Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Coraopolis gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $301K for a typical one, or 4 years of the Pittsburgh metro’s $76K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 806th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 81% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On the plus side, it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 95% of U.S. towns. 15% of residents are under 18 in Coraopolis, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 22%. Coraopolis has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Coraopolis Armory and Coraopolis Railroad Station. Coraopolis's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 83% of U.S. towns.
Where Coraopolis beats most towns.
Coraopolis Railroad Station
Bill HinzmanWhere Coraopolis’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 Coraopolis is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 95% of comparable towns) to D for hazard risk (better than 13%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 962 in 1890, a peak of 11,086 in 1940, 5,559 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1923 and 5 maps from 1906 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Coraopolis. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
9 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
9 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
11 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
18 mi Theme parkKennywood
10 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 · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · 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 Coraopolis, 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 Coraopolis.
Coraopolis is healthier than towns with similar incomes and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 97% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $606 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1979, 14 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Coraopolis.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by Cornell SD. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 289 | C− |
| Cornell HSLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 252 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Coraopolis for work: only 6% work in town. The average trip to work in Coraopolis is 22 minutes. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (19%), Moon Township (9%) and Robinson Township (5%).
| Coraopolis | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Coraopolis has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 44 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
People 65 and older are 26% of residents (20% statewide); children under 18 are 15% of residents (21% statewide). Coraopolis has lost 5% of its people since 2020, down to 5,280 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 32% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Coraopolis | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 26% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 43.3 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 29% | 29% |
45% women, 55% men
About 124 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.5 points). Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Coraopolis | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.4% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.5% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.4% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.5% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.6% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 18% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.6% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.4% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.7% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 18% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.8% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.2% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.9% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
At 22.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 80% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns.
Coraopolis’ violent crime rate is 2.6 per 1,000 residents.
| Coraopolis | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.6 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 8.1 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Against the 9,706 U.S. towns with household incomes like Coraopolis’s, it is healthier than 61%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income. All 3 graded neighbors score healthier than its C+, from Neville Township (B) to Moon Township (A).
Coraopolis beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 19% of Coraopolis adults binge drink.
| Coraopolis | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Coraopolis | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.7% | 5.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.8% | 7.7% |
| More smokers | 18% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
56% of households own their home in Coraopolis. The typical Coraopolis home is worth about $301,000, up 1.3% in a year, close to the Pennsylvania typical home.
| Coraopolis | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 56% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $902 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
16 within 15 miles of the center of Coraopolis
About 3 of every 100 Coraopolis residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
2 places in Coraopolis on the National Register of Historic Places.
15 notable people were born in Coraopolis.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Coraopolis () is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 5,559 at the 2020 census. Coraopolis is located west of Pittsburgh along the Ohio River and to the east of the Pittsburgh International Airport. The borough has steep topography, numerous brick streets and many large, old houses. The American Bridge Company is headquartered in Coraopolis.
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3 towns share a border with Coraopolis.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coraopolis | #806 | C+ | B | C+ | C | C+ |
| Moon Township | #61 | A+ | C | A− | A | A |
| Robinson Township | #292 | A− | C− | B− | A | A− |
| Neville Township | — | — | A− | — | C | B |
Neville Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Neville Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Coraopolis with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Coraopolis grades C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns and #806 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ for health, C+ for safety and C for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Pennsylvania has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Coraopolis sits nearer the middle.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
15 notable people were born here, including Bill Hinzman and Duane H. Cassidy.
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