitan centers, Pennsylvania has a lot of variety to offer. The two major cities in the state are Philadelphia and Pittsburg, and between them is a beautiful rural landscape populated by small farming communities and mid-sized towns such as Lancaster, Hazleton, and Erie—and a wide range of potential places for ideal retirement communities.
There are four distinct seasons in Pennsylvania, with hot summers and cold winters. The state does get snowfall in winter, including lake-effect snowstorms from Lake Erie that can be quite severe. However, with the temperate spring, summer and fall, Pennsylvania residents have plenty of opportunities to enjoy the outdoors—the state’s rural areas are particularly known for their camping, hiking, fishing, and hunting.
Pennsylvania has a reputation as a high-tax state and an expensive place to live, but that isn’t necessarily true. Median home prices in Pennsylvania’s rural areas and mid-sized towns tend to be much less expensive than the national average, although wealthy areas in Philadelphia tend to be considerably higher.
As for taxes, overall taxation in the state is considerably higher than the national average—but the picture isn’t as bleak for retirees. Military pensions and Social Security income are not taxed, and many pension and other retirement benefits are not taxable as well. In addition, Pennsylvania’s income tax rate is one of the lowest in the country at 3.07%.
Communities by Area
- Abbottstown
- Abington
- Acme
- Adamsburg
- Akron
- Albion
- Aliquippa
- Allentown
- Allison Park
- Altoona
- Ambler
- Ambridge
- Annville
- Apollo
- Archbald
- Ardmore
- Arnold
- Ashland
- Athens
- Audubon
- Avalon
- Avella
- Avis
- Avonmore
- Baden
- Bainbridge
- Bala Cynwyd
- Bangor
- Bath
- Bear Creek Township
- Bear Creek Village
- Beaver
- Beaver Falls
- Beaver Springs
- Bedford
- Belle Vernon
- Bellefonte
- Belleville
- Bellevue
- Bensalem
- Bentleyville
- Berlin
- Berwick
- Berwyn
- Bethany
- Bethel Park
- Bethlehem
- Birdsboro
- Blairsville
- Blakely
- Blanchard
- Blawnox
- Bloomsburg
- Blue Bell
- Bolivar
- Boswell
- Boyertown
- Brackenridge
- Braddock
- Bradford
- Bridgeport
- Bridgeville
- Bristol
- Brockway
- Brodheadsville
- Brookville
- Broomall
- Brownsville
- Bryn Mawr
- Buckingham
- Burgettstown
- Burnt Cabins
- Butler
- Cabot
- California
- Cambridge Springs
- Camp Hill
- Canonsburg
- Carbondale
- Carlisle
- Carmichaels
- Carnegie
- Catasauqua
- Catawissa
- Center Valley
- Centerville
- Chadds Ford
- Chalfont
- Chambersburg
- Charleroi
- Chatham
- Cheltenham
- CHERRY TREE
- Chester
- Chester Springs
- Cheswick
- Chicora
- Christiana
- Clairton
- Clarion
- Clarks Summit
- Clarksville
- Claysburg
- Claysville
- Clearfield
- Clymer
- Coal Township
- Coatesville
- Cochranton
- Collegeville
- Collingdale
- Columbia
- Commodore
- Confluence
- Conneautville
- Connellsville
- Conshohocken
- Coopersburg
- Coraopolis
- Corry
- Coudersport
- Cowansville
- Crabtree
- Cranberry Township
- Creekside
- Creighton
- Cresson
- Curtisville
- Curwensville
- Dallas
- Dallastown
- Danielsville
- Danville
- Darby
- Darlington
- Davidsville
- De Lancey
- Delmont
- Delta
- Denver
- Derry
- Devon
- Dickson City
- Dilliner
- Dillsburg
- Donaldson
- Donegal
- Donora
- Douglassville
- Dover
- Downingtown
- Doylestown
- Dresher
- Drexel Hill
- Drums
- Dublin
- DuBois
- Dunbar
- Duncannon
- Duncansville
- Dunlevy
- Dunmore
- Duquesne
- Dushore
- East Brady
- East McKeesport
- East Norriton
- East Pittsburgh
- East Stroudsburg
- East Waterford
- Easton
- Ebensburg
- Edinboro
- Edwardsville
- Effort
- Elderton
- Elizabeth
- Elizabethtown
- Elizabethville
- Elkins Park
- Ellwood City
- Elmhurst Township
- Elverson
- Elysburg
- Emlenton
- Emmaus
- Emporium
- Ephrata
- Erdenheim
- Erie
- Etters
- Evans City
- Everett
- Export
- Exton
- Factoryville
- Fairfield
- Fairmount City
- Fairview
- Fayette City
- Fayetteville
- Feasterville-Trevose
- Fenelton
- Fleetwood
- Flourtown
- Folcroft
- Ford City
- Forest City
- Forksville
- Fort Littleton
- Fort Washington
- Frackville
- Franklin
- Frazer
- Frederick
- Fredericksburg
- Fredericktown
- Fredonia
- Freeport
- Galeton
- Gallitzin
- Garnet Valley
- Gettysburg
- Gibsonia
- Gilbertsville
- Gillett
- Girard
- Gladwyne
- Glassport
- Glen Campbell
- Glen Mills
- Glenmoore
- Glenside
- Gordonville
- Grantville
- Granville
- Great Bend
- Greencastle
- Greensburg
- Greenville
- Grindstone
- Grove City
- Gwynedd
- Hadley
- Hamburg
- Hampton Township
- Hanover
- Hanover Township
- Harborcreek
- Harleysville
- Harmony
- Harrisburg
- Harrison City
- Harrisville
- Hartleton
- Hastings
- Hatboro
- Hatfield
- Haverford
- Havertown
- Hawley
- Hazleton
- Hellertown
- Hermitage
- Hershey
- Hesston
- Holland
- Hollidaysburg
- Homer City
- Homestead
- Honesdale
- Honey Brook
- Hopwood
- Hostetter
- Houston
- Hughesville
- Hummelstown
- Hunker
- Hunlock Creek
- Huntingdon
- Huntingdon Valley
- Huntington Valley
- Indiana
- Irwin
- Jamison
- Jeannette
- Jefferson Hills
- Jenkintown
- Jennerstown
- Jermyn
- Jersey Shore
- Jim Thorpe
- Johnstown
- Kane
- Kennett Square
- King of Prussia
- Kingston
- Kintnersville
- Kittanning
- Kulpmont
- Kunkletown
- Kutztown
- Lackawannock Township
- Lafayette Hill
- Lake Ariel
- Lake City
- Lakeville
- Lancaster
- Langhorne
- Lansdale
- Lansdowne
- Lansford
- Laporte
- Larksville
- Latrobe
- Lebanon
- Leechburg
- Leesport
- Lehighton
- Lemont Furnace
- Lemoyne
- Levittown
- Lewisberry
- Lewisburg
- Lewistown
- Ligonier
- Lilly
- Lititz
- Littlestown
- Liverpool
- Lock Haven
- Lower Burrell
- Lower Merion
- Lykens
- Macungie
- Mahanoy City
- Malvern
- Manheim
- Manns Choice
- Manor
- Mansfield
- Marianna
- Marienville
- Marion Center
- Markleysburg
- Mars
- Masontown
- Mayfield
- Maytown
- Mc Kees Rocks
- McAdoo
- McClellandtown
- McDonald
- McGrann
- McKees Rocks
- McKeesport
- McMurray
- McVeytown
- Meadowbrook
- Meadville
- Mechanicsburg
- Media
- Mercer
- Mercersburg
- Meshoppen
- Meyersdale
- Middleburg
- Middletown
- Midland
- Mifflin
- Mifflinburg
- Mifflintown
- Milan
- Milford
- Mill Hall
- Millersburg
- Millersville
- Millerton
- Millville
- Milton
- Minersville
- Monaca
- Monessen
- Monongahela
- Monroe Township
- Monroeville
- Montgomeryville
- Montoursville
- Montrose
- Moosic
- Morgantown
- Morris
- Morrisville
- Mount Carmel
- Mount Joy
- Mount Pleasant
- Mountain Top
- Mountville
- Muncy
- Munhall
- Murrysville
- Myerstown
- Nanticoke
- Nanty Glo
- Narberth
- Narvon
- Natrona Heights
- Nazareth
- Nesquehoning
- Nether Providence Township
- New Alexandria
- New Bethlehem
- New Bloomfield
- New Brighton
- New Castle
- New Columbia
- New Florence
- New Freedom
- New Galilee
- New Holland
- New Kensington
- New Oxford
- New Paris
- New Stanton
- New Tripoli
- New Wilmington
- Newfoundland
- Newtown
- Newtown Square
- Newville
- Nicholson
- Normalville
- Norristown
- North East
- North Huntingdon
- North Versailles
- North Wales
- North Warren
- Northampton
- Northern Cambria
- Northumberland
- Oakdale
- Oakmont
- Oil City
- Oil Creek Township
- Old Forge
- Olyphant
- Orangeville
- Orbisonia
- Orwigsburg
- Oxford
- Palm
- Palmerton
- Palmyra
- Paoli
- Patton
- Peckville
- Pen Argyl
- Penn Hills
- Pennsburg
- Perkiomenville
- Perryopolis
- Philadelphia
- Philipsburg
- Phoenixville
- Pine Grove Mills
- Pitcairn
- Pittsburgh
- Pittston
- Pleasant Gap
- Plumsteadville
- Plymouth
- Plymouth Meeting
- Point Marion
- Point Pleasant
- Port Allegany
- Port Matilda
- Portage
- Pottstown
- Pottsville
- Primos Secane
- Prospect Park
- PUNXSUTAWNEY
- Quakertown
- Quarryville
- Railroad
- Ranshaw
- Reading
- Rebersburg
- Red Lion
- Reedsville
- Renovo
- Reynoldsville
- Rices Landing
- Richboro
- Richfield
- Richlandtown
- Ridgway
- Ridley Park
- Rochester
- Rockwood
- Roslyn
- Rossiter
- Rouseville
- Royersford
- Ruffs Dale
- Rural Valley
- Saegertown
- Saint Marys
- Sanatoga
- Sarver
- Saxonburg
- Saylorsburg
- Sayre
- Schnecksville
- Schuylkill Haven
- Schwenksville
- Scottdale
- Scranton
- Selinsgrove
- Sellersville
- Seven Fields
- Sewickley
- Shamokin
- Shamokin Dam
- Sharon
- Sharpsburg
- Sharpsville
- SHEFFIELD
- Shelocta
- Shenandoah
- Shickshinny
- Shillington
- Shinglehouse
- Shippensburg
- Shippenville
- Shiremanstown
- Shirleysburg
- Shoemakersville
- Shohola
- Shrewsbury
- Sinking Spring
- Sinnamahoning
- Sligo
- Slippery Rock
- Smethport
- Smithfield
- Somerset
- Souderton
- South Abington Township
- South Fork
- South Hills
- South Montrose
- South Park Township
- South Sterling
- South Williamsport
- Southampton
- Spring City
- Spring House
- Spring Mills
- Spring Run
- Springdale
- Springfield
- State College
- Stevens
- Stewartstown
- Stillwater
- Stroudsburg
- Sugar Notch
- Sunbury
- Susquehanna
- Swarthmore
- Sweet Valley
- Tamaqua
- Tannersville
- Tarentum
- Taylor
- Telford
- Thompsontown
- Tidioute
- Tionesta
- Titusville
- Tobyhanna
- Topton
- Towanda
- Tower City
- Trafford
- Trappe
- Tresckow
- Troy
- Tunkhannock
- Turtle Creek
- Tyler Hill
- Tyrone
- Ulster
- Ulysses
- Union Dale
- Uniontown
- Upper Chichester
- Upper Darby
- Valencia
- Vanderbilt
- Vandergrift
- Verona
- Villanova
- Wallingford
- Walnutport
- Wampum
- Wapwallopen
- Warfordsburg
- Warminster
- Warren
- Warrington
- Washington
- Washington Boro
- Washington Crossing
- Watsontown
- Waymart
- Wayne
- Waynesboro
- Waynesburg
- Weatherly
- Wellsboro
- Wernersville
- West Alexander
- West Chester
- West Grove
- West Lawn
- West Middlesex
- West Mifflin
- West Newton
- West Pittston
- West Reading
- Westfield
- Wexford
- Wheatland
- Whitemarsh
- Wilkes-Barre
- Wilkes-Barre Township
- Wilkinsburg
- Williamsburg
- Williamsport
- Willow Grove
- Willow Street
- Wilmerding
- Wind Gap
- Windber
- Womelsdorf
- Worthington
- Wyalusing
- Wyncote
- Wyndmoor
- Wynnewood
- Wyoming
- Wyomissing
- Yardley
- Yeadon
- York
- York Springs
- Youngstown
- Youngwood
- Zelienople