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Aleppo Township municipal building
Pennsylvania›Allegheny County

Aleppo TownshipPA

A town of 1,758, settled in 1876.

7 bordering townsMap →
Photo: Nyttend · Public domain
Photo of Aleppo Township

Aleppo Township, PA · Photo: Nyttend · Public domain · Source ↗

Is Aleppo Township a good place to live?

The best of Aleppo Township’s subject grades are an A+ for schools, an A for health, and an A− for incomes; the weakest is a D for cost of living. Aleppo Township’s median rent is $3,501 a month, above both Pennsylvania’s towns ($1,115 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). On cost of living, just 10 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 39 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do worse. Aleppo Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.

What makes Aleppo Township stand out

Where Aleppo Township beats most towns.

How Aleppo Township grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Aleppo Township is from typical.

How grading works

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

How TownRatings grades towns →

Aleppo Township municipal building
Aleppo Township municipal building, 2015
Aleppo Township’s story

150 years in pictures

Census counts: 657 in 1880, a low of 397 in 1920, 1,828 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 5 maps from 1906 on.

  • 1876Aleppo Township is settled
Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Acrisure Stadium and 56 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Aleppo Township. Close and well known come first.

All 75 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Pitt: Downtown_Pittsburgh_May_2008.jpg: Allie Caufield derivative work: GrapedApe (tal, CC BY 2.0

Getting set up

Moving to Aleppo Township: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Aleppo Township, and how to reach them.

The full setup list →
PowerDuquesne Light23.5¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterAleppo Twp Auth water systemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet4 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNearest public drop-offEdgeworth Borough Recycling Center, 3 miOpenStreetMap
SchoolsQuaker Valley School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Pennsylvania you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person until 15 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 15 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereAllegheny County Board of ElectionsAllegheny County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2025
ZIP code1514315143 100%Census 2020

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Aleppo Township.

HealthA

A smaller share of adults report frequent mental distress in Aleppo Township than in most of Pennsylvania or the rest of the country

12% of adults report frequent mental distress in Aleppo Township, below both the Pennsylvania town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (17%). 11% of Aleppo Township adults report frequent physical distress. Aleppo Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 15 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1.

94%healthier than U.S. townsAHealth Grade
Aleppo TownshipPennsylvania townsU.S. towns
Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES)12%16%17%
Obesity (CDC PLACES)28%35%35%
Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES)31%38%36%
Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES)11%17%14%
26 measures vs. Pennsylvania
15 better10 too close to call1 worse
What stands outAleppo TownshipPA
Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth7.6%14.5%
Fewer smokers10.6%15.8%
More adults who have had cancer10.8%8.8%
Heritage Valley Sewickley
2 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Climate

Aleppo Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers

Aleppo Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 44 inches of snow falls in a winter.

44″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter24–40°
Spring40–62°
Summer61–82°
Fall44–64°
Oct 23
typical first frost
Apr 23
typical last frost
+1.3°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Work & commuteJobs & income grade A−

About one in three of Aleppo Township’s working residents commute to Pittsburgh

Most working residents leave Aleppo Township for work: only 2% work in town. 5.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Aleppo Township. Jobs based in Aleppo Township grew to 908 in 2023, 58 more than in 2013.

2%work in town
Aleppo TownshipPennsylvania townsU.S. towns
Below the poverty line5.4%7.6%9.6%
Working residents who work in town2.3%6.3%8%
Average trip to work23 minutes26 minutes25 minutes

Where working residents work

In Aleppo Township2%
Pittsburgh31%
Sewickley4%
Findlay Township3%
Cranberry Township3%
10 mi
median commute distance
908
jobs based in Aleppo Township
Balanced
jobs vs. working residents
C−
Walkability grade: more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade C+

Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Aleppo Township

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities. Since 2003, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Aleppo Township.

52risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
52Moderate riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingCold waves
6
paid flood claims since 2003

FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Aleppo Township

17pages on Aleppo Township
After high school

Colleges nearby

16 within 15 miles of the center of Aleppo Township

About Aleppo Township

Township in Pennsylvania, US

Aleppo Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,828 at the 2020 census, a decrease from the figure of 1,916 tabulated in 2010.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Established
1876
Area
4.7 sq mi
Elevation
1,112 ft

Aleppo Township’s neighbors

7 towns share a border with Aleppo Township.

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How the neighbors grade
TownPA rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Aleppo Township——D—A+A
Sewickley Heights——————
Haysville——————
Sewickley#185ADA−A+A
Glenfield——————
Glen Osborne——————
Kilbuck Township——————
Sewickley Hills——————

Aleppo Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Aleppo Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Sewickley Heights, Haysville, Glenfield, Glen Osborne, Kilbuck Township and Sewickley Hills aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Aleppo Township with a neighbor →

Questions about Aleppo Township

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Aleppo Township, PA expensive?

Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.