Chippewa TownshipPA
A town of 8,107, settled in 1844.
Is Chippewa Township a good place to live?
Chippewa Township's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades B, 567th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. The median household earns $95K. Chippewa Township’s average trip to work is 33 minutes, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Bradys Run Park, at 332 acres with 2.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Chippewa Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 82% of U.S. towns.
What makes Chippewa Township stand out
Where Chippewa Township beats most towns.
How Chippewa Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Chippewa Township is from typical.
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Moving to Chippewa Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Chippewa 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Chippewa Township.
Chippewa Township trades workers with Pittsburgh and other neighbors and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s; it also trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Chippewa Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 94% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Chippewa Township since 2015.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Chippewa Township’s schools rank ahead of 70% of Pennsylvania districts
Its public schools are run by Blackhawk SD. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Blackhawk HS, with 763 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackhawk Intermediate SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 708 | B+ |
| Blackhawk HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 763 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
| Chippewa Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7.6% | 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. Sahli Nature Park | 3.7 mi | 86 |
| 2. Bradys Run Park | 2.1 mi | 332 |
| 3. Chippewa Park | — | 26 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Chippewa Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Chippewa Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. Chippewa Township’s July high is 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in nine working residents works right in Chippewa Township
Chippewa Township has about as many jobs (3,125) as working residents, but only 383 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Chippewa Township for work: only 11% work in town. Jobs based in Chippewa Township fell to 3,125 in 2023, 564 fewer than in 2013. 4.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Chippewa Township.
| Chippewa Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 15% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Crime per resident in Chippewa Township is higher than in 57% of U.S. towns
At 21.6 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 79% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Each of the 3 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Brighton Township (A+) to Patterson Township (A+).
The property crime rate in Chippewa Township is 15.8 per 1,000 residents.
| Chippewa Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 15.8 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
On CDC estimates, Chippewa Township is less healthy than 56% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,322 U.S. towns with household incomes like Chippewa Township’s, it is less healthy than 75%, so it trails even them.
Chippewa Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 38% of Chippewa Township adults have obesity.
| Chippewa Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Chippewa Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7% | 5.8% |
| More adults with arthritis | 34.9% | 30.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.7% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Acrisure Stadium and 57 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Chippewa Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
29 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
29 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
37 mi Theme parkKennywood
30 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
29 mi LandmarkFort PittPhoto 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 · 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
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Everything we know about Chippewa Township
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Chippewa Township
About 3 of every 100 Chippewa Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Chippewa Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Chippewa Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,040 at the 2020 census. The township shares the ZIP Code of nearby Beaver Falls. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
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- Area
- 16 sq mi
Chippewa Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Chippewa Township.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its B; Patterson Township (B+) is closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chippewa Township | #567 | B | B− | C+ | B+ | C+ |
| Big Beaver | — | — | B+ | — | C | C+ |
| Patterson Township | #431 | B+ | C+ | A+ | B+ | C+ |
| West Mayfield | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C |
| White Township | — | — | A− | — | C | C+ |
| South Beaver Township | #362 | A− | B− | A+ | B+ | B− |
| Brighton Township | #49 | A+ | B− | A+ | A+ | B+ |
Big Beaver, West Mayfield and White Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Big Beaver, West Mayfield and White Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Chippewa Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Chippewa Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Chippewa Township, PA a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Chippewa Township grades B overall, better than 61% of U.S. towns and #567 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ for health, C+ for safety and B+ for schools.
Is Chippewa Township, PA safe?
Pennsylvania has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Chippewa Township sits nearer the middle.
Is Chippewa Township, PA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.