Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Brentwood's standout: few places in the country are easier to get around without a car. Overall it grades B+, 413th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Natural-hazard risk is low. 19% of residents live below the poverty line in Brentwood, above both the Pennsylvania town median (7.6%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). On history, just 154 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Brentwood Park, at 23 acres.
Where Brentwood beats most towns.
Where Brentwood’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 Brentwood is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,695 in 1920, a peak of 13,760 in 1970, 10,082 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1968 and 4 maps from 1904 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Brentwood. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
5 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
6 mi Theme parkKennywood
5 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
5 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
5 mi LandmarkFort PittAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · 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 Brentwood, 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 Brentwood.
Brentwood is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has homes that are cheap against local pay and sees little violent crime.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 94% of U.S. communities. Since 2000, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Brentwood.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by Brentwood Borough SD. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Brentwood SHS, with 331 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elroy Avenue El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 270 | C+ |
| Brentwood SHSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 331 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
At 2.2 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income, the typical home (about $170K) costs less against local pay than in 87% of Pennsylvania towns; that ratio is one input to its B− for cost of living. Values fell 3.7% in the past year while the Pennsylvania typical home rose 2.2%.
The typical Brentwood home is worth about $170,000, 41% below the Pennsylvania typical home. 58% of Brentwood households own their home.
| Brentwood | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 58% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $860 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Brentwood for work: only 4% work in town. Brentwood’s average trip to work is 32 minutes. Jobs based in Brentwood grew to 2,568 in 2023, 328 more than in 2013.
| Brentwood | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 10,450 U.S. towns with household incomes like Brentwood’s, it is healthier than 85%, so its B+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Brentwood beats the Pennsylvania average on 3 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 20% of adults binge drink in Brentwood.
| Brentwood | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Brentwood | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.6% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 6.6% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Brentwood has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 22° and about 44 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Pennsylvania average. Brentwood has lost 4.9% of its people since 2020, down to 9,597 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 37% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Brentwood | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 24% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 39.1 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 21% | 18% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.5 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women. Among residents 75 and older, 63% are men (PA 41%).
| Brentwood | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.4% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.5% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.4% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 18.8% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.5% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.5% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.9% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.7% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.4% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 16.9% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.3% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.9% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
| Brentwood | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 5.8% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Brentwood Park | — | 23 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Violent crime is rare: 6 reported in 2025, 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
The property crime rate in Brentwood is 11.5 per 1,000 residents. Pennsylvania has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Brentwood sits closer to the middle.
| Brentwood | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 11.5 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
14 within 15 miles of the center of Brentwood
About 5 of every 100 Brentwood residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
3 notable people were born in Brentwood.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Brentwood is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,082 at the 2020 census. It is a residential suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
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3 towns share a border with Brentwood.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood | #413 | B+ | B− | B | B | B+ |
| Whitehall | #94 | A+ | B− | A | B+ | B+ |
| Baldwin | #82 | A+ | B− | A− | B+ | B+ |
| Pittsburgh | #928 | C− | B− | D | C | B+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Brentwood grades B+ overall, better than 73% of U.S. towns and #413 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B+ for health, B for safety and B for schools.
Yes, by national standards. Pennsylvania has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Brentwood sits nearer the middle.
That is 2.2 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 B−.
3 notable people were born here, including Robert Smithdas and George Radosevich.
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