CrabtreePA
A town of 201, settled in 1858.
Is Crabtree a good place to live?
Crabtree’s median age is 82.1 years, above both the Pennsylvania town median (43.2 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Crabtree has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
201 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Crabtree: who provides what
Crabtree is unincorporated, so Westmoreland County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Crabtree.
Top of a very low hazard risk in Crabtree: inland flooding
FEMA puts 86% of Crabtree’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For most of its workers, the job is outside Crabtree
For half of commuters, work is under 11 miles away. The top destinations are Unity Township (9%), Latrobe (8%) and Salem Township (8%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Crabtree has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 83° and January nights of 21°, with about 48 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A larger share of adults in Crabtree had a checkup this year than in the typical Pennsylvania or U.S. town
In Crabtree, nearly a quarter of adults get no exercise outside work, against 24% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 25% across U.S. towns. The share of adults 18 to 64 in Crabtree who have no health insurance: 5.8%. The town beats the Pennsylvania average on 7 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 5.
| Crabtree | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 79% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Crabtree | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.2% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 16.3% | 18.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.6% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fallingwater and 60 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Crabtree. Close and well known come first.
Big draw32 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
Big draw36 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
21 mi Theme parkKennywood
29 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
29 mi Stadium & arenaPNC ParkPhoto credits
Fallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0
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Everything we know about Crabtree
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Crabtree
About 0 of every 100 Crabtree residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
100% of working residents leave Crabtree for work
Where Crabtree’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Crabtree
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Crabtree is a census-designated place (CDP) and former coal town in Salem Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 277 at the 2010 census. It has its own post office, with postal code 15624, and a Catholic church established in 1903 on land donated by the Jamison Coal & Coke Company.
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- Area
- 0.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 991 ft
- ZIP code
- 15624
Questions about Crabtree
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Crabtree, PA a good place to live?
Crabtree has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.