Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town of 2,730 people was incorporated in 1807.
On cost of living it is strong: a typical home costs about $250K, 4.3 years of the Johnstown metro’s $58K median household income. Allegheny Township grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns. It ranks 218th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. Incomes are a strength too: the median household earns $91K. The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 279, at 225 acres. 11% of residents are under 18 here, against 20% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. Only 9 of the 1,010 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a lower typical rent than Allegheny Township. On hazard risk, just 53 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do better.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenStreetMap.
Where Allegheny Township beats most towns.
Where Allegheny Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Allegheny Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,498 in 2000, 2,815 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 3 maps from 1902 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Allegheny Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Allegheny Township.
Allegheny Township is healthier than East Carroll Township and its other neighbors and sends most of its workers to Altoona and beyond.
Allegheny Township’s FEMA risk score comes in at 3 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 63% come from inland flooding and 9% from cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 97% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Allegheny Township has 157 jobs for its 782 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
The share of working residents in Allegheny Township who work locally: 2.2%. Jobs locally fell by 119 from 2013 to 2023, to 157. The top destinations are Altoona (11%), Pittsburgh (4%) and Logan Township (3%). For half of commuters, work is under 19 miles away.
| Allegheny Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 4.4% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.1% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its B+ for health tops all 4 graded neighbors; East Carroll Township (B−) comes closest.
18% of Allegheny Township adults report frequent mental distress. Against the Pennsylvania average, Allegheny Township comes out ahead on 7 CDC measures out of 26, and behind on 2. In Allegheny Township, 29% of adults have high blood pressure, and 40% sleep under 7 hours.
| Allegheny Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Allegheny Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.7% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3% | 3.7% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 75% | 79.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Allegheny Township’s July high stands at 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Across 1 park or preserve: 4.6 miles of trail. In Allegheny Township, the trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Allegheny Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.5% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 279 | — | 225 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Allegheny Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
16 mi DamSouth Fork Dam
6 mi National Historic SiteAllegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site163K visitors a year
33 mi LakeRaystown Lake
13 mi Theme parkLakemont Park
12 mi MuseumRailroaders Memorial MuseumFlight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · South Fork Dam: Ernest Walter Histed, Public domain · Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site: Matthew A. Lynn; Original uploader was Mosamiazaz at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Raystown Lake: Tex Jobe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain · Lakemont Park: Bhakta Dano. Original uploader was Oldano at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Railroaders Memorial Museum: Mark Frederick, CC0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Allegheny Township
About 7 of every 100 Allegheny Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Allegheny Township is a township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,815 at the 2020 census, down from 2,851 at the 2010 census. The township is the site of the Federal Correctional Institution, Loretto.
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7 towns share a border with Allegheny Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny Township | #218 | A | A− | — | B− | B+ |
| East Carroll Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | B− |
| Cambria Township | #378 | A− | B | B+ | A− | B− |
| Clearfield Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Gallitzin Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chest Springs | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Munster Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cresson Township | #244 | A | A− | A | B− | B− |
East Carroll Township and Clearfield Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Allegheny Township, East Carroll Township and Clearfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Gallitzin Township, Chest Springs and Munster Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Allegheny Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Allegheny Township grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #218 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B+ for health and B− for schools.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
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