Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,014, settled in 1934.
Churchill's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades A, 237th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. The median household earns $107K and it is healthier than 94% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is schools: its schools rank behind 86% of the state's. Churchill’s trail network density is 2.2 miles per square mile, above both the Pennsylvania town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). On the outdoors, just 112 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do better. Beulah Presbyterian Church is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Churchill beats most towns.
10.8% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Churchill is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for schools (better than 14%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 430 in 1940, a peak of 4,690 in 1970, 3,157 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 2003 and 4 maps from 1904 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Churchill. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
4 mi Theme parkKennywood
9 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
9 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
8 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
3 mi City parkFrick ParkAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Frick Park: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Churchill, 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 Churchill.
Churchill has less tooth loss than most of Pennsylvania and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s; it also has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Churchill Valley Greenway, at 100 acres with 1.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Walkers can cover 4.8 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Churchill Valley Greenway | 1.7 mi | 100 |
| 2. Bullock-Pens Park | 0.3 mi | 29 |
| 3. Blackridge Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Woodland Hills SD runs its public schools. The largest public high school is Woodland Hills HS, with 1,006 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Hills HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,006 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Pennsylvania is tooth loss: 7.2% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide.
13% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Churchill. Only 7 of the 1,035 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Churchill. The town does better than the Pennsylvania average on 18 of 26 CDC measures and worse on 1.
| Churchill | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Churchill | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.2% | 14.5% |
| Fewer smokers | 9.2% | 15.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.5% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Since 2004, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Churchill. 74% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 13%. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 98% of U.S. communities.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 7.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 66% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 16 to 12 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Churchill’s rate of thefts and burglaries stands at 4 per 1,000 residents. Police in Churchill reported no violent crime.
| Churchill | 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
Jobs based here fell from 1,443 in 2013 to 743. 46% of workers work from home, against 15.6% across Pennsylvania.
The top destinations are Pittsburgh (44%), West Mifflin (3%) and Monroeville (3%). Just 1% of Churchill’s working residents have a job in town. Among residents in the town, 1.9% live below the poverty line. This Pennsylvania town had 743 jobs in 2023, down 700 from 2013.
| Churchill | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.9% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $107,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Only one of the 1,035 Pennsylvania towns we compare has a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Churchill.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
15 within 15 miles of the center of Churchill
About 3 of every 100 Churchill residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Where Churchill’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Churchill is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,157 at the 2020 census. It is a residential suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The town was named from the hilltop Beulah Presbyterian Church.
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4 towns share a border with Churchill.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Forest Hills (A−) comes closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churchill | #237 | A | B− | A− | D | A |
| Wilkins Township | #850 | C | B− | — | D | C+ |
| Penn Hills | — | — | — | — | C− | — |
| Forest Hills | #356 | A− | B− | B+ | D | A |
| Wilkinsburg | #1003 | D | B− | D | C− | C− |
Wilkins Township and Penn Hills report no FBI crime data of their own. Penn Hills isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Churchill with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Churchill grades A overall, better than 87% of U.S. towns and #237 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A for health, A− for safety and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
The typical home is worth about $235,000, 18% below the Pennsylvania typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
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