AtlasburgPA
A town settled in 1913, now home to 482 people.
Is Atlasburg a good place to live?
Atlasburg’s mean commuting time is 35 minutes, above both the Pennsylvania town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Atlasburg has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
482 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Atlasburg: who provides what
Atlasburg is unincorporated, so Washington County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Atlasburg.
Atlasburg has 1.5 jobs for every working resident, and 214 people commute in
For most workers, Atlasburg is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. In Atlasburg, a fifth of residents live below the poverty line. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in the town rose by 184, to 216. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (14%), Smith Township (10%) and Findlay Township (8%).
| Atlasburg | Typical Pennsylvania town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Atlasburg brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
About 44 inches of snow fall in a winter here; January nights dip to 20° and July afternoons rise to 83°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Atlasburg is younger than the Pennsylvania average
The age of the median resident for Atlasburg is 32.3 years. Pennsylvania has just over a third of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 41%.
| Atlasburg | Typical Pennsylvania town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32.3 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 132 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±4.3 points). Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Atlasburg | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.1% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.2% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 21.6% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 18.3% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 6.4% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.2% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.2% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 0% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.7% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36.3% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 6.9% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.3% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 38.4% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 2.4% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 500, single groups can be off by several points
Atlasburg faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA puts 92% of Atlasburg’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. For Atlasburg, the FEMA risk score is 61 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Atlasburg is
For adults in Atlasburg, the share who had a checkup this year is 80%. In Atlasburg, 16% of adults report frequent physical distress, and 38% have high blood pressure.
| Atlasburg | Typical Pennsylvania town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Atlasburg | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 7.7% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.5% | 7.4% |
| More adults with arthritis | 37.8% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Acrisure Stadium and 61 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Atlasburg. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
21 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
21 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
7 mi MuseumMeadowcroft Rockshelter
27 mi Theme parkKennywood
22 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints ArenaPhoto 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 · Meadowcroft Rockshelter: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Atlasburg
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Atlasburg
About 7 of every 100 Atlasburg residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Every workday, about 214 people come to Atlasburg for work
Where Atlasburg’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Atlasburg
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Atlasburg is a census-designated place located in Smith Township, Washington County in the state of Pennsylvania. The community is located in northern Washington County along Pennsylvania Route 18 about 5 miles south of the borough of Burgettstown. As of the 2020 census, Atlasburg had a population of 351.
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- Area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,096 ft
- ZIP code
- 15004
Questions about Atlasburg
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Atlasburg, PA a good place to live?
Atlasburg has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.