Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Crafton's standout: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 97% of U.S. towns. Overall it grades B−, 652nd among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. It is healthier than 84% of U.S. towns and 10% of its land is conserved. Crafton’s trail density is 1.8 miles per square mile, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (0.4) and U.S. towns (0.4). Campbell Building is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Crafton beats most towns.
10.4% of the town is conserved land, across 4 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Crafton is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,927 in 1900, a peak of 8,418 in 1960, 6,099 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 6 maps from 1904 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Crafton. Close and well known come first.
Big draw3 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
3 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
4 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
4 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
11 mi Theme parkKennywood
3 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 Crafton, 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 Crafton.
Crafton is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s; it also has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years and has many renters stretched by housing costs.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Clearview Park Complex | 0.4 mi | 4 |
| 2. Crafton Park Complex | 0.3 mi | 13 |
| 3. Foster Avenue Park | 0.1 mi | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Carlynton SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crafton El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 291 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
21% of adults binge drink in Crafton, above both the Pennsylvania town median (18%) and the median of U.S. towns (16%). 19% of Crafton adults get no exercise outside work. Crafton beats the Pennsylvania average on 10 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| Crafton | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 24% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Crafton | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.5% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults who get no exercise | 19.3% | 23.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Crafton.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here fell from 1,757 in 2013 to 1,139.
Most working residents leave Crafton for work: only 4% work in town. 20% of workers work from home in Crafton. Jobs based in Crafton fell to 1,139 in 2023, 618 fewer than in 2013.
| Crafton | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 20% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
60.9% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 48.2% across Pennsylvania.
The typical Crafton home is worth about $209,000, down 1.9% in a year, 27% below the Pennsylvania typical home.
| Crafton | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 56% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,019 a month | $1,116 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Crafton 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
At 24.9 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 83% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 137 to 92 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The property crime rate in Crafton is 13.6 per 1,000 residents.
| Crafton | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 13.6 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.1 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Pennsylvania average. Crafton has lost 5% of its people since 2020, down to 5,790 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 38% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Crafton | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 18% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 43.3 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 21% | 18% |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.5 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Crafton | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.8% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.7% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.9% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.4% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.8% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.6% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.3% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.1% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.4% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 18% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.8% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.7% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
16 within 15 miles of the center of Crafton
About 4 of every 100 Crafton residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
Where Crafton’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
4 notable people were born in Crafton.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Crafton is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, west of downtown Pittsburgh. The population was 6,099 at the 2020 census. It is a residential suburb in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
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4 towns share a border with Crafton.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crafton | #652 | B− | C+ | C+ | C+ | A− |
| Pittsburgh | #928 | C− | B− | D | C | B+ |
| Thornburg | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ingram | #151 | A | B+ | B+ | A | B− |
| Rosslyn Farms | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Thornburg and Rosslyn Farms aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Crafton with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Crafton grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #652 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A− for health, C+ for safety and C+ for schools.
That is 2.8 years of the area's median household income ($75,762 across the Pittsburgh, PA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
4 notable people were born here, including Bill Cowher and John Earl Henderson.
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