Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,809, settled in 1892.
Aspinwall is one of the best-graded places in America: an A, 135th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. It is among the healthiest towns in the country on CDC estimates, its public schools are among the best in Pennsylvania, and the median household earns $107K. The exception is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. 76% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Aspinwall, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%). Few places in the country are easier to get around without a car. On cost of living, just 48 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse.
Where Aspinwall beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Aspinwall | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.3% | 14.5% |
Where Aspinwall’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 Aspinwall is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for hazard risk (better than 3%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,231 in 1900, a peak of 4,716 in 1940, 2,916 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1900 and 4 maps from 1904 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Aspinwall. Close and well known come first.
Big draw7 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
7 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
6 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
8 mi Theme parkKennywood
6 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
7 mi LandmarkFort PittAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Pitt: Downtown_Pittsburgh_May_2008.jpg: Allie Caufield derivative work: GrapedApe (tal, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Aspinwall, 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 Aspinwall.
Aspinwall is among the three healthiest towns in Pennsylvania, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding) and has property taxes about twice the Pennsylvania norm.
It ranks #2 of the 1,035 Pennsylvania towns we grade on the CDC estimates behind the Health Grade. Its widest gap with Pennsylvania is tooth loss: 5.3% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide.
8.8% of Aspinwall adults report frequent physical distress. Only 3 of the 1,035 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a lower share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Aspinwall. 12% of Aspinwall adults report frequent mental distress.
| Aspinwall | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Aspinwall | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.3% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 3.9% | 7.7% |
| More binge drinkers | 21.7% | 18.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 100% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $1,005 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
Among 1,037 Pennsylvania towns, just 1 have a higher FEMA risk score than Aspinwall. Since 1980, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Aspinwall.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median property tax bill is $6,336, against $3,311 across Pennsylvania, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Aspinwall home is worth about $403,000, up 0.8% in a year, 40% above the Pennsylvania typical home. 62% of households own their home in Aspinwall.
| Aspinwall | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 62% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,330 a month | $1,114 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
27.7% of workers work from home, against 15.6% across Pennsylvania.
Most working residents leave Aspinwall for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Aspinwall has lost 100 jobs, to 716 in 2023. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (44%), O'Hara Township (6%) and Ross Township (2%).
| Aspinwall | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $107,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.3% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Aspinwall has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.6 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Aspinwall’s trail density is 1.5 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Aspinwall Riverfront Park | 0.3 mi | 10 |
| 2. Firemen's Memorial Park | 0.2 mi | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Aspinwall's reported crime rate is well below Pennsylvania's. The violent crime rate in Aspinwall is 0 per 1,000 residents. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
| Aspinwall | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
15 within 15 miles of the center of Aspinwall
About 4 of every 100 Aspinwall residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Borough of Pennsylvania, United States
Aspinwall is a borough on the Allegheny River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 2,916 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Aspinwall.
Pittsburgh next door grades lower for schools (C to Aspinwall’s A+) and higher for cost of living (B− to D).
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspinwall | #135 | A | D | — | A+ | A+ |
| O'Hara Township | #60 | A+ | D | A+ | A+ | A |
| Sharpsburg | #355 | A− | B | B | A+ | C+ |
| Pittsburgh | #928 | C− | B− | D | C | B+ |
| Fox Chapel | #7 | A+ | C− | A+ | A+ | A+ |
Aspinwall reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Aspinwall with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Aspinwall grades A overall, better than 94% of U.S. towns and #135 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A+ for health and A+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. That is 5.3 years of the area's median household income ($75,762 across the Pittsburgh, PA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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