Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Bridgeville gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $311K, 4.1 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades A− overall, 279th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. On the plus side, it is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns. 60% of households own their home in Bridgeville, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (78%) and U.S. towns (73%).
Where Bridgeville beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Southwood School | 1–12 | 36 |
Where Bridgeville’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 Bridgeville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 147 in 1880, a peak of 7,112 in 1960, 4,804 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1923 and 5 maps from 1904 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bridgeville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
8 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
8 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
13 mi Theme parkKennywood
8 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
8 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 Bridgeville, 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 Bridgeville.
Bridgeville is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it reports more crime than Collier Township and its other graded neighbors and has a long record of flood insurance claims.
Jobs based here fell from 1,677 in 2013 to 1,187.
Most working residents leave Bridgeville for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Bridgeville has lost 490 jobs, to 1,187 in 2023. The median household income in Bridgeville is $60,000.
| Bridgeville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 17% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwood School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 1–12 | Grades 1–12 | 36 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Bridgeville has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 22° and about 44 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 8,898 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bridgeville’s, it is healthier than 88%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income. All 4 graded neighbors score healthier than its B, from Collier Township (A−) to Upper St. Clair Township (A+).
Bridgeville beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 20% of Bridgeville adults binge drink.
| Bridgeville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bridgeville | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with arthritis | 33.4% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Bridgeville is safe by national standards, yet each of the 4 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Collier Township (B+) to South Fayette Township (A).
Pennsylvania has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Bridgeville sits closer to the middle.
| Bridgeville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.7 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.7 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Pennsylvania average. 17% of residents are under 18 in Bridgeville. Bridgeville has lost 4.8% of its people since 2020, down to 4,569 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Bridgeville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 21% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 43.1 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.6 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Bridgeville | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.8% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.9% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.2% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 18.1% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.5% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.6% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.9% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.5% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 37.9% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.6% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.3% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.9% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.8% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,600, single groups can be off by several points
Bridgeville’s median rent is $901 a month. The typical Bridgeville home is worth about $311,000, up 2.1% in a year, 8% above the Pennsylvania typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
192 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 33 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 192 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bridgeville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.8 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Bridgeville | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.5% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. McLaughlin Run Park | 0.1 mi | 9 |
| 2. Cook School Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
15 within 15 miles of the center of Bridgeville
About 4 of every 100 Bridgeville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
9 notable people were born in Bridgeville.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Bridgeville is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,804 at the 2020 census. It is a residential suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
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4 towns share a border with Bridgeville.
South Fayette Township next door grades higher for schools (A+ to Bridgeville’s B+) and lower for cost of living (C to B+).
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeville | #279 | A− | B+ | B | B+ | B |
| Upper St. Clair Township | #90 | A+ | D | B+ | A+ | A+ |
| Collier Township | #381 | A− | D | B+ | B+ | A− |
| South Fayette Township | #39 | A+ | C | A | A+ | A |
| Scott Township | #67 | A+ | B− | A− | B+ | A |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Bridgeville grades A− overall, better than 85% of U.S. towns and #279 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 Bridgeville sits nearer the middle.
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 B+.
9 notable people were born here, including Burke Jones and Justin Watson.
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